Remote Senior Derivatives Operations Lead

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.; United States; Remote; USD 68,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Vacation, personal time and paidholid​

Remote work with periodic in-person as

Job summary

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. is seeking a senior Investment Trade & Data Quality Analyst to own the operational lifecycle for OTC derivatives, including booking, settlement, and escalations. You will manage margin, reconcile data, and scale the program to include cleared derivatives and futures.

You will work with trading, custodians, and accounting to maintain data quality and controls, contributing to automation and AI-assisted tooling while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in investment operations, middle office, or trade support, with real depth in derivatives operations.
• Strong command of the derivatives lifecycle and collateral mechanics across swaps, FX, futures, and options — and the operational controls between front office, middle office and accounting.
• Proven ownership of complex, non-standard work; investigates root causes and drives issues to resolution independently.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to influence across teams and lead through expertise.
• Strong desire to leverage technology to automate, improve internal controls and optimize post trading workflows

Responsibilities

• Own the operational lifecycle for OTC derivatives — booking, confirmation, settlement, and lifecycle events — coordinating with trading, counterparties, and custodians.
• Manage daily margin and collateral: margin call response, movement of cash and securities, and dispute resolution across ISDA, CSA and related agreements.
• Reconcile cash and exposure data between investment management systems and custodian/counterparty records; identify and resolve margin and trade breaks.
• Help build out the operating model as the program scales to cleared derivatives and futures, shaping processes, controls, and system readiness ahead of go-live.
• Maintain the accuracy of derivative and complex-instrument data in the security master and support data governance across Snowflake and Sigma.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert and escalation point; drive standardization, automation, and root-cause fixes with accounting, compliance and risk to stay aligned with internal controls and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Derivatives operations

Investments middle office

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Automation interest

Education

Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, accounting, data analytics, or related field

Tools

Bloomberg AIM

Aladdin

Charles River

Snowflake

Sigma

Python

VBA

SQL

Job description

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. is seeking a senior Investment Trade & Data Quality Analyst to own the operational lifecycle for OTC derivatives, including booking, settlement, and escalations. You will manage margin, reconcile data, and scale the program to include cleared derivatives and futures.

You will work with trading, custodians, and accounting to maintain data quality and controls, contributing to automation and AI-assisted tooling while ensuring regulatory compliance.