Operations Analyst

Campbell & Company, LP; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Catered biweekly lunches

401(k) matching

Fitness allowance

Job summary

A prestigious financial firm in Baltimore is seeking an Operations Analyst to ensure accurate trade operations and enhance operational workflows. The ideal candidate has a relevant bachelor’s degree and strong analytical abilities. Benefits include competitive pay, a hybrid work environment, and extensive wellness support. Join a team-oriented workplace renowned for its employee satisfaction and career development.

Qualifications

• 1 year experience in financial services or trading operations.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work additional hours as needed.

Responsibilities

• Monitor trade matching services for discrepancies.
• Liaise with vendors to resolve trade breaks.
• Reconcile trading history of accounts.

Skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Detail oriented

Intermediate to Advanced proficiency with Excel

Strong time management skills

Self-motivated team player

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in business, technology, or finance

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SQL

Jira

Cognos

Panopticon

Job description

Awarded in 2024 as “Best Place to Work in Money Management” by Pensions & Investments,

“Best Companies to Work for in Maryland” by Daily Record,

and recognized by Best Companies Group and COLOR Magazine as an “Inclusive Workplace”

Hybrid position | Located in Baltimore, MD

The Operations Department is responsible for auditing the firm’s trading. The Analyst’s primary duties include the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance to the Company, including representing the department with internal stakeholders across the organization and serving as a daily liaison with external parties, which includes, but is not limited to executing brokers, clearing brokers, transfer agents, selling firm back-offices, financial advisors, clients, and vendors.

The Operations Analyst joins the Operations Team and will report to the Manager of Operations.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF THE CANDIDATE\'S MOST RECENT (UNOFFICIAL) TRANSCRIPT.

Principal Responsibilities

• Trade Operations: Daily monitoring of Campbell’s third-party trade matching services, for any execution discrepancies between Campbell’s execution system, and the various executing banks on trade date.
• Liaise with various vendors to resolve trade breaks and discrepancies.
• Reconcile Campbell’s trading history from the previous day from both a transaction and total holdings basis for all accounts.
• Assist with the coordination of various internal and external stakeholders for information or documentation in order to meet account launch deadlines.
• Use external stakeholder systems, products or industry knowledge to onboard new markets and asset classes as necessary.
• Support research and trading needs through the facilitation of model testing, trading related changes, and production system support, resolving after-hours production system issues when necessary.

Process Improvement/Departmental Projects

• Assess and enhance the operational workflows and related processes through a continual gap analysis against industry benchmarks and trends.
• Work with staff, managers and IT resources to optimize departmental workflows as it relates to operational applications.
• Develop procedures and test cases by translating system workflows into documentation. Test execution and document results.
• Work on or lead department-level and firm-level projects relating to operations.

Reporting and Analytics

• Assist in developing metrics and reports to measure the performance of vendors and internal operational efficiencies using Panopticon and other means as necessary.
• Liaise with Trading, Market Data, and Compliance teams to identify opportunities to enhance existing reports and data sets.
• Assist with reporting requests related to regulatory compliance or portfolio reconciliations.

Decision Making Authority

• Apply judgement over the changes and updates of the trading system and its related ecosystem.
• Exhibit good judgment in resolving or escalating operational issues and production system issues.
• Process, analyze and problem solve detailed trade data.
• Analyze and identify potential issues, contact appropriate personnel, and speak out and raise concerns when logs or details appear inaccurate or suspicious.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in business, technology, or finance with 1-year of experience in financial services or trading middle/back-office operations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent problem solving, conceptual thinking, analytical and interpersonal skills
• Extremely detail oriented and organized
• Intermediate to Advanced proficiency with Excel (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, macros)
• Intermediate Outlook (email prioritization and organization, building rules, advanced search, folder management)
• Basic proficiency in Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced and continuously changing, open floor, and hybrid work environment
• Strong time management skills allowing oneself to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Self-motivated team player with a strong work ethic
• Experience with process improvement
• Ability to interact with all levels of the company
• Ability to work additional hours as needed beyond standard work hours

Benefits

At Campbell, our mission is to provide our investors with world-class investment performance. We accomplish this through a quantitative multi-strategy framework guided by a culture of continuous innovation. We trade over 100 derivative markets and 5000+ cash equities across the globe, based on over 100 systematic strategies with trades ranging from hours to months. We manage over $6 billion, with clients ranging from large public pensions to individual investors.

We enjoy working together to solve hard problems with real-world applications. Our collaborative culture allows us to obtain better results as a team without losing sight of the need to reward individual contributions. Two-thirds of staff are investment professionals, and over 50% of our employees have been at Campbell for ten years or more. We believe our low turnover and the long tenure of our staff are testaments to our culture and the work-life balance we offer to all of our associates.

Our new, renovated offices are located at the Quarry Lake in Greenspring in upscale Baltimore County with walking access to premier shopping and dining options, high-end salons, fitness facilities, and medical offices. Many beautiful neighborhoods can be found within a few minutes’ drive from Campbell. For those who prefer downtown living, the Inner Harbor, Fells Point, and Federal Hill are less than 15 miles away.

We recognize that producing the best work and maintaining the best talent includes putting an overall premium on the overall wellness and financial well-being of our employees. We offer a hybrid work environment for all associates, very competitive pay and benefits, paid parental leave, 80% tuition reimbursement up to $50,000, an annual $2,000 vacation allowance, catered biweekly lunches, employer-funded Health Savings Account and family forming Health Reimbursement Account, group health, dental and vision benefits, a $1000 fitness allowance, and a 401(k) matching 100% up to 9% of your salary, plus an additional annual employer discretionary contribution, up to 7.25%.

Regular social gatherings, staff lunches, arcade and video games, and diversity and inclusion events are just a few of our engagement activities to ensure working at Campbell isn’t just challenging and rewarding, but also fun!

Skills required

• Familiar with external fin tech systems, platforms or applications
• Proficiency with SQL programming
• Experience with Jira
• Experience creating reports in Business Intelligence tools (Cognos or Panopticon)
• FINRA Series 3 – National Commodities Futures
• Product knowledge in the following areas: Exchange Traded Derivatives, Foreign Exchange, OTC products, Options and Equities