The VP, US Fixed Income Ops would be primarily responsible for:

• Leading efforts to manage all projects and testing in the US Fixed Income Ops space for systems, industry, and regulatory changes
• Managing the day-to-day Fixed Income Ops workflow, primarily covering clearance and funding of Fixed Income securities in both DTC/Fed depositories

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Developing, implementing, and testing enhancements to ensure straight-through processing of outright and report transactions
• Researching and reconciling breaks, fails, open items, unencumbered securities, etc
• Liaising with desk, Middle Office, and other Operations teams to satisfy settlement and funding obligations
• Architecting and managing trade and security flows to respective systems/depots for settlement

Experience in the following is a plus:

• MBS Allocations
• Warehouse Lending/Gestation Repo Ops
• TMPG and Claims

Desirable Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of all Fixed Income clearance/settlement concepts and experience in DTC, Fed, and Euroclear
• Strong knowledge of Fixed Income security lifecycle events (fails, maturities, coupons, factors, rate changes, reorgs, etc) and its effect on stock record/trial balances
• Proven track record of managing operational risk, processes, projects, and staff
• Strong knowledge of Broadridge GPS products (BPS, CAGE, Impact, Gloss)
• Proven track record of successfully managing the allocation of collateral into triparty shells and running a funding operation
• Proven track record of successfully working with industry peers on Fixed Income initiatives (Same Day Settlement, Fed Repo Tracking, Consolidated Margin, Single Security, etc)

Strong attention to detail

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, analysis of large data sets)
• Proven self-starter with ability to think quickly under pressure