Description
This role presents a fantastic opportunity for individuals eager to enhance trade accuracy and risk management as a Senior Associate in Prime Finance Trading Services.
As a Trade Support Senior Associate in the Prime Finance Trading Services Team you will be responsible for ensuring that all trades executed are entered completely & accurately into the Risk Management systems and all trade capture and reporting exceptions are verified cleared and escalated appropriately in a timely manner.
Job responsibilities
- Performs core start-of-day and end-of-day controls to ensure Risk is correctly represented for Front Office
- Collaborates with other teams on issues related to Cash Equity trades E.g. Product Control Sales Sales Support Cash and Derivative Settlements Client Services Reconciliations Technology Business Management
- Manages trade life cycle events (expiries dividends corporate actions etc.)
- Works on the integrity and continuous improvement of the pre and post trade controls environment
- Maximizes trade processing STP through tactical problem solving and root cause analysis
- Produces analysis for the trading desks and senior management
- Provides input into core projects including; industry-wide initiatives regulatory trading strategy operational programs
Required qualifications capabilities and skills
- Sound understanding of Equity Swaps Cash Equities Derivative products trading workflows and corporate actions
- Experience supporting Trading Desks in Prime/ Hedge Fund business
- Strong security and derivative products knowledge
- Prior Operational and/or line experience
- Strong PC Skills : in particular Excel Word and PowerPoint
- Confidence to communicate with senior managers effectively
- Strong problem-solving skills and analytical skills
- Familiarity of various risk management systems
- Strong work ethic and the ability to adapt to different business needs
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills
- Highly organized
- Extremely detailed orientated
- Control orientated
- Keen to challenge processes and suggest automated solutions
- Self-motivation and demonstration of initiative
Required Experience:
Senior IC