Global Equities Trade Support Specialist

Point72 Asset Management; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Point72 Asset Management in Stamford, CT is seeking an Operations professional to support trade processing, reconciliation, financing, and reporting across multiple asset classes. The role emphasizes accuracy, controls, and collaboration with trading teams and counterparties.

You will work to ensure timely settlement, verify positions, and resolve issues in a fast-paced environment, contributing to firmwide operational excellence and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, mathematics or related field.
• Proficiency in Excel for trade reconciliation, data analysis, and operational reporting.
• Strong time management, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced trading environment.

Responsibilities

• Support a high-impact control function with visibility into investment performance across a global equities trading platform.
• Reconcile daily equities, options, CFDs, swaps, and FX transactions before market close to reduce operational risk.
• Ensure timely settlement of equity trades by identifying breaks, investigating root causes, and resolving issues.
• Verify positions against prime brokers and swap providers to maintain accurate books and records across traded products.
• Coordinate with portfolio managers, traders, counterparties, and control teams to resolve trade, settlement, risk, treasury, legal, and compliance issues.
• Review and process corporate actions while communicating position implications to trading teams and brokers.
• Monitor and reduce foreign currency exposure related to P&L, deposits, and dollarized swaps through FX transactions.
• Execute spot FX transactions to support accurate settlement of securities traded in non-deliverable forward markets.
• Provide middle-office trade support for trade bookings, verification, corporate actions, P&L, technology matters, and legal-related issues

Skills

Excel

Trade reconciliation

Data analysis

Operational reporting

Time management

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, mathematics

Job description

Point72 Asset Management in Stamford, CT is seeking an Operations professional to support trade processing, reconciliation, financing, and reporting across multiple asset classes. The role emphasizes accuracy, controls, and collaboration with trading teams and counterparties.

You will work to ensure timely settlement, verify positions, and resolve issues in a fast-paced environment, contributing to firmwide operational excellence and risk management.