Back Office Assistant (M/F)
LE POSTE : For one of our clients , a Bank located in Luxembourg Kirchberg, Sofitex Talent is currently looking for a: Back Office Assistant Eng + Pt(M/F) Duties: Transaction Processing – Securities Settlement: • Participates in all activities related to the settlement of securities operations including the pre-matching and matching of settlement instructions, the transmission of settlement instructions to counterparties and the chasing of counterparties in case of missing settlement confirmation • Sends instructions to sub-custodians from external properties (SWIFT, FTP, fax, emails) • Follows up on foreign exchange operations coming from securities transactions • Prepares the daily cash reconciliation to check the availability of funds in different currencies • Contributes to determine the daily cash and treasury needs • Maintains a complete and up-to-date database including rules approved with counterparties • Monitors and controls the transactions by checking that the potential issues are raised or solved • Provides stakeholders information regarding failed transactions and their potential impacts on other processes in a timely manner • Actively contributes to the continuous processes’ improvement • Presents regular activity reporting to the management Transaction Processing – Custody Operations: • Ensures the securities settlement treatment, control and validation for clients • Collects securities financial information and integrates the data received from sub-custodians as well as the market data in order to get all financial information available in the database • Reconciles the cash and securities and ensures the follow-up with the sub-custodian and/or external brokers • Monitors and controls the transactions by checking that the potential issues are raised or solved Pricing and Valuation: • Monitors and controls the transactions by checking that the potential issues are raised or solved • Collects securities financial information and integrates the data received from sub-custodians as well as the market data in order to get all financial information available in the database Transaction Processing – Cash/Money Market: • Controls and reconciles on a daily basis Nostro accounts ensuring that the information reported by the third party is aligned with the one registered in internal systems • Reports all the unreliable/fictive transactions according to the current processes defined in the bank and to the regulation requirements • Performs the analysis and reconciliation of monthly billings and banking fees • Coordinates all activities related to cash transactions including cash entries and outlays, direct debits, credit card, term placement/deposit, etc. • Ensures that the operations are performed as per the current regulations and applies the required warning measures. Tax: • Ensures that the banking tax procedures are updated and compliant with the law and with national and international tax regulations (FATCA, CRS, QI) • Prepare the report to be submitted to the Tax authority under the manager’s supervision. • Monitors regular tax watches Credit: • Ensure the execution of the loan transaction • Ensures the follow-up of the transactions, • Monitors periodic reviews of the credits held by existing clients and evaluates their solvability Client & Legal Reporting: • Ensures the writing and sending of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports to both internal and external or national and international clients (summary of daily operations, audit confirmation, etc.) • Relay information and report of our institution to the different stakeholders (KYC AML questionnaire, Wolfsberg, etc.) • Keeps up-to-date with regulatory evolutions • Proactively proposes improvement and optimization axis related to current reporting practices Team Management: • Assist the Officer and the manager in the duties (tasks allocation, project management, backup, conflict resolution, etc.) PROFIL RECHERCHÉ : • Good command of company financial analysis and good knowledge of stock exchanges; • Good understanding of financial products (forex, money market, collateral) • Good knowledge in tax regulation and legal requirement; • Analytical, synthetic mind-set and problem-solving skills; • Proactively proposes alternatives to improve the process optimization; • Rigor and organization; • Priority management; • Sense of discretion and confidentiality; • Self-motivation, team player with the high level of integrity and self-discipline; • Good knowledge of computer-based tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook; • Good communication skills (oral and writing); • Fluent in foreign languages English and Portuguese. French is an advantage; • Master’s degree related to the area of expertise; • Mini…
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