Hybrid Capital Markets Post-Trade Analyst (2 days Remote)

Groom & Associés / Associates; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 93,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks vacation

Bonus 10%

RRSP matching

Job summary

Groom & Associés / Associates seeks a Post Trade Associate to join the global control and support functions. The role supports operations initiated by the Global Markets Division across Front and Back Office environments, ensuring smooth processing and robust controls.

The candidate will gain exposure to FX, rates and structured products, collaborating with various internal teams to mitigate risk and optimize processes in a dynamic, international setting.

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance, Banking or Business preferred.
• 4-6 years of experience in Capital Market Operations or Middle Office.
• Knowledge of financial products and regulatory environment in capital markets.
• Strong analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in English; French or other Asian languages a plus.
• Proficiency with MS Office and VBA is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper integration of Front Office transactions into Back Office systems.
• Check trades against supporting documents and coordinate with internal teams on discrepancies.
• Investigate internal queries and perform FO-BO reconciliations.
• Conduct controls to comply with local regulations and internal policies.
• Manage requests from Control, Reconciliation and Accounting teams.
• Support system enhancements and participate in UAT testing.

Skills

English fluency

French language

Capital Markets knowledge

Analytical skills

multitasking under pressure

Interpersonal skills

Education

University degree in Finance/Business

Tools

MS Office

VBA

Job description

A large international financial institution operating across multiple regions, serving corporate, institutional, and commercial clients. The organization provides services in investment banking, capital markets, structured finance, commercial banking, and international trade within a highly regulated global environment. Position: Post Trade Associate

Title: Post Trade Associate

Location: Montreal

Work model: Hybrid, 2 days remote work allowed, in-office to start for training

Type of position: Full time, permanent

Salary: 92.5-95k + 10% bonus + 4 weeks vacation. They offer a great benefits package. RRSP matching, you contribute 2% and they contribute 8%.

More about the role:

In a dynamic and International environment, you will be part of the control and support functions of the operations initiated by the GMD Front Office in Hong Kong and Asia satellites sites within the back office system.

Your role will be to facilitate and to smooth the processing of the operations in the processing chains by ensuring an effective and relevant control process of operations. (Global Markets Division = GMD Business Lines: Forex, Credit, Treasury and Interest Rates Derivatives).

Operations & Country COOs (OPC) in Hong Kong is made up of four main teams:

• Financing & Trade Operations (FTO) including Documentary & Guarantee Operations, Credit & Loan Operations
• Transaction Banking Operations (TBO) covering client account operations
• Capital Markets Operations (CMO) including Middle Office, Back Office and Transverse Operations functions
• Asia & Middle-East Operations Projects (AOP) covering CMO, FTO, TBO and Transversal projects

Within Capital Markets Operations (CMO), Middle Office teams (CMM) are in charge of controlling the booking of transactions in the bank's Front Office and Back Office tools and managing the life cycle of operations.

MO Post Trade team is in charge of the management of the stock and life cycle of Capital Markets transactions within the Back-Office tools for several of the bank's entities (e.g. Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Tokyo).

You will develop various skills: knowledge of financial products and financial market environment, effective communication with different stakeholders and problem solving.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the proper integration of transactions initiated by the Front Office into the Back Office systems of the Bank.
• Deal checking against trade supporting documents and liaise with internal teams for any trade discrepancy.
• Investigation related to internal queries (deal searching, request for information, FO-BO reconciliation).
• Conduct controls related to the integration of operations in respect of local regulations and internal policies.
• Management of requests from Control / Reconciliation / accounting teams.
• Management of fixing within back office systems.
• Booking of non STP operations in the Back Office System according to the documentations.
• Management of transverse tasks: Brokerage value, Structure Id and other tasks.
• Assist Line manager to carry out common projects / global initiatives
• Assist in system enhancement and UAT testing
• Participation in the drafting and/or updating of operational procedures for the sector.
• Manage operational risk with a duty to alert Management.

Main products processed:

• Foreign Exchange (FX Spot, FX Swap, FX Forward, FX Option, FXNDF etc.) and Treasury (Deposits, Loans).
• Rates: Swap, Cap, Floor, FRA (Forward Rate Agreement), Swaption, Interest Rate Future (IRF)
• Structured Products

Communication

• Key Internal Contacts
• Key External Contacts

Systems Used

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:

• University degree with 4-6 years of experience in a Capital Market Operations or Middle Office environments
• Degree holder from discipline in business administration, banking or finance-related discipline preferred
• Knowledge of financial products and understanding of operational risks involved in Fixed Income and FX products
• Good knowledge of processing framework and regulatory environment will be beneficial
• Good judgment, alertness and common sense
• Good analytical, organizational and interpersonal skill
• Comfortable with multi-tasking and able to work under pressure
• Fluency in English. Proficient in French or other Asian languages is a plus
• Versatile with PC tools and applications, e.g. MS Office, VBA
• Perfectly at ease in a multi-cultural environment