Private Banking Middle Office - AVP

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Private Banking Middle Office - Assistant Vice President

12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Permanent

Hybrid - Onsite 3 days per week

Location - Birmingham

We are seeking high‑calibre Associate and Assistant Vice President–level professionals to join a fast‑paced operations environment supporting a leading private banking institution. These roles sit within the broader Operations function, with a primary focus on Asset Servicing. The ideal candidate will bring hands‑on experience from operational or middle‑office teams, in equity or fixed income space, and have the capability to integrate quickly and operate autonomously.

The ideal candidate will have background in corporate action event processing (both mandatory and voluntary), managing end-to-end processing, event notifications, bookings, reconciliations, and custodian interactions. Candidates should demonstrate familiarity with event‑specific nuances (e.g., Japanese stock splits), and be comfortable navigating multiple systems while maintaining rigorous attention to detail and control frameworks.

Alongside asset servicing, experience within settlements is highly valued, including SWIFT messaging familiarity, market matching requirements, and understanding of 515/518 processes. Knowledge of SSIs, custody workflows, asset transfers, and how CASS rules 6 & 7 apply in an operational setting is also important.

Success in this role requires excellent interpersonal skills, as you will regularly communicate with internal teams, external custodians, and client‑facing staff. A strong risk mindset, ability to manage exceptions, and confidence in escalating issues appropriately are essential.

Job requirements

Headline Requirements

• Operational background within financial services (private banking preferred but not essential)
• Experience across asset servicing, corporate actions, reconciliations, and/or settlements
• Ability to hit the ground running with minimal product or technical theory training
• Strong risk and control mindset with proven stakeholder communication skills
• Familiarity with custody processes, CASS rules, SSIs, and core industry systems

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Asset Servicing and Operations teams across corporate actions, including mandatory and voluntary events
• Process event notifications, incoming instructions, bookings, and custodian portal updates
• Manage reconciliations across multiple internal systems
• Handle event‑specific nuances and market‑specific requirements (e.g., Japanese market conventions)
• Support settlements workflows including SWIFT messaging, trade matching, 515s/518s, and market‑specific rules
• Maintain and update SSIs where required
• Apply understanding of CASS rules (particularly 6 & 7) to operational processes
• Assist with asset transfers and custody‑related workflows
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, custodians, and client‑facing teams
• Uphold strong risk, control, and governance standards

How We Work:

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please use the designated space within the application questionnaire.

This is a fixed-term contract full-time position located in Birmingham. As the selection and interview process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible, if your profile is selected, a member of our team will contact you within 4 weeks. For this role a valid working permit for the UK is mandatory.

Expectations regarding hybrid working: As we are a Service Provider and Consulting firm servicing clients, our policy for physically working from the office (which may be the clients' offices or our own offices depending on the client) aligns to what our clients' policies and expectations are and these vary. Most of our clients now require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, 2 days from home, and accordingly this is also the minimum expectation that [Employer hidden] require. However, some of our clients have now moved up to 4 days and even 5 days in the office and we require candidates to be flexible to meet our client demands.

Who We Are:

[Employer hidden] Group is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualised services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services.

Our 3 offerings are:

• Managed Services
• Consulting & Solutions
• Technology

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