Equities Middle Office Specialist

United Kingdom
- Operations
- Investment Bank

**Job Reference #**
- 268709BR

**City**
- London

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Your role**
- We’re looking for an Integrated Middle Office Specialist to:
- Ensure timely, and accurate, processing of allocation requests into client order management and booking systems.
- Work collaboratively with other UBS group and IB logístical functions including Finance, IT, Compliance, Credit Risk and COO function.
- Increase RFT (Right First Time) by continuously monitoring and improving the systemic and behavioural root causes across FO, IT, and Operations.
- Demonstrate sound understanding of business and client issues together with the ability to develop convincing ideas and solution to meet these needs.
- Ensure information is shared between team members whilst also demonstrating the ability to communicate concisely and convincingly to a wider audience including the business.
- Ensure deadlines are met and deliverables are of a high standard.
- Adhere to escalation procedures within IB operations.

**Your team**
- The Cash Equity sales support role sits within Equities Middle Office function. The role provides direct support to the EMEA Sales and Trading desks including Program Trading, High Touch, Direct Execution and Emerging Market Desks. The role requires a thorough understanding of various cash equities, ETF's and listed derivative products and markets. This unique opportunity provides direct exposure to Equities desks and allows for the individual to represent operations in a highly challenging and collaborative environment.

**Your expertise**
- Ideally experienced in a similar operationa Middle Office support function, financial services background would be a plus.
- Core product knowledge in Equities, ranging from understanding stock bookings and their associated lifecycle events (corporate actions / takeover / mergers) to ETF's and Convertible Bonds.
- Previous knowledge of Traiana Harmony, CTM and booking and confirmations process is desirable but not essential.
- Clear communicator and confident to speak to clients and face-off to COO's and the business.
- Zero tolerance policy towards risk, ensuring all appropriate items are escalated to senior management as soon as possible.
- Knowledge of process automation and ability to review and improve processes a plus.
- Team player able to work with various divisions to achieve outcomes.

**About us**
- UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.
- With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

**Join us**
- At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.
- From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

**Disclaimer / Policy Statements**
- UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.