Middle Office Analyst / Over the Counter Derivatives

Motion Recruitment; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is staffing a Middle Office Analyst in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) on a 6-month contract with extensions. The role focuses on drafting and verifying confirmations for a wide range of derivatives, ensuring accurate trade terms, and supporting regulatory and compliance requirements.

Ideal candidates will bring strong Excel skills, knowledge of derivative products, OTC confirmation experience, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Intermediate Excel skills required.
• Strong knowledge of derivative products with drafting OTC Confirmation experience.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft and verify confirmations for a variety of products and business lines including derivatives.
• Minimize financial losses by identifying and resolving trade capture errors and reconciling trade activity.
• Serve as liaison with lines of business, legal and compliance for confirmation templates.
• Support complex U.S. securities or OTC derivatives transactions.
• Stay aware of regulatory, tax-related, and market developments and participate in ISDA groups.
• Seek opportunities to improve processes, controls, and procedures.

Skills

Excel

Derivatives knowledge

OTC Confirmation experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organization skills

Fast-paced environment

Job description

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Middle Office Analyst in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age.

If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially,

Contract Duration: 6 Months + extensions

Required Skills & Experience

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Excel.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of derivative products and with drafting OTC Confirmation experience required.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Derivatives Confirmation processing experience.
• Capital Markets Operations experience.
• Knowledge of OTC Derivatives or ISDA.
• Finance experience, or banking experience.
• Other trading houses (i.e. Vanguard).

What You Will Be Doing

• Principally responsible for drafting and verifying the accuracy and completeness of confirmations for a variety of products and business lines, including commodity derivatives, credit derivatives, equity derivatives, rates derivatives, and foreign exchange.
• Responsible for minimizing financial losses by identifying and resolving trade capture errors, reconciling trade activity between the system of record and any trade-related documentation, and ensuring all economic terms and necessary protective and fallback clauses are confirmed.
• Serve as liaison with all lines of business, internal legal and compliance departments in the development or revision of confirmation templates in compliance with existing and future regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for supporting complex U.S. securities or over the counter (OTC) derivatives transactions.
• Continue to be aware of and aid the team’s compliance with regulatory, tax-related, and asset class-specific market developments by, among other activities, attending and participating in internal and ISDA-organized working groups.
• Regularly seek opportunities to improve processes, controls, and procedures to improve efficiencies, deepen the team’s understanding of products, and mitigate risk.
• Partner with the project team to develop requirements for system enhancements and assist with user acceptance testing.

• competitive benefit package!