Trade Operations Analyst at PIC – London, England, United Kingdom

Dataleum; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Trade Operations Analyst to enhance their Trade Operations team. In this pivotal role, you will support the onboarding of a new portfolio management system while managing relationships with market counterparties. Your expertise in the trade life cycle and various financial products will be crucial in ensuring smooth operations. This position offers the chance to work collaboratively with diverse teams, providing valuable insights and fostering strong partnerships. If you are a self-starter with a passion for finance and a knack for organization, this opportunity could be your next big step.

Qualifications

• Experience managing the full trade life cycle, including execution and settlement.
• Strong knowledge of financial products and market utilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage Fixed Income trade life cycles and settlements to minimize failures.
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure timely delivery of trade instructions.

Skills

Trade life cycle management

Relationship building

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

Financial product knowledge (fixed income, FX)

Analytical skills

Knowledge of VBA or Python

Tools

Aladdin

Bloomberg

Swift

CTM

TradeWeb

MarketAxess

Job description

Role Purpose:

PIC has a great opportunity for a Trade Operations Analyst to join our Trade Operations team as part of the IPP investment platform project This will involve onboarding Aladdin as the new portfolio management system and insourcing middle office functions. You will support multiple Portfolio Management and Trading teams who invest into Fixed Income, FX, Liquidity Management, Treasury and Private Equity / Private Credit products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with our market counterparties and outsourced providers to deepen and broaden relationships to help position PIC as a good counterparty that is thoughtful, responsive, and fair. Looks to understand market best practices and how they could be adopted within PIC.
• Oversight and management of Fixed Income trade life cycles and settlements with target of keeping failed settlement to acceptable minimum.
• Timely and accurate delivery of BAU tasks such as trade & cash instructions.
• Extracting the various sources of trading, matching and settlement information and distilling it for internal stakeholders to inform them of trends, and their relevance to our investment operations universe.
• Effectively collaborates with Portfolio Managers, Traders, Investment Operations, Pension Operations, Finance, Legal, Risk and Change teams.

Technical

• Experience of the full trade life cycle, from trade execution to settlement, including confirmations, matching, and reconciliations.
• Experience with Aladdin desirable, although familiarity with other portfolio management systems is also beneficial.
• Market utilities such as CTM, Swift, CLS, Bloomberg, TradeWeb, MarketAxess, Alert and Onboarding Accelerator.
• Experience with various financial products, including fixed income, FX liquidity funds, private equity, and derivatives.
• Knowledge of corporate actions, particularly in fixed income, is also advantageous.
• Knowledge of VBA, Python, or similar coding language desirable

Personal

• Self-starter with strong organisational skills
• Experience of building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. Portfolio Managers through to Custodians.
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to organise work to meet deadlines.
• Experience of delivering analysis that is accurate, well presented, and timely.
• Experience in developing themselves to high levels of expertise.
• Ability to maintain high standards of accuracy and effectiveness in dynamic environments.