Custodial Operations Executive in Sydney

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, through global expansion and product offering.

We're looking for a detail-oriented Custodial Operations Executive to join our Post Trade Operations team on a 6-month maximum-term contract. You’ll bring your stockbroking experience to support international equity settlements, custody operations and corporate actions, helping ensure our clients' transactions are processed accurately and efficiently. If you enjoy working with financial markets, solving operational challenges and collaborating with a knowledgeable team, this is a great opportunity to broaden your experience within a global fintech.

Why You'll Like Working Here

• Leave benefits: Accrue five additional annual leave entitlements each year called My Days. Enjoy your birthday off and utilise a paid charity day to give back to your community.
• $0 Trades: Staff and family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to $0 trades on domestic and international equity orders.
• Continuous learning: Our L&D offering covers technical and professional development, helping you continue building your skills.
• Benefits and wellbeing: Access our dedicated benefits and wellbeing hub, including retailer discounts and resources to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Collaboration: Work alongside experienced colleagues in a collaborative office environment, where we work together five days a week.
• Office perks: Enjoy complimentary breakfast cereals and coffee, along with Culture Club activities including social events, fitness activities, trivia and more.

What You'll Be Working On

Reporting to the Custodial Operations Manager, you'll support the daily operations of our international settlements and custody function. You'll be responsible for processing international equity transactions, managing custody holdings, completing reconciliations and supporting corporate actions to ensure accurate and timely outcomes for our clients. Working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you'll also help identify operational risks, resolve queries and contribute to process improvements that support the smooth running of our stockbroking operations.

What Will Make You Successful?

You’ll thrive in this role if you're organised, analytical and take pride in getting the details right. You're comfortable managing competing deadlines, enjoy solving problems and understand the importance of accuracy when handling client assets and financial transactions. You'll bring a collaborative approach, communicate clearly and have the confidence to work independently when required.

You’ll also bring:

• Previous stockbroking experience, particularly in equity processing and post-trade operations
• Knowledge of international share trading and settlement processes
• A sound understanding of ASX rules, CHESS workflows and compliance requirements
• Experience with GBST Shares, international custody arrangements or corporate actions will be highly regarded

The things we live by: CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.

We look forward to hearing from you!