Officer, Back Office Operations, EDC Securities Limited at Ecobank Nigeria

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a public limited liability company, was established as a bank holding company in 1985 under a private sector initiative spearheaded by the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry with the support of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Officer, Back Office Operations, EDC Securities Limited

Job Identification: 1110
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time

Job Purpose 

• To assist the Securities Business in the management of the operations function to ensure operational efficiency and avoidance of loss and growth of the business in a profitable and cost-effective manner.
• To be responsible for the entire Securities Back Office Operational processes.

Job Context

• The role implies to be customer minded with abilities to address/escalate issues to the Head of Operations, Nigeria.
• The candidate is expected to constantly be on top of operational issues in the Securities space and provide the needed information, reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Custodian of the overall operational process.
• Supervises the processing of various client requests- subscriptions, redemptions, transfer request, etc. for retail funds and purchases, sales and cash movements for institutional funds.
• Retail and institutional fund reconciliations with custodial cash positions.
• Resolving dealing-related enquiries by email and by telephone, supplying information relating to funds’ portfolios, prices, dealing procedures, markets.
• Liaising with parties to the fund such as custodians, registrars, auditors.
• Settlement of transactions into clients’ portfolios as per transaction contract notes.
• Supervises the Maintenance of subscribers’ register and investors files.
• Processing corporate actions and cash receipts such as dividend/interest payments.
• Semi-annual fund level reporting.
• Client statement preparation and reporting for both retail and institutional segments.
• Securities system liaison to ensure alignment with the operational process for both web and core versions.
• Ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering procedures.
• Rendering of returns to regulators and relevant statutory bodies.
• Carry out other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Experience & Qualifications:

• First Degrees in a quantitative field.
• Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA is desirable.
• At least 3-5 years proven experience in Securities space
• Ability to implement procedures to ensure effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Customer focused & result oriented.
• Good organizational and time management skills are highly desirable.
• Inclusive, flexible, savvy and sensitive to client culture/Customer excellence.

Skills, Capabilities & Direct Attributes:

• Great team spirit and strong communication skills are required, in order to develop and maintain effective working relationships both externally and internally.
• Result driven, excellent team player
• Empathizes and pays attention to details
• Proficiency in the use of Investment Management software applications
• Self-starter who can work on their own with minimal direct supervision
• Adopts a conscientious organized and logical approach to task completion
• Motivated by challenges and positive attitude towards work

Application Closing Date
14th November, 2025; 08:28 AM.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online