Senior Associate, Middle Office

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services company in Manchester, UK, seeks a Senior Associate for their Middle Office team. The role involves supporting trade execution, maintaining relationships with the Front Office, and improving processes within the investment operations function. Ideal candidates will have strong numerical skills, an understanding of financial regulations, and experience in investment management. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible resources and tools for wellbeing

Generous paid leaves including volunteer time

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of derivative and liquid products.
• Awareness of relevant regulations, EMIR, MiFID II, CASS.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain close working relationship with the Front Office.
• Ensure timely and accurate booking of all trades.
• Support front office in setting up new markets.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Numerate with financial data interpretation

Effective time management

Problem-solving abilities

Team player

Ability to work with minimal supervision

Education

Previous experience in investment management middle or back office processes

IMC preferred

Tools

Aladdin

Job description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Associate, Middle Office to join our Middle Office team. This role is located in Manchester, UK. In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• To support the Front Office in the execution of their core activities in a changing and dynamic environment by ensuring the provision of accurate, timely and comprehensive information.
• To assist with the development of the Investment Operations function to provide a wide-ranging service to both internal and external stakeholders.
• To provide support to the front office to ensure trades booked are monitored through to successful settlement. This will include robust oversight of Middle Office activity
• To constantly challenge all current processes and procedures to identify any potential for process improvement
• To work closely with the front office to ensure all required brokers and markets are set up through the correct process.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain close working relationship with the Front Office and act as the day to day point of contact for queries
• The team's main responsibilities include, trade support across all asset classes, daily monitoring and reconciliations, periodic reporting, critical analysis and alignment with the changing business

Specific responsibilities include

• Acting as link between front office, middle office, national and international 3rd parties. Including the timely and accurate booking of all trades across derivative and liquid products
• Ensure all brokers used across full product range are set up with all relevant paperwork in place before trading commences
• Support the front office to set up any new markets that have gone through the correct approval process
• Work with the reconciliations team to ensure we maintain up to date and accurate cash and holdings in Aladdin
• Work with team manager to highlight all key risks and controls across the team's processes
• Continually looking for any possible opportunity to improve on our processes, especially utilizing any form of automation
• Ensure all Mifid II transaction reporting and trade reporting requirements are met.
• Trade matching
• Trade input
• Trade cycle management
• Sound knowledge of derivative and liquid products
• A team player
• Numerate and able to interpret financial data quickly and effectively
• Effective time management and ability to work to strict deadlines
• Communication – excellent interpersonal skills and documentation maintenance
• Ability to problem solve and work with minimal supervision
• Awareness of relevant regulations, EMIR, MiFID II, CASS
• Previous experience of investment management middle or back office processes
• IMC an advantage

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