
Trading Services Analyst, Margin Services Operations
- Metro Manila
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensure compliance with key risk and control environment standards.
- Review and update current workflows and task lists to minimize financial loss.
- Collaborate with Risk Management to identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Proactively recommend process improvements for risk mitigation.
- Communicate effectively with the team to ensure understanding of issues.
- Escalate and resolve operational issues, updating procedures as necessary.
- Investigate and implement new procedures or systems to enhance service.
- Ensure all work is actioned, accounted for, and control procedures are adhered to.
- Resolve outstanding issues and liaise with other areas for satisfactory conclusions.
- Review workflows and report on KPIs and other MIS statistics.
- Track trends in work volumes and propose solutions for negative trends.
- Minimum 3 years' experience in Securities Lending, Settlements, Trade Support/Middle Office, or COACs role.
- Strong knowledge of global financial markets.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent analytical skills and independent decision-making mindset.
- Strong focus on improving processes and procedures.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships with strategic partners.
- Ownership and accountability in driving change and enhancing controls.
- Ability to prioritize work and manage pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Comprehensive understanding of financial markets, trading instruments, and the overall trading process, with experience in trading services like order execution, trade processing, and risk monitoring, supported by previous experience in finance industry operations roles.
- Strong relationship-building, influencing, and conflict management skills, with excellent written, oral communication, and interpersonal abilities to resolve issues and maintain positive stakeholder relationships.
- Effective presentation and negotiation skills, combined with an innovative mindset focused on continuous process improvement, and a willingness to be flexible in a team-oriented environment.