Analyst, Middle Office Trade Management, Derivatives Operations

## Analyst, Middle Office Trade Management, Derivatives Operations Apply locations:
Baltimore, MDtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
81670

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.

We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity.

Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you.
** About This Position
** At T. Rowe Price, our associates are empowered to do meaningful work that supports long-term client outcomes and reflects our core principles of integrity, collaboration, accountability, and excellence. This role sits within Middle Office Trade Management (MOTM), a department responsible for supporting all trade related functions across all asset classes, including ETF’s and digital assets.

This role specifically supports processes within core derivatives, private placements, and discretionary mutual fund trading. It offers the opportunity to work across the full trade lifecycle, partner closely with front office teams and external providers, and contribute to daily risk management, operational oversight, new complex products, and efficiency initiatives. This position is well suited for a professional who enjoys ownership, values strong controls, is passionate and curious to strengthen subject matter expertise and leadership, seeks opportunities to improve processes, and is motivated by helping scale operations to support new products and account growth.

** Role Summary
** As part of MOTM within Global Investment Operations (GIO**)**, this role plays an important part in supporting the firm’s Middle Office trade management functions. The position is responsible for administering and processing the books and records for a variety of accounts, including coordinating, booking, checking, and validating trades, settlements, and reconciliations. Working under general supervision, this individual will have direct accountability for supporting derivative trades, private placement trades, discretionary trades, newcomplex products and alternatives, as well as corporate action oversight in conjunction with outsourced providers.

The individual will contribute to process improvement efforts, help drive new product variations and go-lives, and handle more advanced issues and questions elevated from less experienced staff.
** Responsibilities
* ** Coordinate the processing of portfolio transactions, ensuring activities are accurate, timely, and compliant with established policies, procedures, and controls.
* Identify quality, accuracy, or compliance deficiencies and take appropriate corrective action to resolve issues and mitigate risk.
* Guide less experienced peers and support staff on error prevention, process execution, and interpretation of operational controls.
* Partner regularly with securities operations staff, relationship managers, investment staff, custodians, and vendors to collect, analyze, and communicate information that impacts accounts and trade activity.
* Respond to queries related to cash breaks, trade breaks, and other standard operational questions from internal and external stakeholders, escalating more complex issues as appropriate.
* Prepare standard and some nonstandard instructions for settlements, reconciliations, transfers, and related activities.
* Instruct team…