Middle Office Trade Operations Analyst

Experis Austria; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care FSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Experis is seeking a Middle Office Trade Operations Analyst to join its Global Investment Operations team. The role covers the full trade lifecycle, working with front office partners and external providers to support risk management and efficiency initiatives.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in financial services, with a focus on derivatives, trade management, and post-execution settlements. Strong attention to detail and communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of financial services experience including derivatives and trade management operations.
• Experience supporting middle office, trade management, or securities operations across the trade lifecycle.
• Ability to identify process gaps and drive efficiency while reducing risk.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate processing of portfolio transactions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and policy compliance.
• Support derivatives trades, private placements, discretionary trading, new products, and corporate action oversight.
• Identify deficiencies and take corrective action to mitigate risk.
• Respond to operational queries and escalate complex issues as needed.
• Drive process improvements, automate tasks, and strengthen controls.
• Prepare settlements instructions and related activities, including reconciliations.

Skills

Financial services

Derivatives

Trade management

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

$40.0 - $45.0/hourly Posted 3 days ago Less than 10 applies 2 min average apply

Experis

Our client, a leading global investment operations organization, is seeking a Middle Office Trade Operations Analystto join their team. As a Middle Office Trade Operations Analyst, you will be part of Global Investment Operations (GIO), supporting the Middle Office Trade Management (MOTM) department who supports all trade related functions across all asset classes, ensuring trades move smoothly from post-execution through settlement. This positionoffers the opportunity to work across the full trade lifecycle, partner closely with front office teams and external partners, and contribute to daily risk management, operational oversight, new complex products, and efficiency initiatives.
The ideal candidate will bring strong attention to detail, a control-oriented mindset, and the drive to continuously improve processes—so you can help strengthen operational oversight, reduce risk, and support new products and account growth.

Job Title:

Middle Office Trade Operations Analyst

Pay Range:

$40/hr - $45/hr

What's the Job?

• Coordinate the processing of portfolio transactions, ensuring activities are accurate, timely, and compliant with established policies, procedures, and controls.
• Support derivative trades, private placements, discretionary trading, new complex products and alternatives, and corporate action oversight in conjunction with outsourced providers.
• Identify quality, accuracy, or compliance deficiencies and take appropriate corrective action to resolve issues and mitigate risk.
• Respond to operational queries related to cash breaks, trade breaks, and standard questions from internal and external stakeholders, escalating more complex issues as appropriate.
• Drive process improvement initiatives focused on automating manual tasks, enhancing efficiency, strengthening controls, and minimizing operational risk.
• Prepare standard and some nonstandard instructions for settlements, reconciliations, transfers, and related activities.
• Generate periodic reports and dashboards outlining operational metrics such as error rates, recalculation rates, client satisfaction, responsiveness, and time to resolution.

What's Needed?

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND 2+ years of financial services. experiencein derivatives and trade management operations.
• Experience supporting middle office, trade management, or securities operations processes across the trade lifecycle with knowledge in private placements.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process gaps and drive process improvements that increase efficiency and reduce operational risk.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain accuracy in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work across internal teams and external service providers.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, including the ability to investigate breaks, exceptions, and reconciliation issues.
• Ability to prioritize competing deadlines, work independently under general supervision, and exercise sound judgment in escalating issues.

What's in it for me?

• Work on meaningful, client-focused trade lifecycle operations that support long-term outcomes.
• Build expertise across derivatives, private placements, discretionary trading, and corporate action oversight.
• Contribute to daily risk management, operational oversight, and efficiency initiatives.
• Partner closely with front office teams, risk, technology stakeholders, and external providers to resolve issues and improve execution.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• Weekly Pay

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

$40.0 - $45.0/hourly Posted 3 days ago Less than 10 applies 2 min average apply