Operations Analyst

Operations Analyst

Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: Competitive

Permanent

Operations Analyst – Clearing & Settlements | Financial Services | London (Hybrid)

A leading financial markets infrastructure with a truly global footprint is on the lookout for a skilled analyst to join its Operations Team to help facilitate the day-to-day running of the clearing house.

In addition to its clearing and settlement provision, the team provides support from a Risk and Treasury Operations perspective, liaising closely with the Risk Management teams.

Key Responsibilities:

· Clearing & Settlement

· Capturing matched trades

· Position management

· Managing the settlement process of trades, including contract expiry and settlement, option exercise and assignment

· Managing the cash or physical delivery process

· Static data maintenance including Member, Contract and calendar management

· Managing the payment and collection of cash and non-cash collateral

· Treasury operations including payments monitoring, concentration & investment of monies

· Production of timely and accurate daily MIS

· Monitoring of pending trades

· Regulatory transaction reporting

· New code release testing

Required Skills and Competencies

· Knowledge of front to back clearing processes and operations

· Awareness of Regulatory environment and requirements in relation to a Clearing House

· Ability to follow procedures, identify problems, and follow up on resolution

· Internal and external customer service skills

· Business Analysis and Problem Solving

· Ability to perform Functional and User Acceptance Testing

· Conceptual and practical knowledge of Clearing House operations.

· Knowledge of the financial markets

· Excel knowledge applicable to financial markets

· Familiarity with Financial Services Vendor Systems

· Knowledge of SWIFT preferred but not essential (how to use SWIFT Alliance Access (SAA) and the processing of SWIFT messages)

Are you ready to thrive in this genuinely collaborative environment at the very centre of the financial services community?