Settlements Manager – Vice President

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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Settlements Manager, Vice President to join our Pershing EMEA Settlements team. Pershing provides a broad range of financial business solutions to investment banks, broker-dealers, wealth managers, financial planners and advisers across EMEA. We provide sophisticated front-end technology and flexible middle office capabilities with execution, settlement and custody services. These are supported by a robust regulatory and compliance framework with dedicated client asset experience and expertise. This role is in Manchester.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Record and reconcile settlement posting and positions between our in-house system and the real world
• Build strong and detailed System and Process knowledge to resolve complex reconciliation issues between systems.
• Ensure all settlement queries are accurately allocated and responded to
• Review and publish settlement fails and reconciliation reporting showing excellent attention to detail and foresight
• Build and maintain good relationships with various external Custodian, Agent Banks, CSD’s and CCP’s
• Work closely with internal teams to provide excellent client service
• Foster good internal relationships to ensure that issues are dealt with timely and accurately
• Monitor resolution of breaks and challenge and escalate when necessary
• Completing root cause analysis of errors within settlements departments to identify appropriate solutions
• Cross train other team members as required to ensure full task coverage
• Demonstrate Risk Management awareness and escalate accordingly
• Understand and monitor the department operational controls and procedures to keep up to date
• Provide administration functions such as Mailbox management & data collation
• Ensuring that training materials and matrices are kept up to date in all aspects of the role
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve processes
• Positively adapt to change in Systems or processes
• Manage team resourcing
• Work on functional changes through project streams, feeding back detail to management
• Provide MI on key metrics around settlements life cycle and supporting tasks
• Work on client RFPs, provide details on workshops and walkthroughs
• Provide ideas for reworking functions utilizing AI and robotics
• Supporting regulatory change and working with auditors
• Complete work review and approvals

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• High School/secondary school or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Proficiency with formulas, Lookups and Pivot tables in Excel to perform manual reconciliation and reporting
• Experience in brokerage/banking operations preferred

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BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

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• Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.