Equity Client Operations - Operations Analyst

Dianaduggan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Dianaduggan is hiring an Equity Client Operations Analyst for a project in central London. You will join the Equities Client Operations team within Global Banking & Markets, supporting the full trade life cycle for cash equities, prime brokerage and synthetics.

Role focuses on trade management, increasing straight-through processing and reducing settlement fails to drive scale. Onsite, Monday to Friday, 08:30–18:30, 6-month contract, £250 per day (inside IR35).

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Middle Office role.
• Product knowledge of cash equities and related products.
• Knowledge of global markets, CTM, DTCC, Traiana and prime brokerage.
• Excellent client service skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic setting.

Responsibilities

• Understand products across different global markets.
• Liaise with Sales to book trades and amendments promptly.
• Ensure timely allocation for executed trades.
• Identify and reconcile trade booking errors.
• Pre-match and manage fails and settlements.
• Focus on market allocations from pre-matching to settlement.

Skills

Middle Office experience

Cash equities knowledge

Global markets knowledge

Client service skills

Dynamic environment adaptability

Job description

A leading Financial services firm is hiring an Equity ClientOperations Analyst to join a project based in central London.

Your Team, Equities Client Operations within their GlobalBanking & Markets division, supports the full trade life cycle managementof cash equities, prime brokerage and synthetics.

As well as day to day trade management, you will also focuson increasing straight-through processing (STP) and reducing settlement failsto drive scale.

Role: Equity Client Operations Analyst
Date rate: £250 per day (inside IR35)
Pay framework: Umbrella Company
Start date: ASAP
Contract length: 6 months
Location: Central London - onsite Full time, Mondayto Friday, 08:30 – 18:30 hrs
Key Responsibilities:

Products and Markets/Risk Management:

• Understand the productsacross different global markets
• Liaise with Sales toensure timely/accurate booking of new trades and amendments to existingbookings
• Ensure correct timelyallocation for executed trades
• Identify and reconciletrade booking errors
• Pre-matchingandmanagement of fails and settlement issues
• Focus on critical marketallocations, pre‑matching through to settlements

Relationship management:

• Establish strong workingrelationships with the Business and other teams such as Engineering,Operations teams
• Build a strong partnership with our clients in order to improve thepre-matching/allocation process and client service
• Provide assistance toother business units on trade related queries and act as an intermediaryand liaise with Sales where necessary.

Leadership skills:

• Identify processinefficiencies and actively contribute to process re‑engineering to improve trade flow
• Drive change byimplementing new initiatives/projects

Essential Skills:

• Previous experience in a Middle Office role
• Product knowledge –ideally of cash (confirmations and/or settlements) and or equities derivesproducts
• Preferred knowledge of global markets, CTM, DTCC, Traiana, prime brokerage, synthetics
• Excellent client serviceskills with experience gained within a fast paced Client Service/ -Operational role
• Ability to work indynamic environment, proven history of being able to react to changingpriorities