Senior Operations Specialist

Flow Traders; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Flow Traders is seeking a Senior Operations Specialist to join their Operations department in Amsterdam. Candidates should have 5+ years of relevant experience in operations or middle office roles, excellent analytical and programming skills, with a strong desire to learn.

The role involves reconciling trades, calculating P&L, and automating processes. The ideal candidate will have a degree in a quantitative field and be proficient in Python and SQL, handling large datasets effectively.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in trading operations, middle office, or financial services.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
• Ability to handle large datasets and identify discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile trades and positions across multiple asset classes.
• Calculate daily P&L and cash, identifying discrepancies.
• Automate processes using scripts.

Skills

Trading operations

Middle office

Python

SQL

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics

Job description

Flow Traders is looking for a new Senior Operations Specialist to join our Operations department. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business.

You will join the Flow Traders EMEA Operations team based in our Amsterdam office. We have an expanding product universe, covering all major asset classes. Our team covers a multitude of areas and follows the full trade lifecycle. As such, the opportunities to learn and grow are limitless within the organization.

For this role, we are looking for candidates with 5+ years of relevant experience in Operations, Middle Office, or a related field, combined with good analytical and programming skills, as well as a a strong desire to continue learning and developing within this space. If you are interested in the role and believe your experience aligns, we encourage you to apply and include a short explanation of your motivation to join Flow Traders.

What you’ll do

• Reconcile trades and positions intraday and next day, across multiple asset classes
• Calculate daily P&L and cash - own the numbers, find the breaks, explain them
• Know the full trade lifecycle cold: execution, settlement, fees, interest bookings
• Dig into large datasets to find what’s wrong and fix how the process works
• Work directly with Prime Brokers, trading desks, risk, compliance, and finance
• Automate the manual stuff - write the script, don’t just flag the problem

What you need

• 5+ years in trading operations, middle office, or financial services
• A degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or something similarly quantitative
• Python and SQL are hard requirements - you write code, not just read it
• Sharp attention to detail and a genuine appetite for getting into the weeds
• Prior exposure to trading, front office, or technology teams is a plus
• Comfortable handling large, messy datasets and knowing when the numbers don’t add up
• You reach for a script before you reach for a spreadsheet