Operations Executive - Home Working

This job is with Standard Chartered Bank, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Job Summary We're a leading international bank, with more than a 150-year history in some of the world's most dynamic markets. We bank the people and companies driving investment, trade and the creation of wealth across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. With more than 1,100 branches and offices in 68 countries, we offer exciting and challenging international career opportunities.
Currently we are looking for a Manager ETD Operations to our office in London.
Support for all House Franchises across all relevant Business lines trading Exchange Traded Derivatives
• Own query remediation, trade life-cycling and other day-to-day processing, ensuring timely escalation, in order to minimise risk.
• Partner with Technology to deliver transformation.
• Face of Operations to Sales and Trading Desks locally - primary point of contact:
• Build team profile with the Front Office
• New business enablement and solutions, partner to deliver strategic FM initiatives.
• Constantly seek opportunities to improve global consistency, work closely with the Hubs and other regions to close gaps and standardise processes.
• Communicate with trading desks & COO to solve immediate day to day issues with transactions as well as understand their longer terms needs to shape business decisions in Operations.
• Identify and close knowledge gaps within the Global Team through hands on training.
• Be the subject matter expert for MIS, cost-per-trade, touch points per trade - drive their evolution and identify areas to proactively add value through improved data.
• Achieve regulatory compliance and future proof the ETD Ops model through a strong understanding of current rules and anticipation of upcoming regulations.
• Adherence to Ops Risk Framework standards of implementation and process management:
• Business
• Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Technology, Transformation & Operations (TTO) has a dedicated Financial Market Operations which supports the market clients and products within Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). This role has oversight for product management of Financial Market Commodity Operations including Futures, Listed and OTC Derivatives and Physical Commodities.
Maintenance of brokers, contracts, accounts in the banks systems to ensure STP trade flow
• Front Office - Back Office (FOBO) Reconciliations
• Back Office system processing and EOD running
• ETD trade, position and cash reconciliations inclusive of fees & commission management
• Minimum 3 years Financial Markets experience ideally from a top tier bank.
• Strong understanding of commodities products including Base Metals, Precious Metals, Structured Inventory
• Product, Energy, Power & Gas. Financial and physical knowledge needed and highly advantageous.
• Confident communicator able to adapt style to Front Office and Hubs colleagues.
• Proficient in Excel (pivots, lookups and basic VBA an advantage)
Risk Management
Languages
• Mandarin will add advantage
For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.