Derivatives Middle Office Trade Support

Job Description

The Derivatives Middle Office Trade Support Associate/AVP will support the firm’s Fixed Income businesses, particularly the Rates Trading and Sales Desks, performing trade checkout and verification for securities and derivatives. The role supports US Treasury Auctions and other Fed Open Market Operations and manages trade and sales support for Flow Product desks including Rates, Credit, Commercial Paper, Syndicate, Structured Products, Repo, Financing, Equity Trading, and Institutional Investor Sales Desk.

• Provide end-to-end trade and sales support for Global Markets businesses including Rates, Credit, Structured Products, Commercial Paper, Equities, FX, Repo, and Securities Lending.
• Ensure timely and accurate trade capture, verification, and lifecycle management across all supported asset classes.
• Partner closely with Trading and Sales desks to resolve booking issues, allocations, and trade discrepancies in real time.
• Monitor and reconcile trading activity, identifying and resolving breaks, mismatches, and exceptions across internal systems and external platforms.
• Oversee trade flow through key market infrastructures and platforms, ensuring completeness and accuracy of downstream processing.
• Support critical market operations including US Treasury Auctions and Buybacks.
• Coordinate closely with Settlements, Product Control, Credit Risk, and external counter parties to ensure smooth trade settlement and issue resolution.
• Manage client and internal queries related to trade activity, confirmations, and settlements in a timely and professional manner.
• Maintain oversight of intraday and end‑of‑day controls, including trade balancing, reconciliation, and exception management.
• Contribute to process improvements, automation initiatives, and strengthening of operational controls.

• Degree or equivalent work experience; a degree in Business or Finance is a plus.
• 5‑10+ years of Derivatives Middle Office / Trade Support experience.
• Strong product expertise across Rates and/or Equity Derivatives.
• Deep understanding of derivatives trade lifecycle within Middle Office.
• Hands‑on experience with systems such as Markit Wire, Bloomberg, and Murex.
• Proven ability to manage escalations, interact with senior stakeholders, and operate in a fast‑paced trading environment.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $101K - $122K depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance‑based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and does not conflict with the background screening requirements.