Seccl
Operations
Operationsanalyst-Reconciliations
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“Operations analyst - Reconciliations at Seccl. Skills: Reconciliations, stock & cash reconciliations, break management, FCA Client Money & Asset Return (CMAR), CASS MI. ensuring the accuracy of our stock and cash records. ensure those records match those held with banks, Fund Managers and CREST”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure all CASS Reconciliations and processes are carried out in line with FCA requirements; deliver a more scalable & robust proposition
Industry & Context.
analytical and problem solving abilities; identifying opportunities for inefficiencies and automation; identify discrepancies; resolve discrepancies; identify systemic issues; identify root causes; proposing solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
proven understanding of either, or both, custody asset and client money reconciliations and the CASS regulations covering these, good understanding of investment platform operations in a retail client proposition, including basic knowledge of trade lifecycle, corporate actions & client money payment standards, ability to work well under pressure, in an organised manner with the ability to multi-task and switch priorities, analytical and problem solving abilities with an eye for identifying opportunities for inefficiencies and automation, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels and work across diverse operational teams, technically minded, Excel skills are essential, understanding of relevant regulatory standards and industry best practice
Nice to Have
Knowledge of Looker and MS Power Platform is desirable, desire to learn low/no code tools
What You'll Do.
ensuring the accuracy of our stock and cash records
ensure those records match those held with banks
Fund Managers and CREST
ensure all CASS Reconciliations and processes are carried out in line with FCA requirements
proactively identify issues
weekly and monthly stock & cash reconciliations
and any supplementary processes
are delivered accurately and on time
Maintaining the daily break management system
Producing the monthly FCA Client Money & Asset Return (CMAR) for submission to CASSCo for approval
Producing monthly CASS MI on reconciliation completion
and any outstanding reconciliation breaks
Identifying and proposing solutions for Reconciliation process improvements
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
liaise across Operational teams to both resolves these, and prevent reoccurrence; Liaising across Operations, Engineering & Compliance to coordinate issue resolution; work across diverse operational teams
Communication Scope
excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels
Full Job Description
Hybrid with two days a week in our Bath or Edinburgh office ABOUT US Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to helping more people to invest – and invest well. We’re B-Corp certified with an amazing product-market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We've been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years. We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi billion group that's on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money. Check out the Seccl website https://seccl.tech/ for the latest on our products and our mission https://seccl.tech/about/ to shape the future of investments. THE ROLE We’re looking for an Operations analyst to join our Reconciliations team at Seccl, reporting to the Operations delivery lead. The Reconciliations team are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of our stock and cash records for the 230,000+ clients currently on the platform. Each day, we ensure those records match those held with banks, Fund Managers and CREST, alongside a suite of processes to identify, and quickly resolve, any discrepancies. As an Operations analyst you will work closely with other analysts, reporting to the Operations delivery lead, to ensure all CASS Reconciliations and processes are carried out in line with FCA requirements, supporting the team in doing so. You will proactively identify issues, or potential issues, and liaise across Operational teams to both resolves these, and prevent reoccurrence. ON A TYPICAL DAY YOU WILL BE… - Ensuring all daily, weekly and monthly stock & cash reconciliations, and any supplementary processes, are delivered accurately and on time - Maintaining the daily break management system, ensuring accurate and clear explanations for operational teams to undertake resolution, and producing clear MI of any outstanding items and their ag
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