Senior Operations Specialist — Hybrid Middle Office

Two Sigma; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k match

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Two Sigma Securities seeks a Senior Operations Specialist to join our Middle Office Operations team. You will perform critical trade support, reconcile positions, cash and P&L, resolve breaks with brokers, and support onboarding of new strategies.

The role offers exposure to multiple markets and collaboration with Trading, Engineering and Corporate teams. Candidates should have 6–10 years in financial operations, a strong understanding of the full trade lifecycle across equities, futures, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with a strong academic record.
• 6–10 years of relevant financial operations or trade support experience.
• Thorough understanding of the full trade lifecycle across multiple products, particularly equities, futures, and options.
• Comfort working with large datasets to identify patterns and irregularities.
• Understanding of operational risk management as it relates to trade support and execution.
• Proven track record of establishing a strong control environment and implementing efficiencies.
• Ability to work across multiple technology platforms and to design or contribute to operational dashboards and analytics.
• Strong prioritization skills, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Excel and Bloomberg

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to trading desks
• Coordinate cross-functional processes and projects with internal and external partners
• Resolve trade breaks in coordination with clearing brokers and counterparties
• Perform daily and month-end reconciliation of positions, cash, and P&L against broker and administrator records
• Ensure that trading systems reflect reconciled data and that operational procedures and risk controls are accurately maintained
• Analyze and process corporate actions
• Monitor and resolve locates and potential buy-ins
• Find opportunities to build new tools and improve existing process flows and controls
• Support the onboarding of new strategies and business initiatives

Skills

Excel

Bloomberg

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

Job description

Two Sigma Securities seeks a Senior Operations Specialist to join our Middle Office Operations team. You will perform critical trade support, reconcile positions, cash and P&L, resolve breaks with brokers, and support onboarding of new strategies.

The role offers exposure to multiple markets and collaboration with Trading, Engineering and Corporate teams. Candidates should have 6–10 years in financial operations, a strong understanding of the full trade lifecycle across equities, futures, and