Securities Network Manager (all genders)

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Erste Group was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank and is today one of the largest stock-listed banking groups in Central Europe. As an attractive employer, Erste Group offers interesting career opportunities in an international environment.

The Securities Network Management team oversees Erste Group’s international custody network and strategic market infrastructure relationships. We enable secure and efficient securities services by combining market expertise, strong partnerships and continuous network optimization.

Your Tasks

• Manage and further develop relationships with global and local custodians, CSDs and other market infrastructure providers across international securities markets
• Monitor market, regulatory and industry developments and assess their impact on our securities services network
• Conduct due diligence reviews, service evaluations and risk assessments of existing and prospective network partners
• Partner closely with Operations, Product Management, Risk, Compliance and Business teams to ensure efficient and resilient securities services
• Drive network optimization initiatives, contract negotiations and strategic projects to enhance service quality, risk management and cost efficiency

Your Background

• Several years of experience in Securities Services, Global Custody, Network Management, Asset Servicing or a related capital markets function
• Strong understanding of custody, settlement, corporate actions and the global securities services landscape
• Proven ability to manage external service providers, stakeholder relationships and complex cross-functional topics
• Excellent analytical skills combined with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset
• Willingness to undertake occasional international business travel for due diligence visits
• Fluent in English; German is an advantage

Our Offer

• A highly specialized and visible role within an international Securities Services environment.
• The opportunity to shape and further develop our global custody and market infrastructure network.
• Collaboration with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders across international markets.
• Challenging and diverse responsibilities with room for personal initiative and professional growth. 
• Discover and enjoy the benefits of Erste Group 
• The minimum wage for this full-time position in accordance with the collective agreement with complete fulfillment of the functional profile is EUR 51.336,04 gross per year. But this is just a formality - we would be happy to talk about your actual salary in person! 
• We offer our employees the opportunity to divide their hours between working from home and at the office.
• We consider the diversity of our employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.