Assistant Manager - Asset Management and Controls.Injaz - Investment Operations.Operations Group

About the Role
The role is responsible for trade validation, settlement, custody processing, lifecycle-event management, accounting setup, reconciliations, collateral support, exception management, and management information. The job holder will work across Treasury Front Office, Finance, Market Risk, custodians, counterparties, and other control functions to minimize operational, settlement, accounting, and financial risk.

Responsibilities

• Validate investment deals against authorized trade records, approvals, and supporting documentation, including key economics, settlement details, value dates, counterparties, custody routes, and payment instructions.
• Process and monitor proprietary and customer investment transactions through the approved treasury, core banking, custody, and SWIFT platforms.
• Ensure timely settlement of transactions, including bonds, sukuk, equities, repos, reverse repos, certificates of deposit, money-market investments, structured notes, and EMTN-related activity, as applicable to the approved product scope.
• Monitor delivery-versus-payment (DVP), receipt-versus-payment, and free-of-payment transactions, with enhanced controls and escalation for non-DVP activity.
• Prioritize settlement instructions based on market cut-offs, custody arrangements, currency funding requirements, and transaction risk.
• Investigate unmatched, pending, or failed settlements with custodians, counterparties, and internal stakeholders; document the cause, corrective action, and closure.