Position Description:
The AVP in Fixed Income Ops would be primarily responsible for:
- Ensuring clearance and settlement of Fed cash and repo securities
- Managing an outsourced teams that are responsible for the clearance and settlement of repos and Fed securities (Government Ops), respectively
Additional responsibilities include:
- Researching and reconciling breaks, fails, open items, etc
- Architecting and managing trade flows to respective systems/depots for settlement
- Re-aligning securities between depots as necessary
- Working with MBS Allocations, MBS Settlements, Gestation Repo, and TMPG Operations teams to ensure settlement
- Working with Repo/Securities Finance teams to ensure settlement
- Creating and repairing processes to lower operational risk to the firm
Desirable Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of all Fixed Income clearance/settlement concepts and experience with settling trades and managing NFE/DOD at the Fed
- Strong knowledge of Fixed Income security lifecycle events (fails, maturities, coupons, factors, rate changes, reorgs, etc) and its effect on stock record/trial balances
- Proven track record of managing operational risk
- Strong knowledge of Broadridge GPS products (BPS, CAGE/Global Framework, and Impact)
- Proven track record of successfully working with industry peers on Fixed Income initiatives (Same Day Settlement, Fed Repo Tracking, Consolidated Margin, Single Security, etc)
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, etc)
- Proven self-starter with ability to think quickly under pressure