Your area of work:
Clearstream's investment funds services enable banks and other investment fund distributors to move towards standardization, automation, and straight-through processing of investment fund orders. The Investment Funds Vestima Service Design and Implementation unit is a team dedicated to support client onboarding and process design around fund execution having direct collaboration with Sales-, Product- and Relationship Management Teams. In addition, and amongst other tasks the team manages and supports in- and external testing partnering with stakeholders and driving automation of processes.
Your responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate end-to-end client onboarding initiatives, including advanced scoping exercises, migration strategy definition, dependency mapping, and multi-stakeholder alignment across heterogeneous operational environments
- Design and continuously refine target-state process architectures related to fund order execution, routing, and settlement, ensuring full alignment with Vestima and Central Facility for Funds (CFF) infrastructures
- Contribute to product enhancement cycles by translating complex client requirements and operational constraints into structured, scalable inputs for platform development and optimization
- Act as a primary interface for high-sensitivity client interactions, managing expectations, resolving escalations, and ensuring alignment between technical deliverables and operational commitments
- Orchestrate Transfer Agent implementations, including the end-to-end migration lifecycle to Vestima (order routing platform) and CFF (settlement infrastructure), balancing both operational and technical dimensions
- Drive the implementation and validation of SWIFT ISO 20022 messaging standards, including configuration oversight, exception handling logic, and interoperability across multiple counterparties
- Coordinate and execute comprehensive testing frameworks, including:
- End-to-end client validation scenarios across interconnected systems
- Internal regression and enhancement testing linked to product evolution
- Data integrity checks and reconciliation across processing layers
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistency, reliability, and resilience of processes across the full investment funds transaction chain
- Proactively identify inefficiencies and contribute to automation and optimization initiatives, leveraging process analysis and operational
Your profile:
- University degree (BAC +3 or +5) in Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative discipline
- Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience within the investment funds or post-trade ecosystem, ideally with exposure to fund distribution, order routing, or transfer agency environments
- Working knowledge of SWIFT standards, particularly ISO 20022
- Experience of the end-to-end investment fund lifecycle, including execution flows, order management, settlement mechanics, and reconciliation processes
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within complex, multi-stakeholder financial environments, balancing regulatory, technical, and client-driven constraints
- High level of client orientation, with proven experience managing expectations in demanding, deadline-driven contexts
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex operational or technical topics in a structured and concise manner
- Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail, combined with curiosity and the ability to deconstruct and improve complex processes
- Highly organized, adaptable, and capable of managing multiple parallel workstreams under pressure without compromising quality
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a cross-functional team, demonstrating ownership and accountability in ambiguous or evolving situations
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly in handling structured data, reporting, and documentation
- Fluency in English (spoken and written) is mandatory
- French and/or German language skills are considered an additional advantage
Fix Term Contract 12 months
