Senior ETD Operations Analyst

JR United Kingdom; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commodity trading firm seeks an ETD Operations Analyst to join their London team. This pivotal role involves ensuring accurate reconciliation, monitoring exceptions, and improving processes in a dynamic trading environment. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with ETD products and a background in the commodities sector.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in operations, trade support, or reconciliation.
• Experience with ETD products such as futures, options, swaps, and CFDs.
• Understanding of clearing, settlement, and margin processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate reconciliation of exchange-traded derivatives.
• Monitor open exceptions and resolve discrepancies efficiently.
• Generate regular management reports and operational statistics.

Skills

Reconciliation

Process Improvement

Data Validation

Monitoring Exceptions

Job description

Our client, a commodity trading firm, is looking for an ETD Operations Analyst to join their team in London.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Ensuring timely and accurate reconciliation of exchange-traded derivatives, resolving any discrepancies in accordance with established procedures.
2. Monitoring open exceptions across systems and clearing them efficiently within the defined timelines.
3. Maintaining and validating standing data for all derivative products and confirming accurate application of clearing and execution fees.
4. Generating regular management reports and operational statistics to support internal performance tracking.
5. Identifying opportunities for process improvement, recommending, and supporting enhancements to workflows, controls, and contingency plans.

You will need to have the following experience:

1. Minimum of 5 years' experience in an operations, trade support, or reconciliation role.
2. Experience dealing with a range of ETD products such as futures, options, swaps, and CFDs.
3. Understanding of clearing, settlement, and margin processes.
4. Proven background interacting with Exchanges, Clearing Houses, and Clearing/Execution Brokers.
5. Experience in a trading environment, ideally within the energy or broader commodities sector, with direct exposure to traders and commercial teams.

If you are interested, please apply or contact Paula at Marlin Selection.