Derivatives Analyst

Fidelity Investments Inc.; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Investments is seeking a Derivatives Analyst to support the Derivatives team in Global Middle Office. You will handle trade confirmations, lifecycle events, and collateral management while collaborating with brokers and custodians to ensure timely and accurate processing.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, teamwork, and innovation in operational improvements within a growing derivatives capability. Onsite work model is in effect for this role.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree in business or finance.
• 1-3 years of financial services work experience preferred.
• Collateral management and/or middle office experience.

Responsibilities

• Complete trade confirmations and lifecycle events for derivatives trading.
• Execute daily margin calls and settlement of collateral.
• Analyze and resolve margin call and collateral variances with broker-dealers and custodian banks.
• Provide reporting to internal and external business partners.
• Advance problems which could impact daily operations and suggest process improvements.
• Assist in development/review of department policies and procedures.

Skills

Collateral management

Middle office experience

Trade confirmations

Lifecycle events

Margin calls

Detail-oriented

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Four-year college degree in business or finance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Operating systems training

Job description

Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Job Description:

The Role

As a member of this team, you will be reporting to the Derivatives Manager and will support the operational activities for the various products managed by the team. You will use your industry expertise and collaborate with your team to complete trade confirmation, complete the lifecycle events associated with trades, execute margin calls, transfer collateral, research and resolve variances and be the first point of contact for business partners. Additionally, you will provide support for tactical, strategic, and regulatory projects for our growing derivatives capabilities!

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• • Four-year college degree in business or finance
  • 1-3 years of financial services work experience preferred
  • Your collateral management and/or middle office experience
  • A multi-tasker with effective interpersonal skills
  • Attention to detail in following procedures and controls to ensure accurate and timely work
  • The ability to work in a small, tight-knit team daily to share responsibilities
  • Ability to recognize and escape high-risk items to minimize loss to either the shareholder and/or Fidelity
  • Innovation to come up with operational improvements
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (such as Word or Excel), and the ability to train on and work with different operating systems
  • Completing trade confirmations and executing on lifecycle events associated with derivatives trading
  • Executing daily margin calls, instructing, and confirming settlement of collateral, analyzing, researching, and resolving margin call and collateral variances with broker-dealers and custodian banks
  • Providing reporting to key internal and external business partners
  • Advancing problems which could have a potential impact on daily operations
  • Assisting in the development and review for new and/or changes to departmental policies and procedures
  • Testing and automating processes and workflows in a constantly evolving environment

The Team

We are the Derivatives team that is a business unit within Global Middle Office. We work with Fidelity's trading desks, global custodians, broker-dealers, and various internal and external business partners to support derivatives trade confirmation, lifecycle events, and collateral management for Fidelity managed funds. Core processing and services that the Derivatives Analyst will support includes legal trade confirmation, periodic payments, exchange traded futures collateral, centrally cleared collateral, OTC collateral, MSFTA collateral, settlements, reconciliation, and on-boarding of new products, funds, and broker-dealers.

Fidelity's Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

Category:

Investment Operations

Please be advised that Fidelity's business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.