Asset Management - OTC Derivatives; IRS, Swaptions, Bond , FX and Futures) Operations Analyst

• Title - Asset Management - OTC Derivatives (IRS, Swaptions, Bond Options, FX Options and Futures) Operations Analyst
• Industry - Asset Management
• Location - London
• Working Model - Hybrid Working Model (3:2 - 3 days in the office, and 2 days WFH)
• Compensation - £50,000 to £60,000 base salary + benefits + bonus (Company Discretionary Bonus)
• Right to Work - Full UK Right to Work - please note the client can not consider PSV (Post Study Visas), or any time limited visas. No Sponsorship is offered.

A growing Asset Management firm based in London is looking to hire an OTC Derivatives Operations Analyst covering Macro Rates, Swaptions, Bond Options and FX Options and Futures, Asset Management.

Hybrid Working / 3:2 Working Model
- Looking for someone with 3-5 years Asset Management Derivative Operations experience- this is a prerequisite.

The Asset Manager has significant AuM deployed across several funds, specialising in OTC Marco Rates, Swaptions, Bond Options, FX Options and Futures.

This is an opportunity to work directly with the Middle Office Operations team, to service trading flow, resolve challenging trading support queries, face to external counter parties and manage trade life cycle events (rate resets, FX options, expires, coupons events et al), and provide the business with ops risk management services.

The business offers anyone joining with a great opportunity to be trained on traded products and have an entry point into a successful and growing Asset Manager 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 Asset Manager 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 counter parties / 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 Asset Manager.

Prerequisite Requirements-

• Min 3 Years experience within Derivatives Operations derived from an Asset Manager / Investment / or Hedge Fund.
• Direct experience across a wide portfolio of trade products, including OTC Interest Rates, Bond Options, Futures, 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.
• Salary - £50,000 to £60,000 base salary + benefits + bonus (discretionary company bonus)
• Working Model - 3:2 days in the office and 2 Day WFH

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.

• UK Right to Work - please note no PSV / Student Visas or time limited visas are being considered by our client. This is a permanent role, and no client sponsorship is offer.