Operations Associate

Operations Associate - Inside IR35 - Glasgow - Hybrid

Day Rate - up to £180

Duration - 12 months

Harvey Nash's FS Client are looking to bring in a contract Ops Associate, you will be onsite 3 days per week in Glasgow, sitting within the Ops team, you will carry out tasks such as:

The role will form part of the SFTR team and the primary responsibilities will include:

• Participating in project readiness tasks to ensure the firm is able to meet its ongoing transaction reporting obligations.
• Overseeing controls to ensure the complete, accurate and timely submission of transaction reporting requirements
• Monitoring and resolving transaction reporting exceptions through working closely with other internal and external stakeholders including the Business Unit, Security Settlements and Corporate Actions teams, among others.
• Provide subject matter expertise when working alongside the trade desk and colleagues across Operations when determining the reporting impact to new business and product initiatives
• Monitor trends in reporting exceptions in order to identify root cause and resolve exceptions at source
• Monitor KRI and KPI thresholds to ensure the team is maintaining risk and performance standards
• Ensure all Written Supervisory Procedures, Process Maps and System access requirements are up to date
• Involvement in BCP transference testing and ensuring knowledge dilution in Glasgow and Bangalore is minimized
• Working with key stakeholders to identify and create efficiencies in daily processes
• Provide operations support for IT developments

Skills that will help you in the role:

• 3 years + experience
• Run the Bank or Change the Bank experience preferred
• Middle Office is a busy role therefore essential the successful candidate can add immediate benefit
• Previous experience of Securities Financing industry is not essential but preferred though experience in investment operations will provide a solid foundation upon which to learn the required skills in order to be successful
• The role will provide a number of opportunities to work stakeholders across the organisation so a proven track record in relationship management is required as is experience of managing process, risk and controls.
• The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate
• A good aptitude for working in a demanding, fast paced environment
• An ability to handle high volume workloads and prioritisation skills
• A good approach to change management on account of the teams continual growth and development
• Strong communication skills as you will be expected to develop relationships with the Business Unit, internal stakeholders & the Vendor
• An understanding of escalation
• An ability to handle working in a pressurised environment
• A desire to question existing procedures and continually seek to improve processes.