Trade Support Specialist, Client

About the role

Standard Bank Group is hiring a Trade Support Specialist, Client in Johannesburg. The role oversees investment transactions across fixed income and structured solutions products and client onboarding, and provides oversight across the trade lifecycle of complex Global Markets transactions.

Key responsibilities

• Execute and oversee investment transactions across fixed income, structured solutions products and client onboarding, ensuring best execution of investment strategies while minimising operational risk and enhancing client outcomes.
• Oversee the trade lifecycle, including trade execution, allocation, matching and settlement of complex Global Markets transactions.
• Resolve exceptions, mitigate operational and settlement risks and drive continuous improvement through better controls, automation and process optimisation.
• Partner with Front Office, Operations, Risk, Compliance and external counterparties to ensure seamless execution and service delivery.

Required profile

• First degree in Business, Commerce, Finance and Accounting, Mathematical Sciences or similar.
• 3-5 years of experience in trade support and operations.
• Advanced experience in the trade lifecycle of the Global Markets environment, covering multiple products of varying complexity.
• Knowledge of pricing and risk management principles and their impact on risk, P&L and the value chain.
• Seasoned understanding of the end-to-end trading environment, with both system and manual processes.
• Ability to self-manage and coordinate across teams and stakeholders in business, operations, technology and finance.

Required skills

• Proficiency with desk-specific systems, software and processes, including Microsoft applications and other banking industry systems.
• Technical competencies: deal or trade life cycles, derivatives markets, exception handling, manual deal processing, product knowledge of trading and transacting, query resolution and process analysis and redesign.