Senior Analyst - Deal management
Responsibilities
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
Trade Support ’s mission is to ensure all new trades and life cycle events are correctly reflected in the relevant information systems / database:
- for Front Office to have a clear and accurate view of their positions and risks,
- for Operations to ensure smooth settlement for all trades,
- for Finance to compute economic and accounting PnL in due time.
As the first link in the Operations chain, Trade Support is also the first level of control for the business
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
Trade Support ’s mission is to ensure all new trades and life cycle events are correctly reflected in the relevant information systems / database:
- for Front Office to have a clear and accurate view of their positions and risks,
- for Operations to ensure smooth settlement for all trades,
- for Finance to compute economic and accounting PnL in due time.
As the first link in the Operations chain, Trade Support is also the first level of control for the business
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES/PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Duties
- Product scope: Vanilla Equity Derivatives Products (Options, Futures, Variance Swaps, Volatility Swaps, Equity Linked Swaps…)
- Ensure all the bookings are properly booked in Front Office database
- Improve/control quality of database inputs
- Ensure booking timeliness; provide justifications for any late bookings and amendments
- Streamline booking workflow through automation and process review
- Contribute to defining specifications and performing UAT for new information systems or booking scheme
- Write down / update procedures linked to sensitive processes and controls
- Assist Front Office on their specific requests with effective and innovative solutions
- Liaise with other departments to ensure the smoothness of the operational flow
- React in a timely manner to incidents and develop action plan for the long term
- Work closely with other teams (Traders, Engineers, Sales, Other Middle Offices, Risk teams, Back Offices, IT) in different regions (Asia, Europe, America) to deliver a seamless client experience
- Participate in projects to support the new business activities
Profile required
KEY SKILL AREAS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- Minimum 3 – 5 years of processor/senior processor experience in a high volume, exceptions/manual and time bounded processing.
- A sound knowledge of Equity derivative products like Options, EQ Swaps, Variance, Dividend etc.
- Sound knowledge on trade matching, trade validations and investigation process
- Competency in using multiple applications to process/validate deals
- Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle and various stakeholders & cross impact at each stage.
- Familiar with a variety of common desktop applications such as: Microsoft Excel, Word, outlook and Internet browsers.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Keen and quick to learn, inquisitive nature, meticulous, motivated individual
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCY REQUIRED:
- Detailed thinker
- Team communicator
- Team spirit
- Decision making
- Self-motivation
- Ownership
Service oriented
KEY SKILL AREAS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- Good equity and derivatives products knowledge
- Strong risk awareness and strong focus in reconciliation and operation process control
- Accuracy, swiftness, ability to work under pressure in trading environment
- Strong and sharp analytical and problem solving skills.
- Able to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Responsible, proactive and autonomous
- Being able to work and tackle challenges as a team
- Excellent communication skills (both written and spoken); required to work with various internal partners.
- Client oriented: Always strive for the best for our clients (internal/external)
- Knowledge of VBA / Python programming is an advantage
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCY REQUIRED:
- Team player
- Result oriented
- Thinking outside the box
- Positive mindset
Change oriented
Why join us
“We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status”
Business insight
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