Hedging Operations Specialist: Trade Docs & Compliance

CFC- Chatham Financial Corporation; Kennett Square (Chester County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chatham Financial Corporation is seeking a Transaction Operations Specialist to support hedging operations and documentation for interest rate and FX hedging services. You will coordinate client and dealer bank documentation from pre-trade through completion, and ensure accurate transaction entries and settlements.

The role offers exposure to regulatory requirements and process improvements, with opportunities to grow as a subject matter expert in trade operations and derivatives documentation

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of professional work experience preferred.
• Experience in managing and organizing documents, trade operations and/or operational process improvement is preferred.
• Skills in organization, proactive initiative, attention to detail, strong verbal and written communication are critical.
• A degree in finance is not required, but comfort with math is important.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate trade documentation with clients and dealer banks from pre-trade discussions through trade execution and completion.
• Upload transaction details and transaction documents in the transaction management database.
• Assist with ISDA documentation by coordinating with internal ISDA experts, attorneys and banks.
• Confirm and check economic details of transactions prior to execution and after execution to ensure proper entry.
• Assist clients to ensure their funds flow properly on all settlements.
• Manage the tracking and reporting of transaction operations, including: outstanding documentation, providing updates and reminders to clients, monitoring the team’s transaction trends, new pipeline deals and deal deadlines, etc.
• Work closely with the centralized documentation and transaction management team to coordinate compliance requirements such as Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and similar requirements.
• Ability to understand the new derivatives regulations and their impact on the operational aspects of hedging; serve as a resource on derivatives regulation from a process perspective.
• Assist in training other team members on salient documentation and regulatory issues from an operational perspective.

Skills

Organization

Proactive initiative

Attention to detail

Communication

Job description

Chatham Financial Corporation is seeking a Transaction Operations Specialist to support hedging operations and documentation for interest rate and FX hedging services. You will coordinate client and dealer bank documentation from pre-trade through completion, and ensure accurate transaction entries and settlements.

The role offers exposure to regulatory requirements and process improvements, with opportunities to grow as a subject matter expert in trade operations and derivatives documentation