Senior Analyst – Hedge Fund Trade Operations

Senior Analyst – Hedge Fund Trade Operations

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree; preferably with a concentration in finance, economics, or related discipline
• 2-4 of relevant work experience
• Self-starter with excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to efficiently prioritize daily processes, ad-hoc requests, and any issues escalated by clients or other parties
• Intermediate or higher Excel proficiency
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
• High level of computer literacy, and capability to learn new systems quickly
• Ability to work both independently and within a team
• Ability to comprehend the importance of data security and comply with firm wide procedures
• Knowledge of financial products such as equities, options, futures, mutual funds, collateral, and bonds
• Experience and/or familiarity with market vendor products, such as, Bloomberg, DTCC, Omgeo, etc.
• Familiarity with SWIFT messaging

Responsibilities

• Work with clients, brokers, custodians and prime brokers to resolve any issues, and to ensure on time confirmation and settlement of trades, FX spots and forwards, and other transactions
• Research market standards and practices, in order to ensure stored client and broker data is up to date, and outgoing SWIFT messages are in compliance with the latest best practices
• Inform and instruct the necessary parties of ad-hoc and daily cash and security movements related to collateral and variation margin movements
• Identify potential issues, and escalate to the appropriate parties, both internal and external, in a timely manner
• Maintain all team procedures to ensure they are updated, completed, and maintained across all clients and processes
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Research and inform impacted parties of any upcoming market and regulatory requirements and changes
• Identify processes or other areas in need of improvement, and work with technology and the other relevant parties to develop, test, and execute the necessary changes
• Understand and mitigate risk associated with late settlement of cash and securities transactions including market penalties, buy-ins, claims, etc.
• Perform adequate due diligence to completely resolve all issues, in a timely manner, in order to avoid any financial or reputational impact
• Compile and prepare wire transfer instructions for fund expenses and investments in accordance with fund manager instructions
• Maintain and update vendor and counterparty wire instructions

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in learning about foreign markets and global market practices