Officer, Markets Support Analyst, (Securities Lending), Global Markets Operations
Bank of America · Singapore
Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
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We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Description:
The APAC Securities Lending function is responsible for day-to-day support of the APAC Securities Lending (SBL) desks. Daily activities focus on trade support functions such as trade bookings, position management and optimization, collateral management and the reconciliation of cash and securities positions. The successful candidate would operate within a dynamic, fast paced environment interacting closely with business counterparts and with colleagues across operations to ensure smooth operational processing.
Responsibilities:
- Quantitative, analytical, proactive, able to work under pressure while adhering to tight deadlines.
- Good understanding of the life cycle of a trade and related interactions between internal stakeholders.
- Commercial mindset to partner and help evolve the business.
- Confident and articulate communicator.
- Strong team player able to work well independently and collaboratively with peers and stakeholders.
- Control and risk focused. Able to initiate solutions to remediate problems.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Resolution and escalation of issues arising from BAU
- Liaising with other internal departments to ensure timely resolution Breaks investigation and resolution
- Involvement in ad hoc projects for new processes or industry initiatives
Requirements:
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- 5+ years of investment banking experience, preferably in a trade support or settlements function.
- Ownership of day-to-day securities lending transactional processing for APAC markets.
- Trade bookings, amendments and exceptions processing.
- Position management and asset optimization.
- Management of counterparty exposure.
- Fails and inventory management.
- Supporting business growth by working closely with front office, technology and global operations teams.
- Support a risk focused culture. Anticipate risks and escalate appropriately.
- Foster an environment which constantly questions process inefficiencies and implements appropriate improvements.
- Excellent communications skills and ability to present to an audience
- Ability to work under pressure in a team environment
- Ability to liaise with all levels of the firm and people with different experiences and backgrounds
- Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised. Candidate will be able to manage own time and know when to escalate
Other Qualifications:
- Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions
- Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward
- Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs – is a continuous learner
- Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change.
- Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base
- Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world