Associate Director, Custody Operations, Fund Services

Location: Hong Kong

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Lead the setup of custody business and participate in the strategic planning of custody business
• Establish and implement procedures manuals, workflows and control measures related to asset custody services
• Connect and establish relationship with stakeholders, including but not limit to sub-custodians, counterparties, internal departments, etc
• Participate in system setup, implementation and testing and to collaborate with system vendor and internal departments to follow up project status and progress
• Manage or support day-to-day settlement, reconciliation and corporation action operation, including but not limited to Hong Kong equities and fixed income securities, global stocks and bonds, etc
• Monitor relevant market developments, assess operational and system enhancement needs, and implement measures to respond to changes
• Undertake ad-hoc projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Postgraduate qualification in a related discipline
• Holding a relevant SFC license for custody services is required
• Preferably with minimum of 8-10 years of experiences in global custody and banking industry
• Familiar with custodian business with good knowledge and operating experience in various settlement systems operations, including operations in SWIFT, CMU, CCASS, Euroclear/Clearstream etc.
• Experience in leading a team to perform trade settlement and corporate action event cycles
• Mature, high level of attention to detail, able to work independently under pressure and strong sense of meeting tight committed deadlines
• Able to resolve settlement issues and conscious of operation risk
• Good interpersonal skill and willing to accept challenges
• Good verbal and written communication skills in Mandarin and English
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other presentation applications, including the ability to produce neatly presented work
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