Trade Support Analyst

The ideal candidate will have 2–10 years of relevant trade support, middle office, or investment operations experience within an asset management, hedge fund, private credit, or investment banking environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the full trade lifecycle, including trade entry, confirmation, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Work closely with the Front Office to ensure trade details are accurately captured and processed.
• Enter and maintain trades across various products, including credit, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, options, futures, and FX forwards.
• Coordinate trade settlements and resolve settlement issues or exceptions.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks and discrepancies between internal systems, counterparties, custodians, and other parties.
• Partner with Trade Compliance and Accounting to ensure trades are processed accurately and in accordance with internal requirements.
• Support derivative trade processing, including IRS and other swap transactions.
• Assist with trade-related reporting, reconciliations, and operational inquiries.
• Communicate with internal stakeholders and external counterparties regarding trade details and settlement issues.
• Help ensure accurate and timely processing throughout the trade lifecycle.

Products

• Experience with some combination of the following is preferred:
• Credit
• Interest Rate Swaps (IRS)
• Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
• Options
• Futures
• FX Forwards
• Other Derivatives / Swaps
• Real Estate-related products

Qualifications

• 2–10 years of relevant experience in Trade Support, Middle Office, Investment Operations, or a similar function.
• Targeting Analyst or Associate-level candidates; this is not a VP-level position.
• Experience supporting the trade lifecycle within an asset manager, hedge fund, private credit firm, investment bank, or similar financial institution.
• Understanding of trade entry, settlement, reconciliation, and trade break resolution.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with derivatives is preferred.
• Experience with Advent Geneva or another proprietary order/trade management system is a plus, but not required.