AVP – Investment Operations Specialist - Global Financial Markets Operations, Group Operations

Business Function

Global Financial Markets Operations (GFMO) partners with DBS GFM businesses regionally to provide robust post-trade support, transaction life-cycle processing, asset transfers, and reconciliations . We are seeking a dedicated operations professional to handle end-to-end trade processing, settlement validation, exception management, and regulatory compliance across broker and custodian networks.

Job Responsibilities

Trade Operations, Settlements & Reconciliations

• Support the asset transfer and corporate action processing for client thru asset held with Custodian and Broker.
• Review and check daily exception reports and ensure timely escalation of reconciliation breaks and issues.
• Monitor and support departmental Service Level Agreement (SLA) commitments to Business Units.
• Handle customer and internal inquiries, investigations, and exception handling.

• Oversee monthly broker expenses, execution fees charge-outs, trade count validation, and reconciliations.
• Handle monthly soft commission & rebates computation and coordinate ad hoc invoice payments to soft commission clients' vendors.
• Execute ad hoc, weekly, monthly, and yearly regulatory reporting and inquiries (e.g., GSIB, Exposure Data Collection, SFC inquiries).
• Ensure timely delivery of daily and monthly statements and reconcile statement counts to meet regulations obligation.
• Conduct periodic reviews and updates of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Change Management, Testing & BCP

• Lead change and process improvements within the team, actively participating in broader organizational initiatives.
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Live Verification (LV) testing on back-office systems, and Business Continuity Plan (BCP) exercises when necessary.
• Willingness to support operational requirements, including working on Singapore Public Holidays as rostered.
• Undertake ad hoc tasks as assigned from time to time.

Job Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant operations experience within banking or financial services, preferably in Treasury Operations.
• Familiarity with trade lifecycles, corporate actions, asset transfers, and broker/custodian statement reconciliations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail in handling exceptions and reconciliation breaks.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of managing internal stakeholder and client inquiries effectively.
• Good understanding of regulatory reporting requirements (e.g., SFC, exposure data collections, GSIB guidelines).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint);

Location:

DBS Asia Hub

Job:

Operations

Schedule:

Regular

Employee Status:

Full time