Senior Securities Reconciliation Specialist

🏗 We're Hiring: Senior Securities Reconciliation Specialist

📍 Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time

💼 Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior

🌐 Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

About Us

We are a construction-focused organization committed to financial accuracy, operational excellence, risk management, and transparent business practices. Our multidisciplinary teams collaborate across Finance, Treasury, Commercial, Procurement, Legal, Risk Management, and Executive Leadership to maintain reliable financial records and support informed decision-making.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Securities Reconciliation Specialist to oversee securities reconciliation, investigate discrepancies, validate financial transactions, and maintain accurate investment and custody records. The successful candidate will support the integrity of financial reporting, strengthen reconciliation controls, and ensure timely resolution of breaks across internal records, custodians, brokers, and other financial counterparties.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily and periodic reconciliations of securities positions, transactions, cash balances, and custody records.
• Reconcile internal accounting systems against custodian, broker, bank, and external service provider statements.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies involving trade settlements, corporate actions, fees, accrued interest, and position differences.
• Monitor settlement activities and follow up on failed, delayed, or unmatched transactions.
• Validate trade confirmations, transaction records, holdings, and supporting documentation.
• Review corporate actions, including dividends, stock splits, rights issues, mergers, and other securities events.
• Coordinate with Finance, Treasury, Operations, custodians, brokers, and counterparties to resolve outstanding reconciliation items.
• Maintain accurate reconciliation schedules, exception logs, supporting evidence, and audit trails.
• Identify recurring breaks, root causes, operational weaknesses, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Ensure reconciliation activities comply with internal controls, approved procedures, and applicable financial reporting requirements.
• Prepare management reports covering reconciliation status, outstanding breaks, settlement issues, and resolution timelines.
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities by validating securities balances and related accounting entries.
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing reconciliation evidence and transaction documentation.
• Strengthen segregation of duties, exception escalation, and control procedures across reconciliation processes.
• Support system enhancements, automation initiatives, and testing of reconciliation tools and financial platforms.
• Maintain confidentiality and security when handling financial records, investment data, and sensitive transaction information.
• Perform other securities operations, financial reconciliation, and control-related duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Banking, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in securities operations, investment accounting, custody services, or financial reconciliations.
• Strong understanding of securities instruments, trade settlement processes, corporate actions, and custody operations.
• Experience reconciling securities positions, cash balances, transactions, and financial statements.
• Familiarity with financial accounting principles, operational risk controls, and audit requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and reconciliation systems; experience with financial platforms or automated matching tools is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and discrepancy-investigation skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination abilities.
• High standards of accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and accountability.

Preferred Certifications

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Relevant securities operations, investment accounting, or financial markets certifications

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Reconciliation accuracy and completion rates.
• Timeliness of discrepancy identification and resolution.
• Reduction in aged and recurring reconciliation breaks.
• Accuracy of securities positions and related financial records.
• Compliance with internal controls and reporting deadlines.
• Audit findings and effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Improvements in reconciliation automation and operational efficiency.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• Fully remote working arrangements.
• Opportunities to improve financial controls and operational processes.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams supporting international projects.
• Professional development and continuous learning opportunities.
• A supportive environment that values accuracy, integrity, and operational excellence.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter highlighting their securities reconciliation experience, financial operations expertise, and relevant qualifications.

• Join our team and help strengthen financial accuracy, transparency, and operational control.