Senior Manager, Securities Settlements
Scotiabank · London
Requisition ID: 277828
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Senior Manager, Securities Settlements, GWO Settlements & Clearing
London | Global Wholesale Operations – Settlements & Clearing
Lead critical securities-settlement operations. Strengthen controls. Drive strategic transformation across a global wholesale-banking platform.
Are you looking for an opportunity to combine securities-settlement expertise, operational leadership, risk management and strategic change within a leading global financial institution?
We’re seeking an experienced and commercially minded Senior Manager, Securities Settlements to lead the EMEA Settlements function within Global Wholesale Operations at Scotiabank in London.
In this senior leadership role, you’ll be accountable for the end-to-end settlement of Fixed Income, Equities, Money Markets and Foreign Exchange products. You’ll lead a product-agnostic team, maintain robust operational controls, minimize settlement risk and failed trades, and drive process improvements across the securities lifecycle.
Working closely with Front Office teams, business stakeholders, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Technology and Operations, you’ll act as a key escalation point for settlement issues, regulatory matters, control enhancements and strategic change programmes. You’ll also collaborate with Global Wholesale Operations teams worldwide to promote consistent operating practices and support global business growth.
This is an exciting opportunity for an established settlements leader who enjoys managing complex operations, developing high-performing teams and delivering meaningful change within a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a key leader within the Global Wholesale Operations Settlements & Clearing team, you will:
- Lead the EMEA Settlements function, with accountability for the effective settlement of Fixed Income, Equities, Money Markets and Foreign Exchange transactions.
- Build and manage an entity, product and business-line-agnostic settlements team supporting securities-settlement activity across the local time zone.
- Deputise for the Director, GWO Settlements & Clearing, London when required.
- Maintain and enhance effective, efficient and well-controlled settlement processes.
- Provide a high standard of service to business partners, external counterparties and support groups across the Bank.
- Foster open communication and strong working relationships to support the swift resolution of operational issues and concerns.
- Implement, maintain and enhance appropriate management controls.
- Ensure the team maintains strong market, product and industry knowledge.
- Lead the development of team members to promote productivity, engagement and operational excellence.
- Maintain an expert understanding of the regulatory and legal requirements affecting the securities industry, particularly within the European marketplace.
- Lead and participate in large-scale projects, transformation programmes and system implementations.
- Ensure failed and failing trades are managed in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Oversee the daily identification and reporting of relevant failed trades to trading teams and senior management.
- Ensure clear and appropriate commentary is included in failed-trade reporting.
- Provide effective management oversight to help ensure trades settle on the correct value date.
- Ensure counterparties are actively pursued to facilitate timely settlement.
- Minimize failed-trade costs and ensure recoverable costs are pursued through to conclusion.
- Drive the timely resolution of settlement discrepancies and exceptions.
- Ensure cash and stock breaks are cleared swiftly and effectively.
- Act as a senior escalation point for settlement issues, change programmes, regulatory matters and control enhancements.
- Partner with Front Office, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Technology and Operations teams to address complex operational and control matters.
- Assess the impact of strategic, regulatory, system and process changes on settlement operations.
- Support consistent operating practices and effective transformation delivery across Global Wholesale Operations.
- Apply the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture to day-to-day activities and decisions.
- Maintain effective and efficient operations while ensuring the adequacy and effectiveness of business controls.
- Help the team meet its obligations relating to operational risk, regulatory compliance, AML/ATF and conduct risk.
- Build a high-performance environment through effective people leadership, succession planning, development and employee engagement.
- Foster an inclusive workplace that reflects the team’s values and supports the broader business strategy.
Why This Role?
This role offers the opportunity to combine deep settlements expertise, people leadership, risk management and strategic transformation within a complex international wholesale-banking environment.
You’ll gain:
- Leadership responsibility for the EMEA Securities Settlements function.
- Oversight of settlement activity across Fixed Income, Equities, Money Markets and Foreign Exchange products.
- Exposure to securities transactions and financing trades, including cash equities, bonds, stock borrowing and lending, bilateral and triparty repos, buy/sell backs, and sell/buy backs.
- Responsibility for European Foreign Exchange and Treasury operational support.
- Exposure to activity originating from Global Fixed Income, Prime Services, Collateral Management and Funding businesses.
- Experience overseeing operations that process more than 70,000 trades per month, including transactions that may reach multi-hundred-million-dollar values.
- Engagement with major agents and depositories, including BNP Securities Services, Euroclear and Clearstream.
- Opportunities to lead complex projects, system implementations, and strategic transformation programmes.
- Senior-level collaboration with Front Office, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Technology and Operations stakeholders.
- Responsibility for strengthening settlement controls, reducing failed trades, and improving operational processes.
- Opportunities to influence operating practices across Global Wholesale Operations teams worldwide.
- Leadership experience developing, motivating, and retaining a high-performing team.
- Exposure to complex regulatory, legal and operational-risk matters within the European securities market.
- The opportunity to deputize for the Director, GWO Settlements & Clearing, London.
- A high-performing and inclusive culture that supports continuous learning, professional development, and career growth.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for an experienced, results-focused leader who combines deep settlements knowledge with sound judgement, strong risk awareness, and a collaborative leadership approach.
You will ideally bring:
- Appropriate level of relevant markets or securities-settlement experience.
- Expert knowledge of global settlements, collateralization and related bank or dealer policies and procedures.
- Strong knowledge of the European securities marketplace.
- Experience overseeing the settlement of Fixed Income, Equities, Money Markets and Foreign Exchange products.
- Knowledge of securities-financing transactions, including stock borrowing and lending, repos and buy/sell-back activity.
- A thorough understanding of the risks inherent in global settlements, including settlement, foreign-exchange, interest-rate, and payment risk.
- Experience managing failed trades, settlement exceptions, cash breaks, and stock breaks.
- Strong knowledge of settlement controls, regulatory requirements, and operational-risk management.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing a results-focused operations team.
- The ability to manage change and contribute to major projects or system implementations.
- Strong organizational and planning capabilities.
- Sound judgement and highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to work effectively with internal and external clients, counterparties, depositories, agents, sub-custodians, and service providers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- The confidence and credibility to engage and influence senior stakeholders across business and control functions.
- A continuous-improvement mindset and the willingness to constructively challenge established processes.
- High standards of ethics, accountability, and professional conduct.
- The ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
- A commitment to building a high-performing, inclusive and customer-focused team culture.
The position is based in a standard office environment in London. Non-standard working hours are a common requirement, and limited international travel is expected.
Join a Global Platform
This is an opportunity to lead an important EMEA settlements function within Global Wholesale Operations, helping protect the Bank, strengthen operational controls, and deliver reliable support to global business lines.
You’ll oversee complex settlement activity across a broad range of securities and financing products while contributing to strategic transformation, regulatory compliance and operational excellence across Scotiabank’s international platform.
If you’re an experienced settlements professional, confident leading teams and motivated by the opportunity to improve controls, reduce operational risk and deliver meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and take the next step in your Securities Settlements leadership career.
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