Dealing & Settlements Administrator
Isle of Man
Permanent
Our client seeks a Dealing & Settlements Administrator to join their team
Key Responsibilities
- Daily processes such as the creation, placement and settlement of transactions on investment accounts, set up and maintenance of assets, trading counterparty records and policyholder investment portfolio records.
- Matching money received into company bank accounts, handling asset re-registrations and investigation and resolution of stock reconciliation queries.
- Understand and support the team in fulfilling a broad scope of counterparty anti-money laundering requirements to enable timely investment and account opening.
- Providing support to the rest of the team and the wider division, positively influencing culture.
- Professional and timely communication with policyholders, financial advisers and investment counterparties is fundamental to this role.
- Work under pressure to carry out tasks per agreed service levels.
- Able to prioritise and organise a variety of responsibilities.
- Remain acutely aware of controls and mitigate risk in day-to-day processing.
- Collaborate continuously with colleagues to discuss progress, prioritisation and issues arising, maintaining a positive can-do attitude.
- Use initiative to seek solutions to problems, and to develop understanding of systems and processes.
- Recognise and engage with personal development opportunities.
- Act honestly, truthfully and fairly at all times, recognising values are at the heart of what we do, and customers are why we do it.
- Be aware of and adhere to company Data Protection policies.
- Understand the characteristics of investment types such as equities, bonds and collective investment schemes, building a holistic knowledge of investment operations.
- Understand the nature of counterparties in the financial system, such as banks, fund administrators, custodians and financial advisers
Key Skills and Experience:
- Experience in financial services
- Strong, working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (i.e. Word, Outlook & Excel).
- Strong verbal and written, customer focussed communication skills.
- Excellent literacy, numeracy, planning.
- Strong appreciation of the importance of delivering excellent outcomes for customers.
- Proactive mentality towards learning new tasks, change initiatives and ownership of personal development.
- Strong sense of personal responsibility and desire to understand “why” something is being done.
- Adaptable and organised in working to meet deadlines and targets.
