Johannesburg: Confirmations Officer posted by Isilumko Staffing

The purpose of the job is to:

• Ensure that outgoing confirmations in respect of Foreign Exchange Derivatives (FXD), Interest Rate Derivatives (IRD) and Africa Desk are confirmed timeously and accurately.
• Matching incoming and outgoing confirmations for various FXD, IRD and Africa Desk products timeously and accurately.
• Monitoring all reports relating to FXD, and Africa Desk products via Intellimatch, swift or manual confirmations received from counterparties.
• Attend to all queries for FXD, IRD and Africa Desk products.
• Reconcile the Murex to Calypso recon.
• Reconcile the Murex to Xceptor recon.
• Reconcile the MW/Murex and DB clear recons.
• To report and update Management Information accurately.
• To provide excellent customer service to all internal and external clients.
• To update procedure manuals and controls regularly.
• To assist management with requests and queries.
• To maintain and enhance the team spirit and work well in a team.

Requirements:

• Candidate should have at least 2 years’ banking experience.
• Have suitable knowledge of: derivative processing, derivative product knowledge, foreign exchange.
• Must be computer literate and have a good working knowledge of MS Office suite, Internet & Outlook.
• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels.

Additional requirements:

• Valid matric certificate
• Bcom degree or SAFEX an added advantage