Hybrid Derivatives Operations Analyst

Prudential Financial; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market competitive base salary with a

Annual bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision, life, and bus

401(k) with match

Pension plan

Job summary

Prudential Financial, Inc. in Newark, NJ, is seeking a Derivative Operations professional to support post-trade processing for derivatives across confirmations, settlements, and reconciliations.

The role offers exposure to FX, futures, options, swaps, and other cleared and bilateral instruments, with collaboration across Trade Support and custodians. The position follows a hybrid work structure (3 days in office) to encourage collaboration, with remote work options based on task needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support daily post-trade processing for derivative products, including trade validation, confirmations, settlements, clearing, lifecycle events, and exception follow-up.
• Assist with maintaining derivative trade activity in Aladdin and related platforms to support accurate books and records, positions, and operational data.
• Monitor derivative settlements, collateral movements, margin activity, cash interest, and related payment workflows under established procedures and controls.
• Perform daily reconciliations with brokers, clearing brokers, custodians, and internal systems to identify and elevate trade, cash, position, and commission breaks.
• Partners with internal teams and external parties to research and resolve routine operational exceptions, settlement issues, collateral inquiries, and trade lifecycle questions.
• Follow documented procedures, complete daily checklists, elevate issues timely, and support control, audit, and risk management activities as needed.
• Prepare recurring operational reporting related to derivative activity, reconciliations, exceptions, and processing metrics.
• Contribute to process improvement efforts by identifying manual tasks, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve workflow efficiency.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline preferred. All majors considered.

Tools

Aladdin

Job description

Prudential Financial, Inc. in Newark, NJ, is seeking a Derivative Operations professional to support post-trade processing for derivatives across confirmations, settlements, and reconciliations.

The role offers exposure to FX, futures, options, swaps, and other cleared and bilateral instruments, with collaboration across Trade Support and custodians. The position follows a hybrid work structure (3 days in office) to encourage collaboration, with remote work options based on task needs.