Middle Office Analyst

Role & responsibilities

• Trade processing and validation for securities, structured products, derivatives and mutual funds.
• Ensure timely release of trade confirmations to clients, monitor and manage failed confirmation status
• Trade reconciliation inter-co rec, external broker rec etc
• Single point of contact for RM/CSOs on instruction queries
• Liaise with CSO/RM on booking instructions for clients that requires special handling.
• Follow-up with counterparties on trade discrepancies &/or liaise with IWM Execution desk to resolve discrepancies.
• Ensure daily day-end tasks and reports are completed
• MIS contribute to weekly, monthly KRI/trade volume reporting.
• Review and streamline processes to improve efficiency and control
• Participate in systems enhancements and new products/initiative rollout.
• Timely Escalation and issue resolution
• Processing the account opening, asset set up, order placing for Mutual Fund products and hedge funds.
• Handling the regulatory report - MAS and Transaction Reporting.
• The candidate with Middle Office or Operations experience for the above products is more preferable.

• Experience in Equities, Bonds, Structured products (e.g., ELN, DCN),OTC derivatives (such as accumulators, decumulators, equities Options, CDS, IRS, CFC) and Mutual funds products
• Understand the market rules and regulations for cross products.
• Versatile in excel and powerpoint
• Wealth Management experience is preferred.
• Added advantage if candidate has Avaloq experience
• 1-3 years experience Knowledge of trade validation / trade support. Mutual fund knowledge will be added advantage.

• Responsible for managing MO activities seamlessly
• Be an integral part of the IWM team
• Timely reporting and escalation
• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility for the tasks assigned
• Understand Nomura applications and SOP
• Ensure there are no errors and escalations
• Provide best service to internal and external clients