Head of Securities Services Operations

Responsibilities

• Support strategic development of MSS businesses
• Client Servicing, Management & Retention
• Ensures error-free and efficient operations across all products and clients
• Adopts best practices across MSS products and client segments from other markets
• Monitor new products in the market and ensures that the operations can support changes/ new products in the market
• Support new product and client implementation
• Manages operational risk, including its identification, assessment, mitigation and control, loss identification and reporting
• Creates environment for effective team work and maintaining high team morale / job satisfaction

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in the finance industry, ideally in operations supporting investment banking or securities services business
• Strong product knowledge and understanding on clients’ requirement and industry practices
• Experience in managerial role(s)
• Strong Communication Skills; ability to articulate complex issues concisely and in clear language
• Ability to identify, manage and mitigate risk effectively; strong awareness on conduct-risk and other Non-financial risk elements applicable to Operations
• Strong problem solving capability, able to multi-task well under pressure and in times of ambiguity. Organized with systemic approach to programme execution
• Experienced people management and organization skills
• Experience in working with a wider group of stakeholders including Front Office, Product Control and Technology
• Experience in managing regulators, vendors and other external stakeholders