Operations Analyst With Established Multi Strategy Hedge Fund Job In London

We are looking to speak with bright, analytical Middle Office professionals regarding an opportunity at one London’s top systematic hedge funds. This firm, which manages $5bn+, hires the best talent in the industry. Given that science is at the heart of what they do, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to develop their career in a finance function within a highly automated environment.

The Operations team is London-based and consists of five people. The team covers the front to back trade flow for the firm (from trade capture, through trade reconciliation to all trade management functions e.g.: trade events; settlement; corporate actions; compression; collateral; and treasury).

The products traded include the following: bonds; CFDs; credit derivatives; equities; equity swaps; futures; FX forwards/options; and interest rate swaps.

Principal Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting execution traders across the full trade lifecycle of Futures, CFDs, Credit Default Swaps, Interest Rate Swaps and FX including trade booking, reconciliation, reporting and settlement
• Trade compression for cleared CDS and blended compression for cleared IRS trades in order to reduce counterparty margin exposure and allow efficient rolls process
• Implementation of upcoming corporate actions including trade bookings and where necessary counterparty dispute resolutions
• Cash management reconciliation between cash/custody accounts and administrator
• Treasury and collateral management
• Ensuring that the business is properly and securely controlled and risks are hunted out, and, where necessary, managed and mitigated or removed.
• Building and maintaining close relationships with various in-house teams, in particular the front office, risk and fund accounting, as well as a multitude of counterparties and vendors
• Support of front office for all trading related operational issues

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a numerical field
• Experience working in Operations / Middle Office in either a Hedge Fund or Investment Bank
• Strong communication skills
• Adept user of MS Excel, particularly with regard to VBA