Securities & Hedge Funds Settlements specialist
Full time office role (100% in the office)
Zürich, Switzerland location
12 months fixed term contract
Responsibilities:
Hedge Funds Settlements
- Processes private placement hedge funds and mutual funds transfers for our clients
- Ensure risk aware exception handling, trade monitoring and manual interventions on client & market transactions.
- Liaise between custodians and transfer agents to ensure timely settlement of client assets.
- Knows the difference between a mutual fund and a hedge fund
- Understands high-level how those products are bought or sold (subscription / redemption)
- and specifically, how those products are transferred from one bank to another (via transfer agents, legal documentation required, stock transfer forms, etc.)
- Understands the roles of a transfer agent / fund administrator / transferee / transferor
Securities Settlements
- Provides settlement services in our role as global custodian for our clients.
- Ensure securities portfolios are transferred between other financial institutions.
- Guarantee timely settlement of transactions in global markets and play an active role in looking after accurate realignments of securities positions.
Skills and Experience:
- Good ?understanding of securities markets specifically functions of a custodian.
- Knowledge of Equities and Fixed Income products with an understanding of processing confirmations and settlements.
- 1-6 years experience in Corporate Actions event processing and reconciliation.
- Profound experience in securities settlements (capturing, instructing & monitoring orders).
- Knowledge of SWIFT messaging, typically MT54x settlement instructions. |