Bank of America Hiring for Operations Professional MKTS Job at Dublin Full Time

Job Description:

Job Title: Ops Professional MKTS

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

Location: Dublin

Bank of America:

Every day, across the globe, our employees bring a commitment to our purpose and to driving responsible growth by living our values: deliver together, act responsibly, realize the power of our people and trust the team. A key aspect of driving responsible growth is doing so in a sustainable manner, a critical pillar of which is being a great place to work for our teammates.

In line with these values, in EMEA we have 9 Employee Networks, a wide range of Sports & Social clubs, and other development and networking opportunities so that you can enjoy a range of experiences and connect with colleagues across the bank. We also offer exclusive discounts to some of the most iconic cultural experiences for you to enjoy in your spare time outside of work. Learn more about our benefits here.

Role Description:

“This role is an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the dynamic Equity Transaction Services space. Our team provides support to various Equity & Swaps Trading Desks who trade across global markets for EMEA based clients. The role involves facing off with many different business lines, gaining exposure to a multitude of systems.

You will have the opportunity to play a key role supporting our Sales Trading Desks as well as working closely with our back office settlement teams and Client Relationship Managers. The team deals primarily with the booking, allocation and confirmation of cash equity trades executed with our institutional client base.

Additional responsibilities will include managment through various projects/initiatives impacting the business, facing off to the Front Office, dealing with queries, handling priority clients to make sure benchmarks are met, ensuring periodic functions are performed in strict accordance with timelines and checklists, handling inbox queries and issues, following process control standards on all tasks and duties performed.

The role requires a dedicated and analytical approach to work. Your excellent communication skills, both oral and written, will be vital; as will your skill in performing in a pressurised environment whilst maintaining accuracy.

Core Skills:

• Leading a team supporting the Cash Equity and Portfolio business
• Ensuring all trades are allocated timely and raising any issues appropriately
• Providing Support for the London Sales Desks
• Build good working relationships internally with partners
• Taking care of complex client and desk queries
• See opportunities to improve processes – ‘Just do it’ opportunities and tech improvements
• Calling out problems to product specialists and technical support team and following through to resolution.
• Driving continuous improvement to maintain scalability and opportunity to improve processes
• Ensuring all functions carried out in the team have adequate cover and maintaining an ongoing cross-training plans
• Ensuring all start of day, intra-day and end of day processes and controls are completed timely and accurately.
• Ensure compliance with Process Control Standards and Enterprise Risk Standards
• Managing the schedule of projects which directly and indirectly impact the team

Other Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Background in Securities operations (e.g. Trade Processing, Settlements, Stock Loan, Corporate Actions)
• Highly motivated self-starter who has the initiative and desire to come into an area and learn quickly
• Excellent People management and leadership skills in similar Operations environment
• Ability to work in a high-energy environment and maintain high standards when dealing with tight deadlines, high volumes and demanding trading desks and clients
• Clear communicator both written and verbal with both internal departments and external clients/counterparties
• Keen problem solver; able to handle and resolve queries
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of operational risk
• Excellent Client focus – ability to build good relations with internal and external clients to provide premier client service
• You can prioritise, work to deadlines, and ensure queries are resolved in a timely manner
• Meticulous attention to detail and market deadlines

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements. As part of our standard hiring process to manage risk, please note background screening checks will be conducted on all hires before commencing employment.

Job Band:

H5

Shift:

Hours Per Week:

35

Weekly Schedule:

Referral Bonus Amount:

0