Trade Support Senior Analyst

Trade Support Senior Analyst

About the job

This role is part of the Trade Support team, which is responsible for providing support to front office desks, ensuring all trades are efficiently and accurately booked on Trade Date.

The role requires the performance of a series of control checks on T and T+1 and liaison with other Operations functions (e.g. confirmations, settlements) in resolving discrepancies / queries with trade bookings.

In addition, there is a significant client and stakeholder facing element to the role in relation to trade allocations, position management, and query resolution.

What you'll be doing

You'll be responsible for...

• Acting as Trade Support for a wide array of products across FIC and Commodities.
• Monitoring trades as they pass through the workflows in various front office systems and ensure they are quickly moved to back-office queues to enable timely processing of downstream operational functions (trade instruction, confirmation, matching, cash management and settlement)
• Monitoring exceptions on inter-system automated trade feeds, i.e. FOBO reconciliations and Clearer reconciliations, and ensure that all exceptions are identified and resolved
• Proactively driving change by acting as an architect of the business, continuously challenging complacency and identifying opportunities to strengthen controls, simplify processes and improve service delivery, whether small or large.
• Applying an intelligent risk mindset by analysing and understanding risk, using risk insight to review the control framework, inform decisions, optimise controls and drive better business and client outcomes - ensuring all key risk issues are raised to management and key business stakeholders.

What you'll need to be successful

We're looking for the following skills and experience. If you don't have all of these but think you could be a good fit for the role, get in touch.

• Banking operations experience with a proven background in at least one core operations function (ideally Trade Support but also Confirmations, Settlements, Clearing or Reconciliations)
• Good understanding of Commodity and/or FIC products
• Proven interpersonal and relationship building skills and ability to apply to relationships formed across different geographical regions
• Proven experience of having thrived in a fast-moving, high-pressured environment
• Technologically minded, capable of reflecting upon and improving their own process
• High level of integrity
• Excellent attention to detail
• Understanding of risk and control

Why should you join us?

ICBC Standard Bank Plc (ICBCS) is a leading financial markets and commodities bank, driven to deliver the right outcomes for our stakeholders, clients, counterparties and markets. We benefit from a unique Chinese and African parentage and an unrivalled global network and expertise. We're headquartered in London, with operations in Shanghai, Singapore and New York.

We're a diverse and close-knit global team. We put people first, giving talented, self-driven professionals the flexibility, rewards and freedom to grow their expertise and realise their potential.

Our vison statement, "Be Yourself, Succeed Together" underpins our drive for an open and transparent culture which values difference, enabling everyone to thrive whilst being themselves. We have an active E, D&I forum and we're growing other employee network groups, including for women and neurodiversity.

We're committed to the principle of equal opportunities. All applicants will be treated equally and will be considered on their merits and skills without discrimination.

What's in it for you?

• Financial - market-based pay based on skills and experience, discretionary annual bonus, pension contribution 10% (employee contribution 5%), travel insurance, life assurance and income replacement insurance.
• Hybrid working - the option to work remotely up to two days per week, depending on the role.
• Family - 6 months maternity leave at full pay, 4 weeks paternity leave at full pay and enhanced shared parental leave pay. Coaching for family leave returners and access to emergency care via My Family Care. Paid fertility and miscarriage leave.
• Wellbeing - private medical insurance, Bike2Work scheme, health and fitness subsidy, holiday exchange, Employee Assistance Programme and menopause policy.
• Community - paid volunteering leave and Give As You Earn scheme. Vibrant CSR and engagement forums and fundraising for our charity partners.
• Development - a suite of opportunities to build the skills you need to excel in your role

If you're excited about becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

ICBCS has appointed Robert Walters Outsourcing (RWO) to manage its recruitment process and Preferred Supplier List (PSL). Unsolicited CVs sent directly to ICBCS or its staff from non-PSL agencies will not be accepted and no fees will be paid for such submissions.