Middle Office Associate

Seeking a Middle Office Specialist for our Hedge Fund client. You will report to the Treasurer and support the rates desk as well as performing daily collateral management duties.

Responsibilities

• Trade support for all trades executed by the rates desk including instrument setup and maintenance, account and strategy creation, tagging, and booking
• Ensure trade recaps are accurate
• Provide daily trade allocations
• Affirm all eligible trades are legally confirmed on Marketwire
• Facilitate novations directly on Marketwire or by initiating paper confirms
• Track all fund allocations to be reviewed
• Work with Operations to assist in resolving trade breaks, payment discrepancies, provide trade recaps
• Daily responsibility for settling margin relating to FCMs, bilateral ISDAs and Repo

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with Fixed Income, Equity, FX, Cleared Derivatives, OTC traded products strongly preferred.
• Ability to think and perform under pressure
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Advanced MS Excel skills a plus
• Experience with Bloomberg, SQL, MarketWire, TradeServ, TriOptima is a plus