Operations Treasury Back Office Lead (f/m/d)

Solaris is a tech company with a full German banking license. Our Banking-as-a-Service platform enables businesses to offer their own financial products. With our straightforward APIs, our partners can access and integrate a wide range of solutions such as digital banking, payments, cards, identification and lending services. As a market leader we are driven by bringing transformational change to the financial services industry.

We love what we do and we love our team. We are 500+ people from over 60 nationalities - a unique blend of techies, fintech enthusiasts, bankers and entrepreneurs from various industries. Our routines are built around genuinely valuing and exchanging different perspectives as well as actively sharing knowledge as we drive our business as a team. We believe and invest in personal growth.

The Operations Treasury Back Office Lead is an expert role responsible for managing the "Post-Trade Validation," "Settlement & Payment," and "Ongoing Monitoring" phases of the treasury trading process. This role acts as the critical operational "Checker," ensuring that approvals have been completed in trading systems and serves as the primary link between Treasury Trading, Risk, and Finance Accounting. You will manage the Banking Book process flow via JIRA and ensure accuracy across systems such as ZEB.Trading, Broadridge, SWIFT, and SAP.

The role requires close collaboration with Finance Accounting to ensure trade entries (investment assets and cash movements) are booked correctly in the General Ledger. You will be responsible for archiving confirmations and payment proofs to ensure audit readiness.

Your Role

• Post-Trade Validation & Control

• Trade Verification: Cross-check executed trade details against pre-trade approvals and broker confirmations to ensure accuracy before processing.
• System Approval: Act as the "Checker" in ZEB.Trading, ensuring that all necessary "Maker" approvals have been completed by the Treasury Front Office.
• Settlement Validation: Validate settlement instructions (SSI), custodian accounts, and value dates to ensure precise execution.
• Counterparty Confirmation: Manage the confirmation process by confirming trades with external counterparties via email and sending the final confirmation package to Finance Accounting.
• Documentation: Ensure all trade documentation is complete and archived correctly.

• Settlement & Payment Execution
• Payment Authorization: Verify "4-eye control" and dual authorization within the payment system before releasing funds.
• SWIFT Execution: oversee the release of payment requests to the Payments Back Office and execute SWIFT instructions to settle purchases.
• Completion Confirmation: Confirm payment completion using SWIFT MT900/910 or custodian statements and immediately notify Treasury, FRM Middle Office, and Treasury Back Office of settlement completion.
• Process Workflow: Manage the status of trades (e.g., "Settled," "Confirmed") utilizing JIRA tickets to track the end-to-end process flow.

• Lifecycle Management & Ongoing Monitoring
• Cashflow & Coupon Management: Track cashflows and manage the "Fixing of Coupons" for Floating Rate Notes, ensuring ZEB.Trading is updated accordingly.
• Maturity Monitoring: Monitor upcoming maturities, early redemptions, and payment flows (principal and final coupon) to support Finance in derecognizing assets.
• Reconciliation: Collaborate with FRM Middle Office to maintain monthly account statements from custodians and assist in reconciling ZEB price updates.
• Redemption: Manage the redemption and closing of positions within SAP and SWIFT upon maturity.

• Stakeholder Engagement & System Optimization
• Cross-Functional Liaison: Act as the liaison between the Treasury Trading desk, Credit Risk (FRM), and Finance Accounting to facilitate seamless communication regarding trade bookings and settlement.
• Incident Management: Resolve operational issues regarding settlement instructions or payment failures swiftly.
• System Enhancement: Lead initiatives to streamline processes between Bloomberg, ZEB.Trading, and Broadridge/SWIFT, supporting the automation of treasury operations.

• Audit & Documentation Readiness
• Lead preparation for internal/external audits by maintaining complete audit trails, providing evidence of trade approvals, settlement confirmations, and system reconciliations.

We'd love to see

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• 8+ years of experience in Middle Office, Back Office, or Operations within a financial institution’s treasury function.
• Proven experience handling the Treasury Trading Process (Banking Book), including CLOs, Export Finance, and FX products.Knowledge of restricted accounts and the New Product Process is considered a strong asset.
• Trading & Settlement Systems: Hands-on experience with ZEB.Trading (Maker/Checker workflows), Bloomberg, Broadridge, and SWIFT (MT900/910 messaging).
• Workflow Tools: Proficient in using JIRA for process flow management and issue tracking.
• Accounting Integration: Familiarity with SAP and how it mirrors trading systems for General Ledger booking.
• Deep understanding of the "Post-Trade Validation" and "Settlement" phases, including SSI validation and 4-eye control principles.
• Ability to manage operational risks associated with "Fixing of Coupons," daily valuations, and maturity monitoring.

Working Model

• You are either based in Berlin or able to travel to our Berlin office a few days per month (e.g. for stakeholder collaboration, workshops and team projects).

Benefits

• Home office budget.
• Learning & development budget of €1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals.
• Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program.
• Monthly meal allowance.
• Deutschland ticket subsidy.
• 28 vacation days, increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris.
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year.

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.

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