Securities Settlement Officer

**About the job**
- On the Global Markets and ALMT perimeters, and on a global basis, Global Market Securities Settlement Lisbon ensure that Security transactions (Bonds, Equities, ETF, SLAB, Repo, ) and positions registered in the books under CIB ITO’s mandate, match the commitment actually taken with counterparties within a secure setup, in accordance with Group and Regulatory Policies and/or contractual agreements
- Within the Securities Settlement Department, the main processes include pre & post settlement activities, clearing, custody, relevant legal documentation, transaction and event-related accounting for securities deemed in scope

**Your Main Activities Are**
- Responsible for the settlement of Security transactions & associated products booked in Calypso, on a timely and cost effective basis by
- Ensuring all trades are instructed, matched & settled on a timely basis
- Monitoring of failing trades & updating Calypso with details of reason for fails.
- Reducing fails and/or potential fails by means of pairing off or partialing down deliveries
- Minimising fails by means of partial deliveries where possible
- Responsible for solving Nostro and Depot reconciliation breaks on a timely basis
- By investigating and, where possible, clearing all nostro breaks in reported by Securities Control teams
- By passing entries to the Calypso systems to clean up outstanding items on a timely basis
- By investigating and, where possible, rectifying all depot breaks on a timely basis reported by Securities Control Teams
- By investigating and solving accounting breaks raised by Securities Control & accounting Teams
- Escalating items that represent operational risk to his direct Manager
- Contribute to the minimisation of settlement costs & operational risk
- By becoming more risk aware and by following the procedures or Compliance rules that are in place to mitigate operational or reputational risk
- Liaising with the dedicated team and take appropriate actions in case of market risks (buyins)
- By seeking to improve STP rates at our custodians so reducing cost, by updating static data as and when necessary.
- By reducing the number of manual instructions sent to agents therefore reducing cost, manual intervention and settlement risk according to Compliance rules
- If necessary, using the escalation process when operational risk is detected
- Contribute to the overall successful running of the settlement department
- By maintaining close relationships with traders and sales and escalating problems to them promptly where required
- By maintaining good working relationships with domestic agents and custodians.
- By communicating with, and assisting, other operational departments where needed
- Ensuring direct Managers are kept informed of any potential problems & issues where appropriate.To the Client relationship management on the whole Security Post-Trade
- Processing area in coordination with CIB CLM OCRM e.g. meetings, investigations, surveys

**Profile and Skills to Success**
- Strong knowledge of Securities & operational processes surrounding securities
- Good knowledge of Financial products
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft software (XL, VBA, Word, PPT, Outlook, )
- If possible, knowledge of practices of Lean & CI
- Multi-cultural
- Analytical
- Risk aware
- Client oriented
- Rigorous attention to detail
- Result oriented
- Good communication skills
- Team spirit
- Must be fluent in English

**Why joining BNP Paribas?**:

- **Leading banking institution**

BNP Paribas is a leader in the Eurozone, and a prominent international banking institution with strong roots in Europe's banking history. It has a presence in 65 countries, with around 190 000 Employees - including more than 145 000 in Europe.

**- Our presence in Portugal**

Since 1985, BNP Paribas was one of the first foreign banks to operate in the country. Today, the Group has around 7.100 employees across several entities operating directly in the territory, offering a wide range of integrated financial solutions to support its clients and their businesses.
- **International reach**

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions:

- Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group’s retail activities and specialised business lines
- Investment & Protection Services that include specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services
- Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients
- **Diversity and Inclusion commitment**
- **Commitment towards work/life balance**

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of goo