The Role
The Junior Operations Analyst will focus on managing OTC Derivatives Middle Office responsibilities, including trade validation, settlements, and reconciliations. Key tasks involve monitoring trade capture exceptions, processing option assignments, and ensuring the integrity of the trade life cycle.
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Position Overview:
Primary focus will be on OTC Derivatives Middle Office who are responsible for derivative trade capture, trade confirmations, settlements, reconciliations and position life-cycle events within the firm.
- Manage all aspects of OTC Derivative trade validation, maintenance, affirmation, settlement and reconciliation.
- Validate process and settle all periodic events to ensure the integrity of the entire trade life cycle.
- Perform position and cash reconciliations
- Perform trade affirmation in Markitwire with counterparties to minimize risk.
- Monitoring T+0 trade capture exceptions in Traiana and internal.
- Processing option assignments and expiries.
Required Qualifications:
- 1-3 years Middle/Back office experience covering trade processing, collateral, confirmations, settlements, cash, position and trade reconciliations.
- Demonstrate/develop proficiency in all types of OTC products including: Equity swaps, credit default swaps, fixed income, options, interest rate swaps, forwards, FX and crypto.
- Demonstrate proficiency in all calculations used to support any products in your asset class coverage.
- Understand the importance of our team concept. Establish long-lasting organizational relationships that will foster a productive work environment.
- Demonstrate proficiency in written and oral communication skills.
- Working on system and process improvements, and new business initiatives
- Understand the relevant technology and applications that are required to excel in the role.
- Excel, Markitwire, Icelink and Bloomberg are the critical applications used daily.
Top Skills
Excel
The Company
What We Do
Squarepoint Capital is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.
