Portfolio Solutions Operations, Associate 2

Who we are looking for:
Looking for collateral management professional who understands the entire flow of stock lending process to ensure that collateral is delivered / received as per the terms and conditions agreed upon with our customers for in-scope of equity products.

Why this role is important to us:
The team you will be joining is a part of State Street Global Markets, one of the biggest asset managers in the world, that provides services to the world’s governments, institutions and financial advisors. The team has the responsibility to manage the collateral that state street is lending to their customers on Equity products. In addition, state street as 3rd party lending agent we are doing additional responsibilities to manage the stock position movement accordingly.

Join us if making your mark in the collateral management industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for:
- Management of transactions/trades between State Street and the various 3rd party custodians. Ensuring all trades/trade instructions are settled/cancelled, and fix any breaks that occur between SS and custodians.- Agrees daily collateral margin, coordinates instructions to deliver/receive collateral with brokers and reconciles daily net cash movements for.- Assist in driving various firm and team initiatives including Operational Efficiencies and Controls, improving the risk and control environment and maintaining procedures.- Monitoring various queues and remediation of short position to ensure trade instructions reach market on time- Communicate with Trading Desk, Borrowers, Counter parties to remediate issues- Liaising with Third party custodian, borrower to settle hybrid loans- Diligently Follow and maintain SOP's-
- Coordinate settlements for institutional clients for both international equity and fixed income transaction products- Promotes, creates and implements policies and procedures.- Coordinate resolution of trade settlement discrepancies with counterparties.- Manage TMPG claim resolution with executing brokers- Manage aged fails, update status reports based on correspondence with counterparties,- Work with trade processing to correct trade records as needed to mitigate failed trades.- Reconcile daily activity within firm accounts- Contributes to Operations strategy and product development for the group- Interfaces with technology and product development to ensure future system changes/enhancements are fully tested and documented- Very good understanding of financial market activities and transactions- Very strong problem solving, customer service, communication, and organizational skills- Creating and analyzing new methods to proactively identify discrepancies in data- Serves as an expert resource on operational needs for the group- Interfaces with traders, Compliance, Operations and other areas within SSGM to ensure efficient business flows and controls exist for the group- Escalation point for resolution of queries from external and internal groups for your department- Business continuity responsibility for the group - oversees offsite testing and updates to BCP plans and procedures- Participates in internal committees or industry groups to promote operational efficiencies and enhance knowledge- Leverages/promotes use of technology to achieve operational efficiencies, mitigate operational risks, and reduce operating costs- Works with management to ensure favorable audit ratings.

What we value:
These skills will help you succeed in this role:
- Good knowledge on Trade Processing, Settlements and Risk- Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills- Work as a team player in a global team environment- Excellent communication, organization, interpersonal planning, and analytical skills- Deadline and detail oriented- Demonstrated computer proficiency, including advanced knowledge of MS Excel, as well as problem solving, analytical and technical skills- Shift Timing : Global shifts- Work Location : Bangalore/Hyderabad

Education & Preferred Qualifications:
- University degree in Business majoring in Accounting, Finance, or other Financial-related programs- Overall experience of 2+ years in the finance industry, familiarity with securities operations preferable securities lending activities.

Technical Skills - IT and Systems- Intermediate, demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft Office suit- MCH- Euroclear/CREST- DTCC- Fidessa- DUCO- Bloomberg- BPS

About State Street

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

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