Clearing and Settlements - Hays

Hays are currently recruiting for a Clearing Services Analyst to join a leading financial markets organisation in London on a contract basis.
This is a hands-on operational role sitting within a busy Clearing Services function, supporting the day-to-day clearing, position management, margin, collateral, payments and settlement lifecycle.
The role would suit someone from a CCP, clearing house, investment bank, exchange, brokerage or post-trade environment who is comfortable working in a highly controlled, time-critical environment.
Key Responsibilities
Manage the end-to-end clearing lifecycle, including trade validation, position management, contract expiry, settlement and options processing.
Monitor daily positions and investigate or escalate clearing and reconciliation breaks.
Support margin and risk operations, including initial margin, additional margin and intraday margin calls.
Analyse margin movements and assist with the investigation of material changes or exceptions.
Manage collateral movements, including margin calls, receipts, returns and substitutions.
Process and validate cash and payment movements, including SWIFT payments and settlement instructions.
Investigate failed settlements, payment breaks and operational exceptions.
Support physical delivery, expiry and other time-critical market events.
Maintain accurate static data across clearing and downstream systems.
Liaise with clearing members, custodians, settlement banks and internal teams across Risk, Treasury, Finance, Technology and Operations.
Support default management testing and operational resilience exercises.
Maintain strong operational controls, reconciliations and audit-ready documentation.
Contribute to process improvements, automation, system enhancements and regulatory change initiatives.
What We're Looking For
Ideally, you will have previous experience within one or more of the following:
Clearing / CCP Operations
Derivatives or Futures & Options Operations
Post-Trade / Trade Lifecycle Operations
Margining and Collateral Management
Settlements or Payment Operations
Position Management
Exchange or Clearing House Operations
You should have a strong understanding of the trade and post-trade lifecycle, with exposure to areas such as margin calls, collateral, settlements, reconciliations, position management or clearing processes.
Experience working with SWIFT, CCP margining, derivatives, futures/options or clearing members would be particularly beneficial.

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