**Senior Trade Operations Analyst - FX Payments**
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Trade Operations Analyst with extensive experience in FX payments to join our team. The ideal candidate will have over 4-5 years of trade operations and FX payments experience, with a strong understanding of SWIFT messaging and client Standard Settlement Instructions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Review and set up client Standard Settlement Instructions.
* Work under pressure to complete FX tasks with tight deadlines.
* Prioritize tasks during busy periods of the working day.
* Manage expectations and provide regular updates to the Settlements team regarding priority queries.
* Perform daily tasks with high attention to detail.
* Complete FX counterparty set-ups for Company customers in various source systems.
* Maintain SSI data in various systems for new and existing clients.
* Provide prompt and accurate responses to inquiries, escalating when necessary.
Requirements:
* Act as an SME for significant risks/exceptions that may arise.
* Monitor service and control standards against overall business/department objectives.
* Provide frontline feedback to Client Strategy and broader process improvement functions.
* Proactively identify key business opportunities, research and recommend system enhancement/modifications.
* Conduct root cause analysis for issues that arise, evaluate options and provide recommendations.
* Ensure appropriate reporting and escalation of issues.
* Provide expertise and coordinate implementation and testing of new processes and enhancements to systems.
* Train team members and share FX/SWIFT knowledge and understanding.
Skills:
* Trade Operations
* FX Payments
* SWIFT
* Equity