Settlement and Liquidity Officer

Job Summary

The Settlement and Liquidity Officer is responsible for managing daily settlement processes across multiple accounts and ensuring optimal liquidity positioning to meet the firm's funding and payment obligations. Operating within a lean, high-output Treasury function, the role requires a self-sufficient professional who can work with minimal supervision, manage relationships across internal and external stakeholders, and contribute meaningfully to the team's income and cost efficiency objectives from day one.

Key Responsibilities

Settlement Operations

• Coordinate end-to-end settlement of funds across major accounts, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Proactively monitor and resolve pending or failed settlements, escalating where necessary
• Ensure correct capture and instruction of trade data into settlement systems
• Collaborate with counterparties, Operations and IT to investigate and resolve settlement failures
• Own end-of-day reconciliations and produce clear, accurate settlement reports

Liquidity Management

• Monitor and forecast daily cash positions across accounts, identifying risks and opportunities proactively
• Coordinate intra-day liquidity to meet funding and settlement obligations without operational disruption
• Optimise the use of internal and external liquidity lines to minimise idle balances and avoid overdrafts
• Provide structured input on short-term investment and funding strategies to the Treasury Lead

Operational Collaboration

• Serve as the Treasury function's primary interface with Operations, reducing information asymmetr

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