Senior Settlements Analyst

The Role

Responsible for managing operational and trade settlement activities throughout our clients’ investment cycle, from allotment through to exit, across our tax-efficient product range. The individual will deliver excellent service to our external clients and internal business units, by ensuring they are processing all operational requests within the agreed SLAs to an exceptional standard. In addition to day-to-day responsibilities, the individual will look to streamline, digitise and automate manual processes, to increase efficiencies within the team. They will work closely with the Head of Operations to drive new initiatives and support/oversee the work conducted by more junior members of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all operational tasks are processed within set SLAs

• Respond to client and internal requests in a timely manner

• Process fee schedules, payment requests and transfer journals accurately

• Ensure all trades are booked accurately and allocated in a timely manner

• Liaise with market counterparties for trade matching

• Provide support in trade fails management and resolving discrepancies promptly

• Client cash processing, stock management and proxy voting requests

• Corporate action processing

• Assist with project management and system migration projects

• Database management; ensuring data integrity is maintained across all systems

• Supporting the Head of Operations with streamlining initiatives. Documentation of evolving processes and contributing ideas to gain efficiencies

• Responsible for various front line regulatory (FCA and Tax) monitoring and reporting, including but not limited to transaction reporting required under MiFID II, section

793 notices, investor statements such as valuation statements and cost and charges, FATCA returns and PEP reports