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Accounting - Finance
Middle Office Assistant Manager
Accounting - Finance
#197482
Remote / WFH
Job Description
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a career, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.
If you would like some flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
Perform the controls to ensure the FO systems are matching with BO systems
Trade support activities and trade bookings
BAU activities are performed within SLA and with best quality service
All project deliverables are met within the deadline time
What will you be doing?
Review and perform the system reconciliation function, ensuring that the back office system contains all the trades that are in the front office systems (FOBO). All differences have to be investigated, escalated and cleared within agreed timescales.
Strong understanding of Euroclear, Clearstream, DTC, FED and Domestic settlements.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the Middle Office environment and the front-to-back processes to perform the BAU daily tasks, such as Reconciliations, Exception Queue Management, Liaising with the desks, Trade Bookings, UT controls
Contribute and support the IBMO strategic regulatory changes and play a key role in the move from legacy architecture.
Fostering excellent working relationship with internal counterparts (i.e. Senior Management, IT, Desk, Sales team, TCU, Settlements, Finance).
Strong/Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complicated issues to management and other impacted areas and ensure timely resolution of breaks and issues.
Challenge processes in order to achieve more effective processes and efficiency saves to the firm.
Support the Regulatory trade reporting as part of Belgium Trade Reporting to NBB and ensure exceptions cleared timely for smooth Belgium Govies Reporting.
What we’re looking for:
Degree level or 5-8 years’ relevant experience
Understanding of derivatives / Bond /Credit Market
Escalation and Client Handling
Skills that will help you in the role:
Knowledge of exotic/Credit derivatives/Bonds
Good excel skills
Excellent client communication and service
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a career, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.
If you would like some flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
Perform the controls to ensure the FO systems are matching with BO systems
Trade support activities and trade bookings
BAU activities are performed within SLA and with best quality service
All project deliverables are met within the deadline time
What will you be doing?
Review and perform the system reconciliation function, ensuring that the back office system contains all the trades that are in the front office systems (FOBO). All differences have to be investigated, escalated and cleared within agreed timescales.
Strong understanding of Euroclear, Clearstream, DTC, FED and Domestic settlements.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the Middle Office environment and the front-to-back processes to perform the BAU daily tasks, such as Reconciliations, Exception Queue Management, Liaising with the desks, Trade Bookings, UT controls
Contribute and support the IBMO strategic regulatory changes and play a key role in the move from legacy architecture.
Fostering excellent working relationship with internal counterparts (i.e. Senior Management, IT, Desk, Sales team, TCU, Settlements, Finance).
Strong/Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complicated issues to management and other impacted areas and ensure timely resolution of breaks and issues.
Challenge processes in order to achieve more effective processes and efficiency saves to the firm.
Support the Regulatory trade reporting as part of Belgium Trade Reporting to NBB and ensure exceptions cleared timely for smooth Belgium Govies Reporting.
What we’re looking for:
Degree level or 5-8 years’ relevant experience
Understanding of derivatives / Bond /Credit Market
Escalation and Client Handling
Skills that will help you in the role:
Knowledge of exotic/Credit derivatives/Bonds
Good excel skills
Excellent client communication and service
