DescriptionJoin our dynamic team as a Trading Services Associate! Leverage your expertise in trading structures and derivatives to drive accuracy and efficiency.
As a Trading Services Associate in our dynamic Trading Services team you will play a crucial role in understanding and accurately capturing all trading transactions. You will work closely with various operations and infrastructure groups ensuring diligent performance of all controls. Your contribution to strategic initiatives will help in improving and evolving our business processes. This role provides an opportunity to build an indepth understanding of all trading structures from both a financial and operational perspective.
Job responsibilities
- Timely captures all transactions in the Risk Management Systems
- Completes intraday / end of day processes including completeness and reconciliation checks to ensure capture of new trading activity and general book management has been processed accurately
- Works closely with Operations functions and infrastructure groups to support a one team approach
- Ensures all controls are diligently performed completed and signed off on a timely basis
- Clearly and concisely communicates with all support teams to ensure the timely and efficient resolution of queries
- Participates and contributes to the various strategic initiatives; keeps improving and evolving processes and business architecture
- Builds an indepth understanding of all trading structures from both a financial and operational perspective
Required qualifications capabilities and skills
- Understanding of all relevant derivatives and hedging products (Interest Rate Swaps Basis Swaps Cross Currency swaps Forward Rate Agreement (FRA) Foreign Exchange (FX) Zero Coupon and Overnight Index Swaps (OIS) Bond and Futures)
- Knowledge of the front to back Operations process (including the key elements such as confirmations settlements and regulatory reporting)
- Understanding of the key elements of other infrastructure groups (i.e. Finance Market risk Credit risk Operational risk Legal Collateral etc. and recognizing the impact of the actions of the Trade support team on these areas
- Clear communication skills and an ability to use these to work collaboratively explain and challenge as appropriate
- Attention to details and sense of ownership
- Great team player able to work in a pressurized and changing environment
- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Strong problem solving control and project management skills
- Strong technical skills especially in Excel
Required Experience:
IC