Middle Office Analyst/Middle Office SME

Atrium Workforce Solutions UK Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Atrium Workforce Solutions UK Limited is seeking a Contract Middle Office Analyst/SME in Manchester with a hybrid work pattern (4 days onsite). The contract runs for 12 months and is inside IR35 with PAYE at £212 per day.

You will oversee quality control of middle office processing, review junior work, perform complex transaction analysis, maintain trade data, and resolve reconciliation breaks while liaising with clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing processing quality and workflow in a middle office context.
• Ability to review and approve work of junior staff according to policies.
• Strong analytical capability for complex transactions and inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality control of middle office processing, work allocation and workflow.
• Review and approve work conducted by junior levels to ensure policy adherence.
• Perform analysis on complex transactions and provide solutions to inquiries.
• Maintain trade static data, enrichment and exception handling.
• Handle complex reconciliations (cash, asset, trade, market value) and resolve breaks.
• Participate in end-of-month client statement workflows and incident management.

Skills

Quality control

Stakeholder management

Reconciliations

Trade data maintenance

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance

Job description

Contract Role - Middle Office Analyst/Middle Office SME - Manchester/Hybrid - 12 months initial - Inside IR35

Role Overview

• Job Title: Middle Office Analyst/Middle Office SME
• Location: Manchester/Hybrid (4 days onsite per week)
• Contract Type: Contract
• Duration: 12 months initial
• Rate: PAYE (inclusive of holiday): £212 per day Inside IR35
• Responsible for overseeing quality control of processing, work allocation and workflow of a Middle Office team and outsourced functions in accordance with SLD.
• Reviews and approves work conducted by more junior levels in accordance with function policies and procedures.
• Performs analysis and research on the most complex transactions and identifies solutions to complex inquiries.
• Serves as subject matter expert and conducts research to gather information on the most complex, multi-faceted transactions and provides answers to complex inquiries that have been escalated by lower levels.
• Responsible for or facilitating the maintenance of trade static data, trade enrichment, and trade exception handling and market claims.
• Responsible for the most complex reconciliations analysis (cash, asset, trade matching, and market value), break assignment, resolution of reconciliation breaks, and trade fails.
• May also participate in monthly end-client statement workflow, ad hoc reporting, and incident management.
• Identifies resolves and escalates any issues that affect the accuracy of the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) within the team.
• Provides guidance to less experienced team members.
• Is able to act as a SME within incident management.
• Exercises own judgement and collaborates with multiple internal and external stakeholders to resolve reconciliations of accounts for complex or atypical transactions.
• May review/approve work of junior team members.
• Regularly interacts with clients in answering questions and resolving multifaceted inquiries for complex transactions.
• No direct reports.
• Provides guidance to less experienced Middle Office staff as needed.
• Contributes to the achievement of teams objectives.
• Bachelors degree in finance or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.