Deputy Custody Manager / Assistant Custody Manager / Business Officer

Job No.: 499554
Employment Type: Full time
Departments: Custody and Trust Services
Job Functions: Customer Services, Project Management

Job Responsibilities: 

• Support the change delivery of custody platform, including settlement & clearing, corporate action, lending & collateral, cash management & FX as well as client reporting.
• Collaborate closely with client services, product, operation project managers to analyse business requirements and provide viable solutions to various IT/vendor teams for delivery.
• Support project managers and work with relevant IT teams/vendors and business stakeholders to work out the delivery activities and dependency, as well as project implementation time-lines.
• Track for end-to-end processes of project implementation to ensure quality deliverables from IT/vendor teams and adherence to bank standards and budget costs against approved plan.
• Collaborate with product/operation & IT teams to write up test strategy, prepare and execute test cases, and support operations to complete user acceptance test to ensure the quality deliverables.
• Work closely with IT/vendor teams to implement system changes over the full project life cycle, ensure high quality of IT deliverables, prepare documentation for compliance and audit checks.
• Anticipate and address the market's needs on an ongoing basis, and to solution the market demands.
• Ensure that all services delivered consider current legislative and regulatory requirements and must comply with the Bank’s operational risk guidelines.

Job Requirements:

• 3 years of experience or above in banking/custody business or securities services.
• Solid experience in business/system analysis, co-ordination, and reporting on large & complex projects would be an advantage. Experience in banking or finance system is a plus.
• Effect process management, solutions-driven and client focused with sound analytical and problem-solving skills. Proactive and independent with creativity and lateral thinking.
• Strong interpersonal skills and effective communication skills, with the ability to explain or abstract complex subjects into simple and understandable business terms.
• Able to engage with client services, product, operations, other internal IT teams and external vendors to negotiate resources and schedules, and resolve and follow through on problems.
• Proactive and self-motivated, good planning, presentation and negotiation skills, with ability to handle multiple projects concurrently and work effectively and independently under pressure.
• Meticulous with details; responsible with the confidence to assume ownership of tasks.
• Able to work under pressure on a tight schedule; highly motivated, with a positive, proactive and can-do attitude.