Equity Transaction Services Professional

Job Description:

Job Title: Equity Transaction Services Professional

Corporate Title:  Officer

Location:  Dublin

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth.  This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.
 
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.  Join us!

Location Overview:

Find us at our Central Park office, Leopardstown, where you will find our state-of-the-art facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym, staff restaurant and coffee shop, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. There are also a range of travel options available to staff, including the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Role Description:

This job is responsible for providing moderately complex research, reporting, and analytical support for the delivery of end-to-end support for Global Markets sales, trading and underwriting business for securities, foreign exchange, fixed income, exchange traded derivatives, and over-the-counter derivatives across multiple Lines of Business. Key responsibilities include carrying out duties under general supervision and assisting teammates while following established procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Booking of trade allocations and monitoring client confirmations. 
• Providing Support for the London Sales & trading Desks using knowledge of Operational Risk, Client Money Protection and Funding to ensure timely allocation, confirmation, and settlement of trades.
• Managing client communications and queries in a timely and knowledgeable manner. 
• Resolution and escalation of unmatched trades for EMEA Priority Clients settling in the European markets using market related experience with knowledge of Equity products.
• Timely response to client queries regarding the settlement of their trades.
• Using OMGEO CTM and various internal systems to monitor live risk and ensure accurate and timely booking/allocation of trades.
• Problem escalation to product specialists and technical support teams. 
• Client Fails Reporting.

What we are looking for:

• Previous experience in a client facing financial operations environment in a financial institution. 
• Knowledge of Operational Risk, Client Money Protection and Funding.
• Excellent Client focus skills - ability to build strong relations with internal and external clients to provide top tier client service. 
• Prioritise and work to deadlines and ensure queries resolved in a timely manner.  
• Up to date market knowledge on key initiatives and developments within the clearing and settlement space.
• Clear communicator both written and verbal with both internal departments and external clients / counterparties.
• Competent Excel skills and the ability to manipulate data.

Skills that will help (optional):

• Knowledge of EMEA markets e.g. buy-in risks, settlement fines, market nuances.
• Experience of using Vendor platforms such as OMGEO CTM, ALERT, Traiana/Harmony an advantage. 
• Organisation Skills – Ability to record/organise information.

Benefits of working at Bank of America
 

Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of adult-care per annum
• Ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, specified illness cover etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to free counselling through an Employee Assistance Programme and virtual GP services
• Opportunity to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to join our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.