Trade Management Associate

TP ICAP; Belfast; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm located in Northern Ireland is seeking a TM Associate to ensure the accurate processing of trades for the NGU business. The role involves managing trade flows, liaising with brokers, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates must demonstrate strong analytical abilities and excellent communication skills, and possess significant experience in financial markets along with proficiency in Microsoft applications. This position offers opportunities for growth and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail and high organizational skills.
• Demonstrated strong analytical ability and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in high-pressure environments.
• Experience in training and mentoring junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Process trades accurately and timely from capture to delivery.
• Ensure compliance with regulations affecting the Trade Management Department.
• Liaise with clients and brokers to resolve trade queries.
• Monitor trade flows and manage exceptions effectively.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical ability

Problem solving

Written communication

Oral communication

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Financial markets knowledge

Job description

Role Overview

The Trade Management (TM) team process transactions for the Name Give Up (NGU) business as well as Futures: Exchanged Traded Derivatives (ETD).This role will be supporting the Trade Management NGU business.

As a TM Associate, you are responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely processing of all trades, from internal front end trade capture systems, through the TM systems, and then out to the clients via various delivery mechanisms, following established guidelines, when identifying and resolving problems, and using good judgement to refer more complex issues to senior colleagues, where appropriate.

You must be able to identify and contribute towards any process changes that will improve the level of service and control that Operations provides, in its first line of defence capacity.You must have a broad knowledge of the wholesale financial markets, and may require more specific knowledge in relation to specific asset classes, where necessary.

You must have a basic understanding of the Operations, Global Broking strategy, and work collaboratively, as part of a team, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability.

Role Responsibilities

• Ensure that trades arrive from front office trade capture systems into the TM systems in a timely manner
• Ensure that all trades are managed efficiently including delivery of trades to clients, reporting venues, or clearing houses/exchanges, as appropriate
• Deliver & manage the prompt allocation of executed transactions; liaising with desks, brokers, clients, clearer & agents for prompt clearing & subsequent reporting
• Ensure intraday liquidity and exposure are managed timely
• Resolve any queries in relation to the non-delivery of electronic confirmations to a client
• Ensuring the department remain up-to-date and in compliance with all regulations and requirements affecting the Trade Management Department
• Provide oversight of various external systems/platforms, utilised by TPICAP
• Ensure data integrity within TM systems by validating against records received from 3rd party brokers
• Monitor trade flows via the in-house exception monitoring tools
• Undertake intra-day/month actions to ensure that trades are processed, reconciled & invoiced correctly
• Liaising with Brokers to manage trade exceptions
• Provide front-line support to Brokers
• Liaising with Accounts receivable to ensure clients are billed correctly
• Liaising with Clients to resolve trade queries
• Fulfil any additional ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business

Experience / Competences

Essential

• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail, possesses high organisation skills & a proactive approach
• Demonstrates strong analytical ability and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates the ability to work effectively in a high pressure environment
• Highly effective written & oral communication skills; adapts communication style to suit audience
• Significant experience of working in fast paced or pressured environments
• Highly killed in Microsoft applications software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Significant experience of financial markets
• Significant experience in a similar organisation
• Demonstrated experience in training / mentoring junior colleagues
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing colleagues work
• Strong understanding of risk and controls

Desired

• Knowledge of the TPICAP brand, functions & structure
• Experience of TPICAP in-house systems
• Experience of change / project management

Band & level: Professional, 5