Fixed Income Trade Operations Analyst

Ultimate Staffing; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultimate Staffing is seeking a Fixed Income Trade Operations Analyst in Irvine, CA. This onsite role (with Friday WFH) supports production, confirms, processes, and settles fixed income trades, while coordinating with legal, compliance, trading, and other ops teams.

You will collaborate with the Senior Analyst on complex issues and leverage Aladdin and related platforms to resolve discrepancies efficiently.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Identify, process and resolve trade discrepancies related to fixed income and FX trade confirmation and settlement.
• Experience with BlackRock Aladdin and related platforms.

Responsibilities

• Perform trade confirmation, processing, and settlement functions.
• Collaborate with Senior Analyst on complex issues and best course of action.
• Provide excellent service to traders and stakeholders across teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Deadline driven

Trade discrepancies

Aladdin experience

BRS familiarity

Stakeholder communication

Global mindset

Tools

Aladdin

DTCC/CTM

Job description

Schedule - Monday to Thursday onsite, Friday WFH. 6:30am to 7:30am start time, followed by an 8 hour day

About Fixed Income Trade Operations Analysts

The Fixed Income Trade Operations Analyst works as part of a global team performing and reviewing exception handling, across the full range of accounts and products and for all levels of complexity. They apply experience and judgement to analyzing exceptions, identifying the appropriate course of action, determining who should be involved in resolving the issue, and implementing solutions. For particularly complex/ambiguous issues, they work with the Senior Analyst to determine the appropriate course of action.

Role summary

Demonstrates in-depth knowledge in their assigned area and obtains guidance from the Senior Analyst, as needed. Performs daily production and delivery of work to identify, assess, and resolve exceptions for a specific area of focus. Operates as a technical subject matter expert for their area. Applies knowledge, experience, sound judgement, and business acumen, to analyze, assess, recommend, and implement solutions in a timely manner and in response to identified exceptions with oversight from the Senior Analyst, as necessary. Collaborates with other Fixed Income Operations facing departments (e.g., portfolio analysis group, legal & compliance, trading, core operations, and vendors) to diagnose and resolve issues. Performs and/or monitors more complex operational duties for investment vehicles servicing the Institutional, Retail, and High-Net Worth distribution channels. Performs trade confirmation, processing, and settlement functions

Experience / Expectations

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work in a face paced deadline driven environment.
• Identify, process and resolve trade discrepancies related to fixed income and foreign exchange trade confirmation and settlement functions. Ability to independently resolve low to mid-level complexity trade /settlement issues. For complex/ambiguous issues, will collaborate with Senior Analyst on best course of action.
• Highly proficient in Blackrock Aladdin, comfortable with partnering with senior analyst and Blackrock Solution (BRS) to resolve technical issues.
• Experience with 3rd party / industry platforms including custodian bank portals. These include but are not limited to Aladdin, DTCC/CTM, Misys, CLS, ALERT, TradeWeb, etc.
• Provide excellent (white glove) service to traders and key stakeholders (legal, investment group, other investment operational teams).
• Ability to apply a global mindset and partner with associates in various regions when working through issues or developing solutions
• Self-driven (e.g., independently manage workload and achieve target outcomes)
• Work effectively across internal and external stakeholder groups with the appropriate level of urgency to solve issues and deliver outcomes in a timely manner.
• Strong collaboration skills, working within and across teams and stakeholder groups to proactively develop strong working relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including with senior stakeholders/leadership with a focus on being able to communicate 'the why' behind issues
• Demonstrates company's Core Values and embraces an environment of inclusion and diversity of thought

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.