Transactions Management Lead – Vice President

Overview

In this Vice President role, you lead day-to-day trade support for front office stakeholders, ensuring timely execution and strong controls across the trade lifecycle. You partner with MSIM teams to monitor data quality, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement in risk, controls, and operational resilience. You will own the trade support coverage model, escalate when needed, and contribute to procedures and change initiatives that enable consistent front-to-back execution at scale. This role offers impact across equities and FX, with exposure to a broad ecosystem of partners.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working opportunities
• competitive benefits
• career development
• diversity and inclusion
• opportunity for cross-border collaboration
• supportive work environment

Responsibilities

• Provide primary operational support to Portfolio Managers and Traders across applicable asset classes (equities and FX) ensuring accurate processing from execution to settlement
• Oversee trade lifecycle controls, booking quality, and readiness for front office stakeholders
• Anticipate front office needs and resolve front-to-back workflow issues (trade capture, allocations, confirmations, settlement, clearing, margin/collateral where applicable)
• Monitor start-of-day readiness (cash/positions, breaks, pricing/valuation flags, unmatched confirmations, settlement fails) and advise on exposures and required actions
• Lead incident management for Trade Support incidents and control breaches with timely triage, root cause analysis, remediation, and communication
• Produce post-incident summaries, MI, and trend analysis to prevent recurrence and improve servicing outcomes
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, increase straight-through processing, reduce manual touches, and strengthen preventative controls
• Maintain support KPIs/KRIs and deliver actionable insights to Middle Office leadership and front office stakeholders
• Demonstrate ownership of the Trade Support coverage model, drive consistent execution and strong controls
• Contribute to procedures, playbooks, and training; coach peers to ensure knowledge transfer
• Partner on change initiatives (platform enhancements, new products/strategies, regulatory changes) and prioritize work by risk and business need

Key requirements

• 8+ years in equity/fx trade support, middle office, or investment operations at a global asset manager, bank, or financial institution
• Proven track record supporting front-to-back workflows from execution through settlement and reporting
• Strong understanding of market products and lifecycle events (cash securities and derivatives; confirmations, netting, settlements, resets, corporate actions, cash flows)
• Hands-on experience with trade management, confirmations/settlement, reconciliations, exception management, and operational controls
• Ability to influence and coordinate across functions, mentoring teammates, and driving outcomes without direct authority
• Proficiency in Aladdin and/or comparable OMS/IBOR/ABOR platforms, plus market/data tools and post-trade utilities
• Strong understanding of global market standards, broker/clearing and custodian practices, and risk and control frameworks
• Data-driven approach to identifying trends, producing management information, and enhancing operational resilience

• Service & client mindset
• Automation & innovation
• Operational leadership
• Strategic agility
• Aladdin and/or comparable OMS/IBOR/ABOR platforms
• Market/data tools and post-trade utilities used for confirmations, settlement, and reconciliations

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