Settlements Associate Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the settlements associate position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for primary support for Trading, Funding, Sales, Fixed Income Origination / Sales and Product and/or Business Administration.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Effectively manage the division’s control environment by balancing risk with commercial opportunities
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and strive for delivery of commercial initiatives
• Understands the impact of initiatives, risks on the operational budget
• Work with global counterparts in running the strategic agendas for the Security Settlements
• Career development and people management
• Exposure to various financial products (OTC)
• Industry platform knowledge including Bloomberg, Swift, and PB proprietary platforms
• Knowledge of SSIs

I would like to submit my application for the settlements associate opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for daily support to multiple trading desks across the fixed income business, as well as other stakeholders to resolve any open questions/issues.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Improving application by escalating the encountered issues
• Proficiency using Microsoft software such as Excel, Word, Access, Outlook
• Perpetuate the firm's tradition of excellence in the quality of our work, interactions, and services
• Strong dedication to the culture of excellence of the firm's experience in transfer of assets function in the Financial Industry
• Strong ownership and teamwork to deliver solution and resolve issues to meet business requirement with strict timelines
• Conduct Interviews for new hires and appraisals for existing employees
• Deep knowledge of financial management, payments or settlements rules, processes and regulations to serve as a Subject-Matter-Expert for this functional area preferred
• Prepare to gain a comprehensive understanding of the trade and settlement lifecycle by interacting with multiple Trading Desks, Securities Lending, Custodian banks, Prime Services, Private Wealth Management, Asset Servicing, Middle Office, Global Control, Funding Operations, and other global Operations teams in order to work toward the shared goal of risk mitigation, regulatory implementation and business enablement

I would like to submit my application for the settlements associate opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for leadership, advice, and direction regarding application of FDA OPDP regulations and guidance as well as other industry norms and corporate policies associated with prescription drug communications.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Self-motivated and solid team player with a client-service approach
• Global macro hedge fund experience
• Knowledge of the North American Power Markets and/or Base Metals Markets
• ISO Reconciliation ,OTC Power settlements, Base Metals settlements
• Knowledge of ETF products and operations
• Capable of working on technical projects following a project plan seeking out additional information when warranted
• Strong understanding of financial services business and Operations involvement in that process
• Capacity to think laterally, solve problems and understand the big picture

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the settlements associate position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for leadership, advice, and direction regarding application of FDA OPDP regulations and guidance as well as other industry norms and Endo corporate policies associated with prescription drug communications.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Fluent Japanese language skills are a pre-requisite due to the mainly Japanese client base
• Previous exposure to Derivatives, FX or Commodities settlements
• Settlements specialist and managing the settlement process
• Proficient in products & settlement processes for Foreign Exchange and FX Derivatives
• Coordinating with external clients to ensure timely execution of confirmations and resolve all outstanding queries on
• Operational risk management of the firm's cash flows related to trading activities
• Partnering with Sales, Trading and Credit Risk Management teams to establish sufficient controls to ensure the settlement risk with counterparts is managed effectively
• Building and implementing Firm polices for governing the settlement process to strengthen fraud prevention controls globally

In response to your job posting for settlements associate, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for technical and thought leadership in both architecture & design as well as application development and promote best practices in these areas.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Work with trading, sales, compliance and other ops areas to resolve problems with the settlement process
• Identify root causes of inefficiencies in the settlement process and working with others in the team Technology and our Clearing Agents/Depositories to address these
• Ensuring trade booking and confirmations are execute and matched
• Ensure no trade breaks in the reconciliation from upstream to downstream ledgers
• Ensure client allocations are booked out in a timely manner
• Following up with Securities desks and clients as appropriate to ensure timely resolution of issues
• Pre-matching/settlement handling for agent bank/self-clearing market flow
• Fail investigation and resolution