EB Operations Function Analyst New Issues Acceptance

EB Operations Function Analyst - New Issues Acceptance Hong Kong

Euroclear Bank is the premier provider of settlement and related securities services for cross-border transactions involving domestic and international bonds equities derivatives and investment funds.

We offer clients a single access point to post-trade services covering domestic securities from over 40 markets.

Job Description

You will be part of the New Issues department composed of four groups:

• Acceptance
• Dedicated Services to Lead Manager Issuing Agents
• Securities Information
• New Issues Distribution

The New Issues Acceptance team is responsible for the admission of financial instruments into the Euroclear System for both primary and secondary markets. The team handles a wide range of asset classes including fixed income equities warrants and hybrid instruments. The role involves performing eligibility reviews by applying legal fiscal operational and risk criteria to determine whether securities can be accepted into the Euroclear Securities Database.

New Issues Acceptance operates at the very start of the securities lifecycle. Once a security record is created downstream departments such as Asset Servicing and Collateral Management rely on the quality and accuracy of this work.

On a daily basis the team interacts with a wide range of external parties (Lead Managers Issuing Agents Issuers Depositaries and CSDs) and works closely with internal stakeholders across New Issues teams and Euroclear functions including Legal Compliance Asset Servicing (Income Corporate Actions & Tax) Settlement and Collateral.

Your part of the deal

As a senior member of the Acceptance team your role primarily consists of acting as a subjectmatter expert for eligibility assessment and complex cases.

• Perform indepth analysis of securities documentation and assess eligibility from an operational and legal perspective
• Maintain a deep understanding of all New Issues Acceptance processes and act as a key contact point for complex or nonstandard matters
• Independently manage and resolve complex cases and escalations exercising sound judgment with minimal guidance
• Coordinate timely and effective actions across multiple stakeholders and teams
• Provide coaching and operational training to team members across most Acceptance processes
• Contribute autonomously to projects investigations and business initiatives
• Participate in the testing implementation and rollout of new tools and applications to improve efficiency and productivity
• Actively challenge process gaps and define action plans to drive standardisation and common ways of working
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives (PSS process reviews new procedures) with minimal guidance
• Support Management in business contingency situations to ensure operational continuity

Your profile:

• Strong understanding of all New Issues Acceptance processes with solid primary market knowledge
• Minimum 3 years in New Issues / Primary Issuance in Securities Services
• Ability to take an endtoend view and anticipate the ideal operational flow upfront
• Generic knowledge of crossservice Euroclear operational practices
• Demonstrated strong risk mindset and control awareness
• Strong problemsolving analytical and time/priority management skills
• Highly detailoriented with a consistent focus on accuracy and quality
• Selfstarter comfortable working autonomously and across teams/locations
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Effective listener and communicator able to interact confidently at different levels both verbally and in writing

Our part of the deal is to offer you:

• Exposure to a wide variety of asset classes and financial instruments
• Opportunity to have a direct impact on Euroclears core business
• Daily interaction with internal and external stakeholders
• Encouragement to share ideas and drive continuous improvement
• Opportunity to build expertise through coaching softskills and financial training
• A collaborative and professional team environment

Why join us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity lower costs and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.