Overview
Job Title – Rates, Credit and FX Options Operations Analyst
Location – London
Salary – £70,000 to £85,000 base salary + benefits + discretionary company bonus
Working Model – In office, 4 to 5 days a week in the office (1 Day WFH flex)
UK Right to Work – please note no PSV / Student Visas or time limited visas are being considered. This is a permanent role, and no client sponsorship is offered.
A growing multi-strategy hedge fund based in London is looking to hire a Rates, Credit and FX Options Operations Analyst to join the London Operations team which is growing.
The fund has significant AuM deployed across several funds, specialising in Fixed Income, OTC Rates, Credit, FX Options. This is an opportunity to work directly with a leading Middle Office Operations team, to service trading flow, resolve challenging trading queries, face to external counterparties and manage trade life cycle events (coupon payments, rate re-sets, FX options, expires, credit events et al), and provide the business with ops risk management services.
The business offers anyone joining a great opportunity to be trained on traded products and have an entry point into a successful and growing hedge fund in London.
Key Deliverables – will be varied, broad and not limited in nature, effectively providing front to back trade support for the cross assets traded by the hedge fund in London.
- Responsible for front to back trade capture, trade affirmations, matching/allocations, trade enrichment (covering settlements, reconciliations) and managing trade life cycle events.
- Working with a wide range of internal and external clients, supporting the PMs and Trading desk, facing off to counterparties / brokers to resolve trade discrepancies, breaks and offer trade and query resolution in a timely manner.
- Trade life cycle management – options, expires, rate re-sets, credit events and corporate actions.
- The business is forward thinking and has a culture of continuous improvement and leveraging the latest technologies to drive efficiencies across its new fund launches, controls, process and systems.
- Experience and prior knowledge of trade management systems is highly desirable and advantageous.
- Value added skills in Excel VBA (ability to create, edit VBA macros) and leverage any object-oriented programming skills in Python.
The current business has an existing Trading Operations team in London, and service other global centres and looking for someone with 5 to 8 years’ experience looking to transition into a growing hedge fund.
Prerequisites
- 5 to 8 Years experience within Trading Operations derived from a Hedge Fund (Alternative, Multi Strat, Macro), Asset / Investment Manager or Tier 1 Investment Bank with OTC expertise.
- Direct experience across a wide portfolio of trade products, including OTC Interest Rates, Credit, and FX Options.
- STEM based University Degree, with 1st or 2.1 minimum grade degree.
- IT Skills – Advanced Excel VBA (ability to create, edit VBA macros) and leverage any object-oriented programming skills in Python.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to partner with trading desks, manage complex queries and provide clear resolution.
Attractive compensation package is on offer with benefits and company bonus scheme.
We ask candidates to respect and adhere to UK Right to Work requirements.
Please do apply early to join a fast-growing hedge fund in London, with an exciting career path and opportunities to move into the business.
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