Assistant Vice President - Issuer services Operations

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Assistant Vice President – Issuer services Operations

In this role, you will:

• Contribution towards sustainable savings in relation to Process Efficiencies. Supporting each global product on a regional basis by function or market.
• To plan for standardization of ISV processes by sharing the best practices across the various markets with the aim to enhance cost effectiveness and efficiencies. The role holder is expected to spend at least 40% of the time on operations.
• Job holder is expected to monitor daily BAU deliverables and ensure quality & timeliness is being met as per agreed PLA. Supporting Corporate Trust & Loan Agency, covering US, UK, MENA and APAC for multiple clients

• Establish and maintain effective relationship with customer, business areas, ICSD’s and identify areas of service improvements. Drive rigorous and customer centric Quality Campaigns and initiatives to increase Quality awareness in the team. Recognize, reward and set high internal service excellence benchmarks to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Problem situations are proactively identified and resolved to give maximum customer satisfaction and escalated where necessary. Appropriate measures are taken to improve quality and prevent recurrence. Establish and maintain effective relationship with customer business areas and identify areas of service improvements.

• Responsible for increasing the team’s productivity and efficiency through various process improvement initiatives. Responsible for coordinating and implementation of process improvement initiatives; deliver process training to build a strong bench of technically strong cross trained team members.
• Effectively drive and manage change to achieve business goals (e.g. process improvements/changes in procedures). Lead by example through service excellence and driving quality initiatives for improved Customer Satisfaction.
• Develop staff to achieve business objectives and achieve individual potential, sharing knowledge and experience and providing assistance on referred issues.
• Drive staff development through soft skill training, personal development plans and performance management reviews.

• Manage 3-4 direct reports, whilst overseeing additional headcount (indirect reports), as and when required by business. Regular liaison with client/business partners

To be successful you will:

• Degree in finance and accounting and/or related qualifications and/or relevant work experience. Excellent knowledge in accounting principles and fundamentals of accounting. Basic knowledge of Bond, Custody, Depository, Capital/Money Markets and Financial Instruments
• Strong leadership skills evidenced by achievement of objectives together with a track record of development of individuals with strong organization and planning skills along with the ability to handle capacity and MI reporting. Ability to build and maintain relations with business units and continuously give feedback by stringent follow up on service level agreements.
• Evidence of strong analytical, statistical and data mining skills to study trends, make projections and to interpret numeric information. Evidence of strong operational decision making and be able to provide support to the teams. Experience of successfully managing and developing a team/Individuals in previous role                                                     
• Will be expected to maintain HSBC internal control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit points, together with any issues raised by external regulators. Must be aware of the operational risk scenarios associated with this role and act upon pertinent risk (if any).
• Responsible for the implementation of Group Compliance Policy as is applicable to this role. Prior work experience in Bond or Note issuance, Syndicated Loan Operations, Depository, Bond/Money market will be preferred.

• Prior experience of managing a team will be preferred. Additional qualifications in finance or accounting i.e. CA/CFA/MBA/CS/ICWA etc. will be preferred.
• Role Requirement: Deal Built Skillset:
• Review of the documentation from an operational perspective. Manage Deal and Facility setup in Loan IQ for new transactions and complex amendments based on the facility agreement
• Coordination with the Client Service and Transaction Manager on the operational aspects of the closing process (initial drawdown / fees, conditions precedent etc); Coordination with operational City Sites for static data set up including SSI’s and Call Back; Coordination with City Site Ops team to ensure key static has been set up in a timely manner.
• Perform Quality Assurance function on new deal set up and amendments. Margin changes (Maintaining ratios, Covenants), Fee settlement & Billing (Commitment, Utilization, SBLC, Waiver, Agency & Upfront)

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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