Associate - International Settlements

At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you’re passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team. We are seeking a detail-oriented professional to join the EMEA Capital Markets Operations team, supporting international settlements across multiple markets. This role supports the end-to-end settlement lifecycle of securities transactions across EMEA markets, helping ensure trades are instructed, matched, and settled accurately within market deadlines. The position works closely with brokers, custodians, counterparties, and internal operational teams to manage settlement activity, resolve exceptions, and maintain strong operational controls. Responsibilities: Process the end-to-end settlement lifecycle of securities transactions across EMEA markets, ensuring trades are instructed, matched, and settled accurately within applicable market deadlines. Monitor daily settlement queues and follow up on unmatched trades, failed settlements, and cash or stock exceptions in a timely manner. Investigate and resolve routine settlement breaks and discrepancies, escalating more complex issues appropriately to senior team members where required. Liaise with brokers, custodians, counterparties, and internal operational teams to obtain updates, confirmations, and resolve day-to-day settlement issues. Perform daily reconciliations across systems, cash accounts, and position accounts, ensuring timely identification, documentation, and escalation of breaks. Ensure adherence to SOPs, market cut-offs, regulatory requirements, and internal control procedures, while completing all required control checks, sign-offs, and documentation evidence in line with governance standards. Support process improvement initiatives by identifying recurring manual touchpoints, common breaks, and operational inefficiencies, and maintain accurate records of pending issues, client queries, and settlement exceptions through internal trackers and reporting tools. Collaborate effectively with senior associates and supervisors to ensure smooth workflow coverage during peak periods, breaks, and market events, while contributing to an inclusive and team-focused environment. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline. 1–3 years of experience in capital markets operations, preferably in settlements or trade support. Solid understanding of the trade lifecycle and settlement processes across multiple asset classes. Familiarity with EMEA market practices and settlement cycles, such as T+2. Experience with industry platforms such as Euroclear, Clearstream, CREST, or similar systems is preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office tools. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve complex breaks independently; high attention to detail when handling large volumes of transactions; and sound risk awareness to identify and escalate operational and settlement risks appropriately. Effective stakeholder management, ownership, time management, collaboration, and a process improvement mindset, with the ability to communicate confidently across regions, manage competing priorities, take accountability through resolution, and support colleagues across the team. #LI-DS1 #LI-Hybrid We are dedicated to fostering a collaborative, engaging, and inclusive environment and are committed to providing a workplace that empowers associates to be authentic and bring their best to work. We believe that associates do their best when they feel safe, understood, and valued, and we work diligently and collaboratively to ensure Broadridge is a company—and ultimately a community—that recognizes and celebrates everyone’s unique perspective. Use of AI in Hiring As part of the recruiting process, Broadridge may use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools, to help review and evaluate applications. These tools are used only to support our recruiters and hiring managers, and all employment decisions include human review to ensure fairness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable laws. Please note that honesty and transparency are critical to our hiring process. Any attempt to falsify, misrepresent, or disguise information in an application, resume, assessment, or interview will result in disqualification from consideration. Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) is a global technology leader with trusted expertise and transformative technology, helping clients and the financial services industry operate, innovate, and grow. We power investing, governance, and communications for our clients – driving operational resiliency, elevating business performance, and transforming investor experiences. Our technology and operations platforms process and generate over 7 billion communications annually and underpin the daily average trading of over $15 trillion in equities, fixed income, and other securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 15,000 associates in 21 countries. LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Glassdoor The Muse Broadridge is committed to creating an engaging workplace for the most talented associates in our industry. We are dedicated to fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and healthy environment that promotes flexibility and accountability. As a leading provider of technology, communications, and data and analytics solutions to businesses around the world, it is critical that we understand, embrace, and operate in a multicultural environment. Every associate has unique strengths, which, when fully appreciated and embraced, allow individuals to perform at their best, leading to our success. We believe that our associates are our most important asset. Encouraging professional development opportunities is a core part of our culture. Broadridge provides educational opportunities, including formal classes, training programs and events. To enable learning in our hybrid working model, Broadridge has redesigned all development programs for 100% virtual delivery. 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