Trade Settlements - Operations
Auckland, New Zealand
Successfully transitioned to the Operations Division from the Services Division which required learning new product areas, operating systems, regulations and complex internal and external procedures.Effortlessly alternated between 3 roles (NZ Settlements; Forex, Arbitrage and Trade Allocations; Daily Monitoring and Projects) within the settlements team.Effectively built a collaborative and trusting relationship with the NZX traders and the settlements and allocations teams (including teams based in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore).NZ Settlements• Settled Institutional trades via NZClear by prioritizing trades and negotiating with Custodians regarding the netting of trades and timing of stock deliveries• Settled BaNCS market deliveries for NZ equities and fixed interest assets within the daily deadlines to prevent trade fail fees• Pre-matched trades with multiple external third party Custodians prior to settlement and investigated and corrected any discrepancies by liaising between the GS NZX traders, overseas allocation teams and the external Custodians• Accurately calculate the next day funding and collateral requirements by evaluating all expected settlements, stock borrows and cash obligationsForex, Arbitrage Settlements and Trade Allocations• Entered trade allocations in NOVA based on client specifications and confirmed trades via IRESS and Omgeo with the correct external third party Custodians• Processed all payments, receipts, daily cash flows and general accounting tasks• Completed Foreign Exchange and Arbitrage trade matching and investigated any discrepanciesDaily Monitoring and Projects• Constructed Charterers, SIPOC models and Business Process Models (BPM) using Signavio (similar to Visio) which analyses current procedures and determines improvements to increase efficiency and decrease business risk• Reconciled bank accounts, BaNCS, BTA and CFA to determine any discrepancies between operating systems and investigated if required