Trade Support Analyst – Securities & FX

Nordea Asset Management Portugal; Oeiras; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea Asset Management Portugal is seeking a Trade Support professional to own the post-trade lifecycle for Securities (Equities, Fixed Income, Repos) and to collaborate with custodians and brokers across Europe. You will drive straight-through processing improvements and support portfolio managers and traders daily.

You will progressively broaden into FX processes, expanding your remit as you grow within a Back Office team of 41 colleagues from multiple nationalities.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years in financial operations, post-trade processing.
• Experience with trade matching and resolving mismatches.
• Knowledge of the securities settlement lifecycle and working with custodians/brokers.
• Experience coordinating with front/back office and external partners.
• Good written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely matching of trades in CTM (block and allocation).
• Investigate and resolve mismatches and amendments with custodians and brokers.
• Follow up on settlement status and resolve fails and issues in the settlement chain.
• Onboard new clients and markets into the trade flow, working with business units.
• Communicate clearly with front- and back-office teams.
• Follow market updates and regulatory changes, assess impact on processes.
• Identify root causes of manual work and propose fixes.
• Help increase STP by contributing to automation and integration initiatives.
• Use data and reporting tools, leveraging Snowflake, to track workload, quality and STP.
• Document changes and new procedures.
• Participate in projects as required.
• Build knowledge of FX processes as part of development.

Skills

Post-trade processing

Trade matching

Data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

English proficiency

Tools

CTM

ALERT

SWIFT

Power BI

SQL

Snowflake

Job description

Nordea Asset Management Portugal is seeking a Trade Support professional to own the post-trade lifecycle for Securities (Equities, Fixed Income, Repos) and to collaborate with custodians and brokers across Europe. You will drive straight-through processing improvements and support portfolio managers and traders daily.

You will progressively broaden into FX processes, expanding your remit as you grow within a Back Office team of 41 colleagues from multiple nationalities.