Senior Operations Associate - Equity Derivatives

Sydney
Asset Management
Permanent

An exceptional, senior trading operations position has become available working in direct support of a Trading team focussed on Equity Derivatives.

This position would suit an experienced operations, trade support or middle office professional who has experience with a global investment bank, fund manager or trading firm and seeking to support a high-performing team of traders.  

The ideal candidate will have around 6- 10 years experience, strong Equity and Equity Options as well as Corporate Actions and position recs, and will have been a team supervisor before, or may have helped mentor and manage a team in the past. Any experience working across other Asian Markets ie HK, Korea, Japan etc will be held highly too.

Responsibilities:

• Reconciliation of position, cash, and trade activity prior to Market open.
• Ability to reconcile front office estimates to prime broker reporting.
• Analysing Accruals including Capital & Interest charges, expenses, and commissions
• Price Validation of Trader EOD close prices.
• Liaise with external parties to resolve any position/cash discrepancies.
• Contribute to system improvement to help streamline daily processes.
• Support the business in its growth and expansion into new products and Markets.
• Working with legal and compliance for onboarding new relationships
• Support desk to effectively manage their Margin obligations.
• Maintaining and managing operational processes as per regulatory framework 

Qualifications / experience:

• Approx 6-10 years’ experience working in the financial markets arena
• A person who excels in a fast-moving environment, self-starter, and resourceful in solving problems
• Prior Team leading experience  plus ideally some some PnL experience.
• Have an in-depth knowledge of handling trade flow through to settlement.
• Knowledge of Equity Derivatives and Equities. Commodity knowledge a bonus.
• Knowledge/Experience of Asian Markets a preference
• Ability to build strong and positive relationships both internally and with Broker contacts.
• Strive for efficiencies and to challenge the status quo to drive changes.
• Ability to prioritise based on materiality and risk considerations.
• Analytical mindset when tackling issues.
• Knowledge of SQL, VBA and Python would be highly regarded