Fixed Income Ops & Settlement Specialist

Dynamics Executive Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dynamics Executive Search is seeking a Fixed Income Operations professional to join a growing team supporting an active institutional trading business in New York. The role offers broad exposure to the post-trade environment and requires ownership of issues through resolution.

You will collaborate with trading, counterparties, and internal teams to investigate discrepancies, perform reconciliations, and support post-trade projects.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of financial services or markets operations experience.
• Exposure to fixed income products or institutional trading environments.
• Understanding of the trade lifecycle and post-trade processing.
• Experience investigating trade, cash, position, or settlement discrepancies.
• Familiarity with industry trading and settlement systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize effectively in a high-volume environment.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Support daily processing and settlement of fixed income transactions.
• Investigate trade discrepancies, settlement issues, and other operational exceptions.
• Perform cash, position, and trade reconciliations.
• Coordinate with trading teams and external counterparties to resolve breaks.
• Support financing and other post-trade activities.
• Monitor transactions through settlement and proactively address potential issues.
• Assist with operational projects and technology enhancements.
• Participate in testing associated with new systems and workflow changes.
• Help identify opportunities to improve controls and streamline existing processes.
• Build relationships across trading, operations, technology, and other internal functions.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Collaboration

Job description

Dynamics Executive Search is seeking a Fixed Income Operations professional to join a growing team supporting an active institutional trading business in New York. The role offers broad exposure to the post-trade environment and requires ownership of issues through resolution.

You will collaborate with trading, counterparties, and internal teams to investigate discrepancies, perform reconciliations, and support post-trade projects.