Trading Support Analyst

Banque Nationale du Canada; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness program

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and family assistance program

Preferential banking services

Involvement in community initiatives

Virtual sleep clinic

Job summary

National Bank of Canada is seeking a Trader Support Specialist to act as the primary operational contact for Front Office trading teams. You will apply your knowledge of financial products, capital markets, and trade management systems to support internal partners and help ensure accurate trade processing.

In Montreal, the role combines hands-on trade support with collaboration across Compliance, Operations, and Technology to maintain efficiency and integrity in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of financial products and capital markets.
• Experience with trade management systems (Bloomberg, Calypso, Murex, or similar platforms).
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to trading desks covering listed products, derivatives, private placements, and collateral activities.
• Process trade cancellation and correction requests from institutional partners, including amendments to price, settlement date, fees, and other trade details.
• Manage transactional adjustments for entities.
• Investigate and resolve operational issues related to trade processing and settlement.
• Work with Compliance, Operations, Technology, and other partners to ensure accurate transaction processing.

Skills

Financial products

Capital markets

Trade management systems

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Tools

Bloomberg

Calypso

Murex

Job description

A career as aTrader Support Specialistwithin theSegregation & Buy-Ins Teamat National Bank means acting as the primary operational contact for Front Office trading teams. Leveraging your knowledge of financial products, capital markets, and trade management systems, you will play a key role in supporting your internal partners and contributing to the efficiency and integrity of trading operations.

Your Role

• Provide operational support to trading desks covering listed products, derivatives, private placements, and collateral activities.
• Process trade cancellation and correction requests from institutional trading partners, including amendments to price, settlement date, fees, and other trade details.
• Manage transactional adjustments for NBF and NBCFI entities.
• Investigate and resolve operational issues related to trade processing and settlement.
• Work closely with Compliance, Operations, Technology, and other business partners to ensure smooth and accurate transaction processing.

Your Team

TheSegregation & Buy-Ins Team, part of the Capital Markets sector, plays a critical role in supporting trading activities. The team is responsible for ensuring trade integrity and overseeing a broad range of financial products, including listed securities, derivatives, securities lending and borrowing, collateral, and private placements.

Through its expertise and collaboration with multiple business units, the team contributes directly to operational excellence, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

This position reports to theDirector, Segregation & Buy-Ins. The team operates in a hybrid work environment, Monday through Friday, with standard working hours from10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., based on operational requirements.

We promote continuous learning through hands-on experience, specialized training, and collaboration with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise, supporting your professional growth and development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of financial products and capital markets.
• Experience working with trade management systems (Bloomberg, Calypso, Murex, or similar platforms).
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Knowledge of institutional capital markets operations.
• Experience in trade support, trade settlement, or post-trade processing environments.
• Familiarity with securities financing transactions, collateral management, or derivative products.

Languages:

Reason to require this language: you will need to discuss frequently with our service providers or partners who speak a language other than French.

Skills

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In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

• * Health and wellness program, including many options
• * Employee Share Ownership Plan
• * Employee and family assistance program
• * Preferential banking services
• * Involvement in community initiatives
• * Virtual sleep clinic

We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.

Making a bold move in a people-first environment

We’re a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments. We aim, wherever possible, to provide a barrier-free and accessible environment to all employees.

We strive to provide accessibility measures throughout the recruitment process within the limits of our available resources. If you require accommodations, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Why work at National Bank?

For an environment that supports your career path

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

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