(Senior) Settlement Officer - Clearing & Settlement Operations

Responsibilities

• Assist their supervisor on upkeep the professional image of the Bank on the proper treasury operation of external counterparties and customers.
• Assist their supervisor on handling external counterparties and customer’s complaints.
• Assist their supervisor on handling general treasury operation related enquiries.
• Assist their supervisor to liaise with other parties for irregularities and transactions.
• Check the deal transactions, confirmation, reports and payment instructions before pass to his/her supervisor for authorization.
• Ensure the subordinates to comply with the rules and regulated requirements of governing authorities. 
• Communicate with others departments on treasury operational, regulatory reports and control matters.
• Check the data maintenance and apply the bank’s control procedure in Treasury Operations system.
• Follow up failed trades and irregularities with the counterparties and report to related parties in a timely manner.
• Comply with all applicable regulations, rules, codes, guidelines and standards set by regulators and the Bank, and carry out duties with high integrity; and
• Adhere to all established risk control guidelines, procedures and measures to identify, assess, report, mitigate and monitor the risks involved in the day-to-day work
• Participate actively in any ad-hoc projects for the department/Bank as required..
• Review/update existing procedure manual and business contingency plan for those products supported by their sections/teams in line with Bank’s policy/guidelines as well as operations needs.
• Prepare the procedure manuals on new products supported within reasonable time after product launched.

Requirements

• Degree Holder, preferably major in Economics, Finance/Full membership of Treasury Markets Association or equivalent professional qualifications is an advantage; 
• Required over 1 years experience in the banking sector covering the following:
• Sound knowledge in treasury operations and able to lead a team to ensure excellent services are provided;
• A team player with good communication skills and risk awareness;
• Knowledge in various payment systems, such as SWIFT, RTGS etc is an advantage;
• Knowledge of Python highly advantageous 
• Good command of both spoken and written English and Chinese.