Specialist, Trade Support Structured at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

The Trade Support, Specialist role is primarily focused on managing the trade lifecycle, supporting various Global Markets Trading Desks from an Operational perspective, facilitating the end-to-end trading processes and enabling trade events across functional areas. The role importantly acts as an interface between Front Office and the various Business support capabilities, including operations, technology, finance and key client contacts.

Prepare, monitor, track and validate manual trades for structured/complex products to identify, investigate and resolve exceptions, effectively manage data and to ensure that trades can be effectively settled.

Qualifications

• Financial degree; CA; CFA; CGMA; Risk qualifications preferable
• ACI and RPE Exams

Experience

• The successful candidate should have Global markets experience across products (ideally structured and exotic derivatives, EQD, IRD), be able to manage a variety of stakeholders and drive business and support priority initiatives.
• Global Markets, FX, Fixed Income, Interest Rate derivative experience in either front office, operations, or enabling/support function

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Developing Expertise
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Inviting Feedback
• Making Decisions
• Producing Output
• Pursuing Goals
• Resolving Conflict
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Continuous Process Improvement
• Data Analysis
• Deal or Trade Life Cycles
• Deal Set-up & Administration
• Evaluation of Internal Controls
• Product Knowledge (Trading, Transacting)
• Query Resolution
• Technology Savvy