Job description
Role Overview:
Responsible for supporting Japan securities back office operations across Japan Equities, ETFs, Corporate Actions, Reconciliation, Billing, and Collateral Management.
The role focuses on ensuring timely and accurate post-trade processing, settlement support, risk controls, and regulatory compliance within the Japanese market. The successful candidate will work closely with internal stakeholders, custodians, and market infrastructures to support efficient day-to-day operational activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage settlement lifecycle for Japan Equities & ETFs, ensuring timely and accurate processing with custodians and clearing agents.
- Perform post-trade processing for Japan Equities & ETFs including trade validation, confirmation, and settlement monitoring.
· Support and maintain a strong understanding of ETF operational workflows, including ETF creation/redemption processes, funding requirements, settlements, reconciliations.
· Develop working knowledge of CreDNX platform and related operational processes, supporting ETF lifecycle management, issue investigation, operational controls, and stakeholder coordination.
- Oversee Corporate Actions processing, including event notification, entitlement calculation, booking, and reconciliation.
- Perform trade, position, and cash reconciliations between Front Office (FO), Back Office (BO), custodians, and external counterparties.
- Investigate and resolve settlement breaks, fails, and reconciliation discrepancies, with timely escalation of material risks.
- Manage collateral operations, including margin movements, collateral allocation, pledging/de-pledging, and related reconciliations.
- Respond to client and internal queries related to operations in a timely and professional manner.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and reduction of manual activities.
- 5–8 years of relevant experience in securities operations / back office.
- Experience in Equity & ETFs settlement, Corporate Actions, and Reconciliation processes.
- Working knowledge of Japanese market infrastructure and practices (e.g., JASDEC, JSCC, custodians).
- Familiarity with collateral management and billing processes is preferred.
- Strong attention to detail with a risk and control mindset, especially in time-critical processes.
- Good understanding of post-trade lifecycle and operational workflows.
- Strong communication skills in Japanese and English.
- Exposure to process automation or transformation initiatives is an added advantage.
OUR CULTURE:
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.
Please visit our APAC career website: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/building-your-career-with/ for more information.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION (DE&I):
Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.
Our vision:
• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients
Check out our DE&I initiatives: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/
Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any reasonable accommodations of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.