Fixed Income Trade Operations Associate

Purpose of Role:

The Associate will:
•Confirm all deals with appropriate broker or counterparty if required.
•Communicate all settlement information to the appropriate custodian, and broker.
•Resolve any trade related queries with both internal and external parties
Major Responsibilities:

Regarding multiple asset classes, transaction types and transactions, the Associate will:
•Interface to custodian and instruct transaction settlement details as needed
•Interface with brokers and counterparties as needed
•Monitor and resolve trade fails
•Know and comply with company policies and procedures
•Monitor broker/custodian/trader performance through the use of issue logs
•Identify improvements that can be made to current processes and procedures as discovered


REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience:

•1 year relevant experience in Operations environment of Investment Management company
•Knowledge of Mortgage back securities, Treasuries, REPOS, Agencies, Corporate Bonds, Loans etc preferred.

Specific Technical Knowledge/
Qualifications:
•Spreadsheet skills required
•Knowledge of Investment Management industry processing standards and regulations
•Knowledge of Bloomberg, TradeWeb, Alert, MarketAxess, Oasys, TradeSuite, Portia, preferred.

Personal Profile:

•Motivated individual who can work in team or on own
•Logical approach to problems, especially in fail trade area