Portfolio Operations Analyst New Bethesda, MD

Proshares; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and discretionarybonus

Paid time off

Insurance: life, disability, and more

401(k) with matching

Spending Accounts (Health Care, Depend

Transportation

Wellness Programs

Education assistance

Peer recognition

Job summary

ProShares, Bethesda, MD, is seeking an operations professional to support derivative and trade operations. The role focuses on collateral management, post-trade confirmations, and efficient settlements across OTC and listed products.

You will work with teams across Risk, Fund Accounting, and Portfolio Management to monitor exposures, manage margin calls, and ensure accurate NAV projections and reporting, contributing to robust control over a broad range of asset classes.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Math, Engineering, or related field.
• 2–4 years of related experience preferred.
• Strong quantitative and analytical abilities essential.

Responsibilities

• Collateral management for bilateral and cleared trades and timely OTC settlements.
• Post-execution tasks including confirmations, affirmations, settlements, TMPG claims, and class actions.
• Monitor margin calls and counterparty exposure under CSA/MSFTA.
• Process swap confirmations daily; support NAV calculations and reporting.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external counterparties to optimize workflow.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Analytical skills

Financial market knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Math, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Excel

Bloomberg

Barra

Colline

Geneva

Markit

Job description

ProShares now offers one of the largest lineups of ETFs, with over $100 billion in assets. The company is a leader in strategies such as crypto, dividend growth, interest rate hedged bond and geared (leveraged and inverse) ETF investing. ProShares continues to innovate with products that provide strategic and tactical opportunities for investors to manage risk and enhance returns.

Position Summary

• Derivative Operations- Derivatives play an important role in the management of our funds. A strong focus of the operations department is to focus on post trade lifecycle events. The primary responsibilities are collateral management, both bilaterally and cleared, as well as the timely confirmation and settlement of all OTC post settlement lifecycle payments.
• Trade Operations- Focus on physical settlement operations. Trade Operations is responsible for the post execution process of confirmation, affirmation, settlements, TMPG claims, and class actions across a wide variance of products.
• Corporate Actions- Manage and provide a high-quality corporate action service in accordance with our standards of best practice. Monitor corporate actions throughout the day to ensure proper action is taken and projection for T+1 is made. Oversee security master data, and necessary changes are made.
• Fund Accounting/ Reporting – Working closely with external fund accountants, ensure that internal records are in line with service providers. Create and publish an independent shadow NAV. Working closely with Portfolio Management, and brokers, monitor trade flow between OMS and IBOR to accurately project current Day NAV’s, and T+1 IOPV projections.
• With direction from Management, plays an integral role interacting with multiple internal partners and external parties including Repo, OTC, Swap Counterparties, and FCM’s
• Daily issuance and response of all bilateral and cleared margin calls.
• Escalation and dispute resolution on margin disagreements
• Process all Swap confirmations on a daily basis.
• Process all ETF CR/RD confirmations on daily basis.
• Monitor liquidity needs of portfolio managers, process collateral substitutions as needed
• Daily monitoring of counterparty exposure to support collateral service agreements (CSA), (MSFTA) and variation margin and initial margin (FCM) requirements for Futures and OTC.
• Familiarity with OTC Derivative Products, Foreign Exchange and Precious Metals back and middle office functions
• Working to learn and grasp an understanding of ISDA CSA and other margin related documentation.

Trade Operations

• Day to day tasks including the post execution process of confirmation, settlement, TMPG claims, and class actions.
• Process confirmations, research, and resolution of all fails, claims processing, and management reporting.
• Work closely with dealers and custody relationships to foster an efficient workflow.
• Investigate failing trades and pre-matching issues with brokers, custodians and internal department.
• Daily trade affirmation of all physical trades, ensure proper trade flow from OMS through affirmation onto custodian for settlement.

Corporate Actions

• With direction from Management, capture the accurate and timely completion for processing of Corporate Actions Announcement Capture events.
• Daily event capture, reconciliation and allocation of payment related to mandatory and voluntary event types.
• Post and reconcile all mandatory and voluntary corporate actions within internal systems.
• Complete the processing, research and collection of all corporate action related activity including, but not limited to: Cash Dividends, Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, Spin Offs, Cash & Stock Mergers, Tender Offers, Rights Subscriptions, Full & Partial Calls, and Maturities
• Accurate projection of T+1 actions
• Proper upkeep and management of the security master file, ensure proper changes, additions are made in a timely matter.
• Assist Team lead to calculate and process fund and account activities, e.g. supporting Net Asset Value (NAV) calculation, reporting and reconciliation, IIV calculation, reporting and reconciliation.
• Support the review and validation of data.
• Working alongside external fund accountants to validate NAVS, identify breaks, and quick resolution.
• Daily reconciliation to identify breaks between internal reconciliation and fund accountants.
• Reconcile end of day portfolio composition
• Verify net asset value of the portfolio.
• Ensure timely delivery of portfolio performance and characteristics.

What Sets This Role Apart

• Rare opportunity to develop expertise across virtually every major asset class—including ETFs, mutual funds, swaps, futures, options, fixed income, equities, repo, and global markets—rather than specializing in a single product area.
• Exposure to the full investment lifecycle, working alongside Portfolio Managers, Traders, Capital Markets, and external market participants to support over $100 billion in assets.
• A fast-paced environment that provides exceptional learning opportunities for professionals looking to build a long-term career in investment management.
• Opportunity to gain experience with sophisticated financial instruments and industry-leading operational platforms used by premier asset managers.
• A role designed for individuals who enjoy solving complex problems, continuously learning, and developing expertise across multiple areas of investment operations.

What You Bring

• Undergraduate degree. Finance, economics, math, engineering, or related field preferred
• Two to four years related experience preferred

Success at ProShares

• Requires strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Understanding of derivative securities including futures, options, and swap a plus
• Excel proficiency preferred. Familiarity with Bloomberg, Barra, and other industry standard systems desirable
• Experience with Middle Office systems, Colline, Geneva, Markit, desirable

The compensation for this position includes salary and incentive pay. The annual base salary range for this role is $60,000-$70,000 (USD), which does not include discretionary bonus compensation. Total compensation may vary based on experience, role, location, department, and individual performance.

• Competitive pay and discretionary bonus
• Paid time off
• Additional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, disability and legal benefit
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching contribution
• Spending Accounts (Health Care, Dependent Care, and Transportation)
• Wellness Programs (fitness reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program)
• Education assistance
• Additional Programs include peer recognition, corporate matching gift

EOE STATEMENT

ProShares Advisors LLC and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital or family status, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, mental condition, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.