Middle Office Ops Lead: Trade & Data Integrity

State Street; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking an Officer to oversee day-to-day transactional and trade operations for premier investment management clients. You will ensure operational integrity, data accuracy, and high-quality client service in a fast-paced environment, exercising independent judgment and leadership across multiple stakeholders.

In this role you will own client data across trading platforms, prepare and validate client reporting, and apply AI and automation tools to streamline processes while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance preferred.
• Strong Excel proficiency (pivot tables, lookups, and formulas) and trading platform experience; VBA, SQL, Python are a plus.
• Exposure to asset management, banking operations, or financial services environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME within the business unit to resolve complex operational, client, and trade-related issues involving clients, custodians, brokers, counterparties, and internal teams.
• Maintain ownership and oversight of comprehensive client data across trading platforms, and internal account records, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Deliver high-quality client service through proactive communication, timely follow-up, and effective research and resolution of internal and external client inquiries, including escalation as needed.
• Act as first escalation point for the Operations team by managing and resolving actions across all client types using approved systems and custodian platforms.
• Prepare, review, validate, and approve standard and ad hoc client reporting, ensuring data integrity and alignment with client and regulatory requirements.
• Provide oversight of daily transaction processing routines, ensuring adherence to established controls, procedures, and service level expectations.
• Identify operational risks, process gaps, and efficiency opportunities, partnering with peers and leadership to optimize operating models and workflows.
• Apply practical use cases of AI and automation tools to support business objectives, enhance data analysis, and streamline operational processes.
• Support department wide initiatives, ad hoc projects, and strategic priorities as assigned by leadership.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Verbal and written communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Accounting/Finance

Tools

Trading platforms

VBA

SQL

Python

Job description

State Street is seeking an Officer to oversee day-to-day transactional and trade operations for premier investment management clients. You will ensure operational integrity, data accuracy, and high-quality client service in a fast-paced environment, exercising independent judgment and leadership across multiple stakeholders.

In this role you will own client data across trading platforms, prepare and validate client reporting, and apply AI and automation tools to streamline processes while