Trade Operations Associate

Responsibilities

• Handle all incoming counterparty settlement requests within a pre-agreed timeframe. Act as a point of contact for a portfolio of counterparties. Track towards assigned KPIs for trade operations.
• Work in concert with Trading Desk, Product, and Customer Success teams to understand and deliver on their expectations with regards to serving clients.
• Ensure trades, transfers and inventory reconciliation happens across different internal subsystems and external systems - banks, custodians, etc.
• Monitor daily inventory needs for - settlement, lending & borrowing activity- and liaise directly with Treasury Management.
• Provide inputs to compliance and risk teams to design pragmatic controls in this environment of changing regulatory landscape.
• Adhere to established trade operations processes designed for regulatory compliance.
• Liaise with Accounting and ensure proper trade and settlement data is provided to them on a timely basis.
• Perform reconciliations between internal systems and external to ensure data integrity, identify breaks and resolve them by working with relevant teams.
• Improve reconciliation processes, provide inputs in making them robust or/and identify gaps in current reconciliations so that there is completeness.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in a trading firm, hedge fund or Investment Bank
• Superb self-management skills - you love organizing your work with the help of checklists and measuring your progress.
• Previous experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Any Graduate
• Desire to become an expert on digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum

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The base pay for this role is expected to be between $XX-XX USD for a [Manager] level and $XX-XX for a [Senior Manager] level in the New York City and San Francisco Bay Area. This expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role will also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance linked bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for a successful candidate will be determined based on a number of factors such as location, skillset, experience, qualifications and the level at which the candidate is hired.