DescriptionVP US Fixed Income Operations
The VP US Fixed Income Ops would be primarily responsible for:
- Leading efforts to manage all projects and testing in the US Fixed Income Ops space for systems industry and regulatory changes
- Managing the daytoday Fixed Income Ops workflow primarily covering clearance and funding of Fixed Income securities in both DTC/Fed depositories
Daytoday responsibilities include:
- Developing implementing and testing enhancements to ensure straightthrough processing of outright and report transactions
- Researching and reconciling breaks fails open items unencumbered securities etc
- Liaising with desk Middle Office and other Operations teams to satisfy settlement and funding obligations
- Architecting and managing trade and security flows to respective systems/depots for settlement
- Realigning securities between depots
- Creating and repairing processes to lower operational risk to the firm
Experience in the following is a plus:
- MBS Allocations
- Warehouse Lending/Gestation Repo Ops
- TMPG and Claims
Desirable Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of all Fixed Income clearance/settlement concepts and experience in DTC Fed and Euroclear
- 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 processes projects and staff
- Strong knowledge of Broadridge GPS products (BPS CAGE Impact Gloss)
- Proven track record of successfully managing the allocation of collateral into triparty shells and running a funding operation
- 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 analysis of large data sets)
- Proven selfstarter with ability to think quickly under pressure
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $150000 $180000
Required Experience:
Exec