AVP, Investment Operations Specialist, Global Financial Markets Operations, Group Operations

Business Function
Global Financial Markets Operations (GFMO) partners with DBS GFM businesses regionally to provide robust post-trade support, transaction life-cycle processing, asset transfers, and reconciliations . We are seeking a dedicated operations professional to handle end-to-end trade processing, settlement validation, exception management, and regulatory compliance across broker and custodian networks.

Job Responsibilities
Trade Operations, Settlements & Reconciliations

- Support the asset transfer and corporate action processing for client thru asset held with Custodian and Broker.

- Review and check daily exception reports and ensure timely escalation of reconciliation breaks and issues.

- Monitor and support departmental Service Level Agreement (SLA) commitments to Business Units.

- Handle customer and internal inquiries, investigations, and exception handling.

- Oversee monthly broker expenses, execution fees charge-outs, trade count validation, and reconciliations.

- Handle monthly soft commission & rebates computation and coordinate ad hoc invoice payments to soft commission clients' vendors.

- Execute ad hoc, weekly, monthly, and yearly regulatory reporting and inquiries (e.g., GSIB, Exposure Data Collection, SFC inquiries).

- Ensure timely delivery of daily and monthly statements and reconcile statement counts to meet regulations obligation.

- Conduct periodic reviews and updates of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Change Management, Testing & BCP

- Lead change and process improvements within the team, actively participating in broader organizational initiatives.

- Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Live Verification (LV) testing on back-office systems, and Business Continuity Plan (BCP) exercises when necessary.

- Willingness to support operational requirements, including working on Singapore Public Holidays as rostered.

- Undertake ad hoc tasks as assigned from time to time.

Job Requirements

- 8+ years of relevant operations experience within banking or financial services, preferably in Treasury Operations.

- Familiarity with trade lifecycles, corporate actions, asset transfers, and broker/custodian statement reconciliations.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail in handling exceptions and reconciliation breaks.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of managing internal stakeholder and client inquiries effectively.

- Good understanding of regulatory reporting requirements (e.g., SFC, exposure data collections, GSIB guidelines).

- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint);

Location:
DBS Asia Hub
Job:
Operations
Schedule:
Regular
Employee Status:
Full time