Trade Operations Associate

MORGAN MCKINLEY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MORGAN MCKINLEY PTE. LTD. is supporting a global financial services institution by hiring a proactive Trade Operations Associate to join the Middle Office team in Singapore.

You will bridge the trading floor, risk management and post-trade groups, maintaining tight control frameworks and verifying trade capture accuracy. Responsibilities include real-time trade verification, executing control procedures for errors, and delivering daily Trade Control reports.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Trade Control or Middle Office in capital markets.

Responsibilities

• Perform real-time and daily trade verification across all business lines.
• Execute control procedures to detect, investigate, and resolve trade capture errors promptly.
• Serve as the primary Trade Control point of contact for traders and internal teams.
• Generate and distribute daily Trade Control reports, monitoring risk metrics and control exceptions.
• Maintain meticulous audit trails and records for regulatory reviews.

Skills

Trade Control

Middle Office

Trade Verification

Excel Proficiency

Tools

Trade Capture Systems

Trade Matching Platforms

Job description

We are supporting a global financial services institution to look for a proactive and detail-oriented Trade Operations Associate to join their Middle Office team. In this role, you will act as the primary operational bridge between the trading floor, risk management, and post-trade teams. You will maintain robust daily control frameworks, verify trade capture accuracy, and partner directly with traders, marketers, and senior leadership to support business growth and process improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform real-time and daily trade verification across all business lines, matching trade details against blotters, broker confirmations, trade tickets, and external execution platforms.

• Execute established control procedures to detect, investigate, and resolve trade capture errors, omissions, or misallocations promptly.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Trading Floor Support

• Serve as the primary Trade Control point of contact for traders, marketers, and internal operational departments.

• Work in a fast-paced environment to deliver rapid, high-accuracy responses to time-sensitive inquiries from the trading floor.

• Partner with senior leadership to identify evolving business needs and contribute to tailored operational solutions and change initiatives.

Reconciliation & Reporting

• Perform daily reconciliations between internal trading systems and external platforms/broker records to identify and resolve trade breaks.

• Generate and distribute daily Trade Control reports, monitoring risk metrics, outstanding confirmations, and control exceptions.

Audit & Record Keeping

• Maintain meticulous, organized audit trails and control logs for internal risk management and external regulatory reviews.

• Ensure all daily control execution records strictly adhere to compliance and governance guidelines.

Qualifications & Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in Trade Control, Middle Office, or Trade Support within capital markets, investment banking, asset management, or commodity trading.

• Strong understanding of financial markets, trading mechanics, and financial instruments (e.g., structured notes, repos, FX, Equities, Fixed Income, or Derivatives).

• Familiarity with trade capture systems, trade matching platforms and advanced Excel functions.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the confidence to communicate effectively with traders, marketers, and senior management.