Operations Associate - Qube Research and Technologies

Qube Research and Technologies; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Operations Associate to join their dynamic team within the Equities space. This role involves executing corporate actions, managing reconciliations, and collaborating with various teams to ensure smooth operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong operational understanding of equity-related corporate actions and possess excellent communication skills. Join a supportive environment that values diversity and promotes a healthy work-life balance, while contributing to innovative investment strategies that drive high-quality returns for investors.

Benefits

Healthy work-life balance initiatives

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of industry experience in operations.
• Strong operational understanding of corporate action lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Execute corporate action events and manage broker matching.
• Collaborate with trading desks and resolve queries.

Skills

Corporate Action Processing

Reconciliation Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Prime Broker Portals

Traiana/CTM

Job description

Operations Associate - Qube Research and Technologies

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

We are looking for an Operations Analyst to join a supportive Operation's team within the Equities space.

Your future role at QRT:

• Executing voluntary corporate action events, processing elections and booking event outcomes, updating systems including prime broker portals.
• Verifying mandatory corporate action events, booking event outcomes.
• Investigating and resolving corporate action related breaks through various reconciliation platforms.
• Collaborating with trading desks to address queries and provide timely resolutions.
• Managing broker matching (Traiana/CTM), fails monitoring, and start-of-day position reconciliations against fund administrators.
• Performing T+1 transaction and position reconciliations versus Prime Brokers, investigating and resolving breaks promptly.
• Liaising with traders, treasury, senior managers, risk, and COO teams on issues and queries.
• Assisting with trade booking and processing across all asset classes.
• Minimum 5 years industry experience.
• A strong operational understanding of equity related corporate action lifecycle/mechanics.
• Varied Asset Class knowledge advantageous.
• Driven and self-motivated to problem solve and work cross-collaboratively.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Team-player.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.