Operations Analyst

Operations analyst – financial markets

Goodman Masson is partnering with a new financial markets venture under formation in Oman. Backed by prominent institutional investors, the business is building its operations from the ground up and is now hiring during the build phase.

This is a rare opportunity to join a business at the start of its journey, helping establish the operational processes and controls that will support its activities across financial markets.

The business will operate on a 21/6 basis, Sunday through Friday, supporting multiple asset classes and currencies across different markets and time zones. Operations will be delivered through a rotating shift pattern to maintain coverage throughout the operating window, making flexibility and genuine comfort with shift-based working essential.

The role

We are looking for an operations analyst with hands-on securities operations or settlement experience to join the operations team, supporting the day-to-day running of the business and ensuring settlement and related operational activities are completed accurately, on time and in line with established controls.

You will monitor settlement instructions and processing cycles, investigate exceptions, coordinate with settlement banks and custodians, and support participants with operational enquiries. Depending on your experience and training, you will also gain exposure to corporate actions, repo and collateral management, registry maintenance and participant account services.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked in multi-currency, multi-asset environments with real settlement deadlines, ideally within a regulated financial services operation. Previous experience working extended or non-standard hours would be a strong advantage.

Working closely with the operations lead, operations control and product technology, you will play an important role in maintaining operational accuracy, resolving issues and ensuring effective shift handovers and audit trails.

What you'll do

• Monitor settlement instructions, processing dashboards and matching queues across approved products and currencies during your assigned shift.

• Monitor automated settlement cycles and batch processing, investigating failures and confirming cash and securities movements with settlement banks and custodians where required.

• Identify, record and investigate settlement exceptions, tracking outstanding items through to resolution.

• Monitor settlement failures and escalate persistent or unresolved issues within prescribed timeframes.

• Complete start-of-day and end-of-day operational activities, including readiness checks, monitoring processing outcomes and documenting outstanding items.