Clearance & Settlement Associate Director

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

Join our DTCC family, and you’ll grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new venture, you’ll be supported and surrounded by other experts you learn new skills, advance your career, and see the impact of your efforts every day.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and other leave of absence
• Flexible/Hybrid Work Arrangements 

 The impact you will have in this role:

The Global Business Operations (GBO) organization is responsible for all operations and asset services supporting the following DTCC businesses:

The Depository Trust Company (DTC), National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) – Government Securities Division (GSD) & Mortgage-Backed Securities Division (MBSD), Wealth Management Services (WMS), Insurance & Retirement Services (I&RS), Solutions Operations - Global Service Bureau (GSB), and Governance and Reporting. GBO's mission is to provide the Securities Industry with superior operations processing and client services support in an environment that minimizes risk and cost while improving efficiency.

Equity Clearance and Settlement Operations provides operational support for DTC and NSCC focusing on depository services, trade capture, comparison and netting of virtually all broker-to-broker equity, listed corporate and muni bond and UIT trading in the U.S, culminating into a consolidated end-of-day process that completes the transfer between trading parties of securities ownership and cash daily. A key area of responsibility for the Equity Clearance and Settlement is the support and preparedness of business resiliency and continuity efforts, cyber security events, and default/liquidity management.

FICC Operations provides operational support for the Government Security and Mortgage Backed Securities divisions of FICC focusing on trade capture, comparison, netting and settlement services to the mortgage-backed and government securities market thus providing operational efficiency  to this high dollar value market place. A key area of responsibility for the FICC Operations, is the support and preparedness of business resiliency and continuity efforts, cyber security events, and default/liquidity management. 

 Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Performs oversight of day-to-day processing activities, including exception resolution, achievement of metrics and benchmarks, adherence to controls, audit follow-up, compliance, and risk management activities.
• Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, using available data, perceives the impact and implications of decisions. Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely results.
• Understands, applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to niche business functions. Supports, drives continuous improvement for process and procedures; ensures procedures are continually followed and updated.
• Articulates and presents sophisticated or technical information clearly and effectively to customers and/or non-technical colleagues, in both small and large group settings.
• Oversees performance management by developing, and mentor team. Strong talent evaluator with a focus on development of others to perform by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Uses subject matter expertise to review and enhance the control environment and identify and implement process improvements.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal and external customers to facilitate issue resolution, process improvements, and risk reduction. Takes a lead role on department projects and initiatives.
• Implements short- and medium-term strategy and ensures execution of divisional goals at a department level.
• Oversees development of training plans and delivery to meet staff development targets.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
  Highlights the expected benefits of new actions and strategies to help others overcome fear of change.
• Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
• Proactively seeks feedback from others on their own performance.
• Ensures that r