Securities operations manager, Vilnius

“Alliance for Recruitment” is the largest recruitment consultancy in Lithuania measured by capacity, number of successful placements and annual growth. We are a high performing team of recruitment experts from various different industries.

Our client – NASDAQ (NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, exchange technology, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, NASDAQ enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today’s global capital markets. As the creator of the world’s first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world’s securities transactions. NASDAQ is home to more than 3,500 listed companies with a market value of over $ 8.8 trillion and more than 10,000 corporate clients. Check out the photos of the recently opened brand new office of Nasdaq @ Vilnius : http://goo.gl/kTxRVN

Currently NASDAQ is expending the team in Lithuania and is looking for:

Job information

Lead a team, providing operational services related to post trade, Nordic Fund Market and financial back office in general. Support a small number of customers in process- and instruction-driven work tasks.

• Responsible and accountable for leading and developing a team of people, setting a direction and deploying resources for varying projects, participating in company-wide projects while providing guidance and expertise when needed.
• Supervising daily activities of the team to ensure the expectations and goals are net and/or exceeded.
• Set priorities for team achievements; coordinate within other teams/managers.
• Collaborates with other managers and departments to ensure the effective work processes and regarding client requests.
• Ensures the team is aware of organization policies and procedures, products and services.
• Works to identify and mitigate operational risks.
• Monitors and reports team performance indicators.
• Acts as an escalation point for operational issues for the team.
• Motivates, develops, recruits and retains team members, cultivating high performing team culture. 

Requirements

Personal characteristics required

• Energetic, positive and able to motivate.
• Able to work and lead in fast-paced environment.
• Proactive and improvement driven mindset.
• Good relationship management skills.
• Reliable and trustworthy.
• Ability to work with a group and independently.
• Good organizational, planning, coordinating and project management skills.
• Ability to coach and mentor.

Skills required

Educational requirements:

• University studies/degree in finance/economics/business administration or equivalent.

Language skills:

• Excellent language skills in written and spoken English.
• Nordic language skills would be a strong advantage.

Computer skills:

• Sufficient user of MS Office applications.
• Advanced user of Excel.

Other skills:

• Experience in team management.
• Recruitment, training, coaching and developing experience.
• Transition experience.
• Knowledge of mutual fund trading, international cash settlement, FX trading, corporate actions would be an advantage.
• Good understanding of different types of securities and how trading and/or clearing and settlement is conducted.

Experience required

Number of years of relevant work experience:

• 3/5

Other

Working hours (deviation from ordinary working hours i.e. scheduled on call duty):

• Nordic business calendar
• Standard working hours.

Travelling:

• Extensive travelling first 6 months, occasional travelling later.

Desired start date:

•  ASAP