About the Team
Operations is responsible for supporting the various trading, investment and reporting activities of the firm.
The core mission of the Operations group is to establish scalable investment workflows, ensure a controlled operating environment and deliver high-quality client service to both internal and external business relationships.
In addition to supporting primary investment related activities, the groups assist in design and implementation of firm-wide projects, operational due diligence, counterparty management and client-related activities.
Middle Office is an Operations team that sits between front and back office teams.
The team consists of four groups - Asset Servicing, Portfolio Management Operations, Trading Operations and Treasury Operations.
Asset Servicing department is responsible for supporting the maintenance of the firm's security trading, index constituent and research universes.
The team primarily focuses on security master data governance and modelling, benchmark constituents and weights, handling of corporate action events and elections, security valuation and ad hoc Proxy voting.
Portfolio Management Operations serve as a logístical liaison between the PIs and OPS.
The team handles all the operational logistics associated with managing funds (i.e.
financial reporting, NAV reconciliation, processing corporate actions, updating, and maintaining PL databases, etc.).
Trading Operations oversees the full breadth of firm wide trade settlements by leveraging scalable, straight through processes in order to ensure a seamless transition of a trade through its complete lifecycle from trade matching and reconciliation, to allocation and delivery and finally, funding and settlement.
Treasury Operations' core responsibility is to maintain our cash balances by performing daily cash reconciliations, effectively managing collateral balances and facilitating the wire approval process.
**Core Duties and Responsibilities (Trading Operations)**:
Derivatives Operations
- Reconcile all investment products handled by Derivops in Three-way Positions Reconciliation.
- Reach out all unmatched trades from Traiana Harmony system for Synthetic Futures.
- Create wire settlements for OTC derivative instruments (Commodities, Mortgage-Backed Securities, and Synthetics).
- Monitor all ageing Derivops wire breaks
Equities Operations
- Monitor IRS trades in MARKIT.
- Ensure that all failed trades are addressed through proper monitoring of Failstation.
- Resolve daily trade process issues from OMGEO Connect.
- Reach out all unmatched trades from Traiana Harmony.
- Ensure all pre-matched reports are reached out to correct Brokers/Custodians
**Qualification**:
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Excellent database knowledge preferred in Excel, SQL, or VBA.
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Possess strong communication and client service skills
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Can work with mínimal supervision and deliver high quality output
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With multi-tasking skills and ability to prioritize tasks effectively
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Must be proactive, motivated, detail-oriented, a team player and knows how to work with Service Level Agreements (SLA) and metrics.
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Must be fit to rotate multiple shifts as scheduled by supervisor.
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Comfortable working in rapidly changing, team-based work environment
Education and Experience
About the Team
Operations is responsible for supporting the various trading, investment and reporting activities of the firm.
The core mission of the Operations group is to establish scalable investment workflows, ensure a controlled operating enviro