Execution Services Executive

About Goodbody

Goodbody is a leading financial services firm, committed to serving and growing client relationships for 150 years. We are a full service, investment-led business offering wealth management, asset management, investment banking and private equity services. Our staff of over 400 work in offices across Dublin, London, Cork and Galway. We’re proud to offer prospective employees a professional, collegial work environment that encourages diversity of thought and background. Our reputation in the Irish market for putting customers first is as consistent as the company’s long-standing commitment to giving back to the communities that we work in.

About the Execution Services Executive role

The Execution Services Executive role is a great opportunity to work as part of a multi-channel team providing services to Execution Only/Self Directed clients by dealing professionally and promptly with trading and customer service requests whilst ensuring compliance with regulations.

Execution Services Executive Business Accountabilities include:

• Responsibility for the timely and accurate placing of orders on behalf of Wealth Management Execution Only clients including equities, investment funds and bonds.
• Ensure that activity through the Trading desk is completed in line with all relevant compliance/governance rules.
• Strong client centric focus in dealing with customers ensuring excellent client outcomes.
• Relationship development for strategic clients who seek a more personalised service.
• Customer success approach to introduce customers who may be interested in other Wealth Management Services.
• Proactively identify products or services that can add value to our customer proposition
• Keep up to date on market trends paying particular attention to digital channel offerings

Qualifications and Experience

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2+ year's experience in a financial institution.
• Proven track record in creating an excellent customer experience
• A business related third level qualification would be a distinct advantage
• An understanding of the current regulatory environment regarding PRIIPS, Complex Instruments and Best Execution would be beneficial
• Experience of using Fidessa or equivalent systems would be helpful
• Knowledge of MS Office specifically MS Excel would also be expected
• The successful candidate should be a Qualified Registered Representative of the Irish Stock Exchange. If the candidate does not hold this qualification, GBS will sponsor the candidate who will be expected to obtain this qualification within an agreed time frame.

Ideal Characteristics

The ideal candidate should possess the following attributes:

• A highly motivated and assertive self-starter with an eagerness to learn and the capacity to work as part of a team.
• Ability to handle multi tasks in a pressurised and demanding    environment.
• The large volume of trades executed through the trading desk requires the candidate to be capable of working with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency with excellent attention to detail and organisation.
• Awareness of the regulatory environments would be an advantage.
• Flexible, positive attitude in their approach to work. Working as a key part of the team in providing support to colleagues and ensuring that the department maintains optimum performance and delivery of objectives.
• Excellent time management with the ability to work to tight deadlines and handle multiple demands.
• A professional manner - presentable and personable with a calm demeanour
• A team player but also with the ability to work on own. The initiative to challenge traditional ways of working and actively propose and drive digital change where applicable.

Goodbody is focused on helping our employees thrive, and we do this by bringing to life our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) ‘Together we prosper’. Our firm’s purpose is to create long-term prosperity, and we cannot execute on our purpose without the right talent at Goodbody. To make sure we attract and retain industry-leading, passionate and inspiring talent, we’ve built a vibrant culture based on inclusion, opportunities to grow and a commitment to ‘do the right thing’, one of our core values. We live this by offering:

• Regular employee events through our universal inclusion programme fostering a sense of belonging and celebrating differences. And an ‘always on’ approach to social, financial, mental and physical wellbeing. 
• A benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, educational sponsorship and health insurance, along with a hybrid working model to promote better work/life balance
• Opportunities to give back through sustainability initiatives, volunteering and on-site and online meetings with our charity partners

Goodbody is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please include a note in your application or email us directly at HR@Goodbody.ie

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Appointment to this role is subject to the candidate's eligibility to work in Ireland. Where agency assistance is required, our Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Goodbody by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role. Goodbody operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the HR team will engage directly with our recruitment partners. 

Goodbody Stockbrokers UC, trading as Goodbody, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. In the UK, Goodbody is also subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. Goodbody is a member of Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange. Goodbody is a member of the group of companies headed by AIB Group plc.