A career as a Senior Analyst in the Asset Finance Support team at National Bank Capital Markets, means you'll be an OTC operations specialist. With your knowledge of the OTC products (mortgage-backed securities, securitization, asset acquisition and financing), your will to contribute to the transformation of the sector and your knowledge and passion of the financial markets, you'll have a positive impact on the growth and profitability of the bank.
Your role Front Office Support - Assist traders with the entry and validation of OTC transactions (mortgage-backed securities, securitizations, etc.).
- Ensure accurate representation of the various financial transactions executed by our traders across different systems.
- Act as a key point of contact for traders to support time-sensitive requests and ensure timely execution of transactions
- Perform funding activities, including coordination of cash movements, ensuring timely and accurate funding of trades, and resolving any discrepancies impacting settlement.
- Perform reconciliation of payments, ensuring alignment between systems, and proactively investigate and resolve discrepancies impacting settlement and funding flows.
- Perform the pooling process, including validation of loan data, creation of pools, and reconciliation of loan balances to ensure accuracy and completeness prior to issuance and settlement.
- Perform reinvestment of MBS cash flows, ensuring accurate allocation of principal and interest proceeds in line with trading strategies and settlement timelines
Control and Validation - Verify deal consistency (pricing, counterparty, dates, terms and conditions).
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
- Perform validation of pooling activities, ensuring accuracy of loan data, pool balances, and settlement readines
- Conduct payment and cash reconciliations, ensuring alignment between Murex records, Swift messages, and cash received
- Validate funding activities, ensuring trades are properly funded and aligned with settlement timelines
- Perform reconciliation of Murex trades against downstream systems, identifying and resolving discrepancies
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of trade booking and lifecycle events across all systems
- Investigate and resolve breaks and exceptions, escalating issues where required
- Perform daily controls on positions, cash balances, and transaction activity
- Validate data integrity across systems, including trade attributes, settlement instructions, and counterparty details
Trade Flow Management - Coordinate with Middle Office, Back Office, and Risk Management teams.
Issue Resolution - Identify and correct system or data anomalies.
- Communicate with IT teams to resolve technical issues.
Reporting and Documentation - Maintain clear and up-to-date procedural documentation.
Your team As part of the Capital Markets Operations sector, you'll be part of a team of 140 colleagues. Our team stands out for expertise in OTC products, by our active and passionate employees and by our contribution to the profitability of the financial markets.
You will be on the front line to support our traders, offering them quality support by constantly bringing in new ideas, by automating existing procedures and suggesting new training methods in your team. You will be the guardian, with your team, of our processes that are constantly evolving with new business opportunities and major initiatives.
We offer a wide range of ongoing learning opportunities for your development, including hands-on learning, training courses and collaborating with colleagues who have varied expertise and profiles.
The candidates will have the chance to be part of one of the operation teams in an evolving chair. This evolving chair is part of a clear and determined development path that can allow you to evolve in your role and, thus, to access different levels of function and propel your career.
Prerequisites - Completed bachelor's degree related to the industry, or any relevant experience OR any other combination of education and experience considered equivalent
- Experience in Financial Markets Operations
- Knowledge of different systems (Murex, Swift, ISM, Bloomberg or Reuters)
- Good knowledge of Microsoft and Excel software (VBA, Macros, pivot tables, dynamic tables, etc.)
- Good knowledge of derivative products in general, mortgage-backed securities and asset lending
- Experience in resolving issues on complex financial transactions
- Must have the capacity to work under pressure, versatility, resourcefulness, proactive and curious
- Flexibility to work overtime based on business needs and market activity
Languages: English
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Your benefits In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you'll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:
- Health and wellness program, including many options
- Flexible group insurance
- Generous pension plan
- Employee Share Ownership Plan
- Employee and family assistance program
- Preferential banking services
- Involvement in community initiatives
- Telemedicine service
- Virtual sleep clinic
We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.
Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees' ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.
