Job Description
Overall purpose of level
Responsible for undertaking a range of functions primarily back-office support for trading activities and ensuring the smooth running of the Investment division’s administration.
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Capturing trade tickets / trade blotter and inputting trade details onto company trade capture applications – (Bloomberg, PMS);
- Raising trade contract notes;
- Reconciling counterparty trade contract notes with trade capture application;
- Custody asset holdings to trade capture platform reconciliations;
- Cash reconciliations between finance and trade capture applications;
- Intercompany reconciliations of investment cash flows and maturities;
- Identify and resolve trade breaks;
- Active trade settlement;
- Trade settlement break resolution;
- FX trading;
- Assisting compliance with client due diligence documentation;
- Preparation of finance and compliance related reports;
- Minute taking;
- Updating and maintaining databases and client files;
- Maintaining day-to-day banking processing;
- Issuing dividend / coupon payments to clients;
- Processing of purchases / sales with fund houses / custodians;
- Processing of local trades directly on the Malta Stock Exchange;
- Handling of client-related queries;
- Maintaining internal databases (mainly in Excel) to assist middle office-related processes.
Skills and experience
- Previous experience in a financial operations role is preferable;
- Good communication both written and verbal;
- Fluency in English and Maltese;
- Good organisational skills with an eye for detail;
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines;
- Strong team player.
