Background on the Team

The Equities/Fixed Income Trade Support team provides operational support to Equities/Fixed Income trading desks and investment teams. The function is responsible for accurate trade confirmation, timely settlement, and effective resolution of trade-related issues across global markets.

Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide functional support to MSIM Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Portfolio Administrators through the Trade Management System (Aladdin).
- Monitor trade flows from Aladdin to Middle Office teams and Custodians across Equity and Fixed Income asset classes.
- Responsible for Trade Affirmation and Trade Settlement using DTCC CTM, Alert, and custodian platforms.
- Perform pre-matching, settlements oversight, and fails management, ensuring timely trade completion and minimizing settlement risk.
- Partner closely with Brokers, Custodians and Clearing Agents to resolve unconfirmed trades, settlement discrepancies, fails, and reconciliation breaks.
- Support daily trade lifecycle activities, including exception management, query resolution,



and operational controls.
- Identify and resolve issues related to transactions following established MSIM guidelines, procedures, and control frameworks.
- Contribute to process improvement, standardisation, and automation initiatives.
- Support UAT, prod-parallel, and transformation efforts related to trade processing.
- Operate in a mandatory night shift, providing global coverage for the US / EMEA markets.

What you'll bring to the role:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent professional experience.
- 35 years of experience in Trade Support, Settlements, or Middle Office (Equities or Fixed Income).
- Solid understanding of Equity and Fixed Income securities, settlement conventions, and market practices. — MUST.
- Deep hands-on expertise in Fixed Income/Equities trade confirmation, pre-matching, settlement processing, and fails management.
- Strong working knowledge of DTCC CTM and ALERT
- Experience w

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