Operational Analyst – Settlement

Nordea

Operational Analyst in Settlement team responsible for trade processing and ensuring on-time settlement. Seeking to optimize and automate processes in a fast-paced financial environment.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timePaço de Arcos • 🇵🇹 PortugalMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Swift

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Handle daily processing of trades and ensure on-time settlement (Equity & Bonds).
Liaise with counterparties, custodians for any failure / issues to ensure fast and effective resolution.
Seek to continuously optimize and automate processes to ensure scalable solutions are implemented.
Make sure changes and new procedures are documented.
Participate in stakeholder meetings and projects as required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

+5 years’ experience within a financial industry operations
+3 years with Settlement back office activity function
Proficient written and spoken English is a requirement
Prior use of Simcorp Dimension, ALERT and SWIFT (tieto) would be good, however this is not a prerequisite.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Opportunities to learn and grow
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

trade processingsettlementequitybondsprocess optimizationautomationdocumentation

Soft Skills

communicationproblem-solvingstakeholder engagement