Job Description

Work model: Hybrid (2 days remote per week), following a 3 month probationary period
Compensation: $125,000 + up to 20% bonus, 5 weeks of vacation, benefits from Day 1, RRSP matching and more
Company Overview
Join a global financial institution with a strong international presence across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North Africa. This organization offers a full spectrum of services including capital markets activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking, and international trade. The company is a recognized leader in climate finance, providing innovative and sustainable financial solutions to large corporate and institutional clients.
The institution recently relocated back-office, middle-office, and select front-office functions from its New York operations to Montreal and continues to expand its Canadian footprint.
Role Overview
The Team Lead is Responsible for oversight of the day-to-day support functions of the Operations Back Office. This includes but is not limited to Support functions covering Trade Support, International Settlements, Corporate Actions, Reconciliation and Control.
Key Responsibilities:
- Day to day oversight of Operations staff including but not limited to staff engagement, attendance, direction, mentoring, and general guidance.
- Act as point person locally and in the case of escalations, Business Continuity, and all matters of severity.
- Individual will need to fully understand all the flows related to the processes supported and provide local staff with daily support with these functions.
- Better than baseline knowledge of the products their direct reports cover day to day, including Trade Support, International Settlements, Corporate Actions, Extended Back Office and Reconciliation/Control.
- Knowledge of US Financial Markets/Capital Markets securities and products.
- Prompt escalation of any urgent matters to the management team both locally, and functionally.
- Liaise with Operations Management in Paris and NY and serve as key SME for the location as such.
- Contribute in process optimization, driving continuous improvement and supporting automation and projects to enhance operational efficiency
- General oversight when called upon for the other aspects of the department and operation
- Ensure proper and applicable cross training to assist department members with day-to-day workload and vacation coverage.
- Reporting to management any escalations or anomalies based on severity.
- Daily reporting of open trades and unmatched trades to escalate for timely settlement.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree
- 7+ years of experience in Financial Markets Operations
- Must be a self-starter, with excellent problem solving skills and be able to work under pressure
- Must possess strong written/oral communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and easily.
- Ability to analyze and summarize
- Rigor and sense of organization
- Apprehension of results and priorities
- Relationship management/Commercial sense
We thank all candidates for showing interest in this role; however, only retained candidates will be contacted.
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