Senior Associate, Fixed Income Settlements

Work Location:

New York, New York, United States of America

Hours:

40

Line of Business:

TD Securities

Pay Detail:

$95,000 - $115,000 USD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs. 

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Preferred Qualifications:

Company Overview

TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. The firm works with clients around the world, focusing selectively and strategically on the key financial centers: Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London, Singapore and Tokyo. www.td.com

Department Overview

Global Operations and Business Services is a diverse and dynamic group of individuals, whose varied talents and experiences enable us to provide critical infrastructure services that support and/or control the trading, investment, and corporate banking functions of TD Securities. We are committed to innovation with purpose, execution with excellence, and continually improving the employee value proposition. We foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, and community giving.  Our dynamic team is divided into five main functional areas: Capital Markets, Financing Operations, Payment and Correspondent Banking Services, Business Services, and Change Delivery.

The Global Operations team partners with the front office and other groups globally to mitigate risk and deliver world class service to our global client base. They provide operational support and control functions across the trade lifecycle.  The team is heavily involved in new product initiatives and process improvements to streamline our support model.  They take great pride in ensuring controls are being continuously reviewed and updated while focusing on the customer at every point of contact.

The Fixed Operations team strives to create efficiency, improve client service levels and reduce operational risk.

If you are industrious, collaborative, innovative, and enjoy visionary thinking, while also maintaining a commercial view on the market, joining our team could be an ideal opportunity for you.

Fixed Income Settlements Senior Analyst

Manage daily settlement transactions across multiple fixed income products for Fixed Income settlements.  You would be responsible for all settlement's functions across your set of legal entities from trade date to settlement date as well as any trade fails, and buy-ins on securities transactions. Our team interacts with many operations groups globally in our goal of providing an industry leading level of client service to external clients and internal stakeholders.  Supporting stakeholders and developing valuable internal & external relationships with employees.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years’ experience within Capital Markets: Operations/Settlements Organization
• Team player, collaborates with others across teams, encourages other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges the contributions of others. 
• Experience with FED/DTC platform, Broadridge and RTTM exposure
• Able to work in a fast pace, deadline sensitive environment and possess good communication skills
• A self-starter who is comfortable in a complex role that interfaces regularly with clients, front office, technology, finance, and trade support teams

• Strong knowledge of Excel, Vlookup, Pivots and other requirements
• Strong product knowledge including rollout and integration, accompanied with a strong lean mentality
• A proven risk assessment and management skill set, fostering a zero tolerance policy for poor integrity and risk taking
• A clear communication style
• Escalation awareness
• A strong front-to-back ownership mentality
• Multi-tasking skills and the ability to prioritize amidst competing / conflicting priorities
• Excellent analytical/problem solving skills and a sense of urgency regarding responsibilities
• Able to take ownership of the design and operating effectiveness of key controls and processes<