Finance

Physical Precious Operations - Senior Analyst

Robert Walters

City of London, England, United Kingdom
Full-time, Not Applicable
Remote: No
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Company Description

Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.


Who You Will Work With
Our client is a global financial services organisation providing specialist banking and financial markets solutions. The company offers a collaborative, multicultural and professionally driven environment, with opportunities for career development across a range of banking and corporate functions.

Job Description

What You’ll Do

  • Manage the settlement of physical precious metals, cash and metal transactions, including global shipping, delivery and margined client activities.
  • Support and administer structured financing transactions, including allocated financing, earmarked financing and pledge business, ensuring accurate execution and control.
  • Perform daily back-office reconciliations, investigate and resolve discrepancies, and maintain the integrity of depository and intra-system records.
  • Monitor depository limits, margin availability and risk exposures, escalating issues appropriately to ensure a robust control environment.
  • Deliver a high standard of client service by accurately interpreting requests, resolving trade and client queries, and proactively addressing operational issues.
  • Ensure compliance with operational procedures, payment controls and risk management frameworks, while maintaining up-to-date documentation and completing control checklists.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by supporting system testing, process enhancements, problem-solving and personal development to improve operational efficiency.

Job Qualifications

What You Bring

  • Proven experience in physical commodity operations within a regulated financial services, banking or commodities environment.
  • An understanding of London Precious Metals Clearing Limited (LPMCL) clearing processes and physical precious metals operations.
  • Strong understanding of precious metals markets, including LBMA standards, international markets and emerging market dynamics.
  • Sound knowledge of banking operations, financial products and the wider precious metals trading lifecycle.
  • Good understanding of FCA regulations (or equivalent regulatory frameworks), alongside risk management and control principles.
  • Experience of working within physical precious metals operations, with vaulting experience considered advantageous.
  • Proficient IT skills, with the ability to utilise operational systems, analyse data and support process improvements effectively.
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