Post-Trade Services & Risk Analyst

CME Group; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Exposure to CME products

Cross-group collaboration

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

CME Group’s Clearing House in Belfast is hiring a Post-Trade Services and Risk Analyst to monitor risk and clearing systems over the weekend and participate in two new Event Contracts initiatives. The role supports operational risk governance, incident handling, and stakeholder engagement across CME’s global teams.

The position offers a weekend schedule (Wednesday-Sunday or Saturday-Wednesday) and opportunities to work with multiple groups while ensuring timely clearing and risk controls are

Qualifications

• MS/BS in Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 1–2 years of experience with listed derivatives, Treasury Securities, Repo markets, or OTC products at a clearing house, FCM, or trading firm.
• Experience in securities clearing and operational risk management preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and macros.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to clearing member firms and customers on CME’s product offering and clearing systems.
• Manage and escalate customer impactful events to mitigate risk and deliver fixes within SLAs.
• Contribute to the Clearing House’s operational risk framework and ongoing improvements.
• Collaborate globally with teammates on new initiatives and projects.

Skills

Excel

Communication skills

Operational risk management

Clearing systems knowledge

Education

MS/BS in Finance, Economics, or related field

Tools

Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, Macros)

Job description

This role is either a Wednesday-Sunday, or a Saturday-Wednesday role, you will need to work the weekends.

The Clearing Post-Trade Services and Risk team operates within CME Group’s Clearing House and oversees daily trade processing for futures/options and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, ensuring the timely clearing of customer transactions and performing key risk management functions. The Clearing House guarantees its member firms meet their financial obligations for all open positions, as well as offering various clearing services to drive efficiencies for CME Group’s customers.

The Post-Trade Services and Risk Analyst will be working on two new initiatives with CME Group. The analyst will be monitoring risk and systems for our new Event Contracts suite over the weekend. Responsibilities will include strategic planning and design of clearing systems, operational and risk management, development of operational risk governance documents, and engaging internal stakeholders and external market participants.

What you’ll get:

• A supportive environment that promotes career progression, learning and development and inclusion.
• Exposure to CME’s vast number of products and asset classes.
• The opportunity to work with several functional groups across departments.
• Competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package.

What you’ll do:

• Provide support to clearing member firms, customers and business partners on CME Group’s product offering and clearing systems.
• Mitigate customer impactful events through escalation to management and troubleshoot with technology teams to deliver fixes in a timely manner within SLAs.
• Drive improvements in risk management practices and contribute to the Clearing House’s operational risk framework.
• Work globally with teammates on new initiatives and projects.

What you’ll need:

• MS/BS in Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 1-2 years prior work experience with listed derivatives, Treasury Securities, Repo markets, or OTC products at a clearing house, FCM, or trading firm.
• Securities clearing and Operational Risk management experience preferred.
• Strong experience in Excel (or Google Sheets) including pivot tables, vlookups, and macros.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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