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Ref: HP350-1420
Job description / Role
Our client is a global institutional investor, managing an investment portfolio that is diversified across more than two dozen asset classes and sub-categories. With over 1600 employees from more than 60 nations, the institution has been prudently investing funds on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi since 1976. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a top tier institution that will provide the successful candidate with first class international experience.
Responsible for creating and assisting in the verification of SWIFT FIN messages and RMA setup with the objective of transmitting SWIFT instructions and other messages to counterparts in a timely and accurate manner and ensure SWIFT knowledge centre is perfect, validated, and highly trusted for all matters related to SWIFT.
Capable to provide trade and transition support, cash management, reconciliations, SWIFT support for all external mandates in capturing, monitoring and verifying processed trades (Equities, Bonds, Repos, OTCs, Futures, Options, Collaterals etc), investigating exceptions and mismatches with custodians / FCMs / OTC counterparties (under the supervision of senior analyst and specialist) with the objective of ensuring that all trades externally settled by custodians / FCMs / OTC counterparties and internally booked on the systems in an accurate and timely manner.
Trade & Transitions Support
- Cash Management
- SWIFT Support
Message creation
- Create and modify SWIFT messages and ensure that messages are reviewed and approved
- Understand how different departments support the organisations strategy and act with integrity to decentralize message creation (to AD and internally)
RMA
- Ensure all RMA requests are addressed timely and accurately
- Develop understanding of how to assign ownership to existing RMAs and make suggestions in developing a policy of deleting RMAs
- Proactively learn how establishing granularity means addressing risk and contribute move towards establishing RMA at a granularity level
Monitoring / Control
- Register relevant document in the Operations SWIFT control register
- Ensure discussion on queries related to incoming and outgoing SWIFT messages
- Collect end-of day closure report from all sections, verify report and ensure report is signed by authorized signatory and then submit report to the Internal Audit Department
- Proactively contribute to timely and accurate delivery of SWIFT and fax messages received from counterparties
- Ensure that fax messages are logged and transmitted
- Provide periodic reports indicating volume of manual messages and breaches of 4-eyes control
Routing Rules
- Develop knowledge and understanding of how routing rules function in the organisation and what role is expected.
- Make suggestions for ways to improve current practices within management of Routing Rules
Standard Release (annual)
- Exhibit strong basic technical capabilities in the review, discussion and implementation of Standard Release every year
Support Centre role
- Enhance FIN knowledge and skills to meet expectations of other colleagues from support centre for SWIFT MT Knowledge
Requirements
Bachelors Degree preferably in business or related field
Qualified Accountant preferred
3+ years direct experience in Operations support.
Must have advanced and up to date knowledge of the SWIFT messaging system
About the Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:
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The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.