Assoc/ Senior Assoc , Fixed Income Operations Specialist, Global Financial Markets Operation (GFMO), Group Operations, Group COO

Business Function

In Group Operations, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.

GFM Operations - GFM Ops operates as a Regional Processing Centre (Hub & Spoke) supporting GFM businesses in the region. The hub and spoke model allow GFM business to scale up while remaining agile in product and service offerings in the fast, evolving market environment. As GFM business expands product offerings in the region coupled with the dynamic regulatory environment, GFM Ops leverages on this unique advantage to continue to standardize processes to manage processing risk and to facilitate automation as well as governance of service level and quality.

Job responsibilities

• Provide robust support for E2E processing of Fixed Income Products, including New Issuance

• Responsible for E2E processing, smooth completion and settlement of the daily operations for Bonds/Repos. 

• Process payment and delivery instructions for payment and settlement swift messages. 

• Perform validation for all Bond/Repo trades against source documents

• Execute pre-settlement confirmation with counterparties

• Liaise with the respective local GFM branches, CBG, WMO or Common Depository on fixing or settlement, where necessary

• Ensure compliance to general banking/statutory requirements and requirements of both internal & regulators compliance

• Provide robust support and consistently high service levels for all stakeholders/clients

• Engage with managers to contribute ideas and solutions on risk management area

• Leverage data analytics and support data driven operating model i.e. Value map to drive pre-defined outcomes

• Establish collaboration across different support units and GFM business by Managing through journey

• Participate in UAT on ad hoc basis for system enhancement and Business project.

• Provide support during Singapore holidays for other currency transactions.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in Treasury Operations

• Strong domain knowledge and work experience on Treasury products and associated process life cycle

• Strong risk and control mindset on settlement process flow.

• Ability to debug problem caused by hardware, operating system software, application programs, or network failure

• Team player with a positive attitude to motivate team members towards meeting and achieving goals.

• Knowledge on market and industry requirements for securities settlement and issuance of Debt Securities Instruments (New Issue) including Repo transactions

• Knowledge on Swift Messages format and creation

Location: DBS Asia Gateway

Job: Operations

Schedule: Regular

Employee Status: Full time