Senior Trade Operations Specialist

Two Sigma; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Two Sigma in New York seeks an experienced financial operations professional to provide essential support to trading desks, coordinate cross-functional processes, and resolve trade breaks with brokers and counterparties.

The role requires deep understanding of the full trade lifecycle across equities, futures, and options, with strong Excel and Bloomberg skills, and the ability to build dashboards and analytics to monitor risk and efficiency.

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

Analytical mindset

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

SQL

Python

Tableau/Alteryx

Excel

Job description

Two Sigma in New York seeks an experienced financial operations professional to provide essential support to trading desks, coordinate cross-functional processes, and resolve trade breaks with brokers and counterparties.

The role requires deep understanding of the full trade lifecycle across equities, futures, and options, with strong Excel and Bloomberg skills, and the ability to build dashboards and analytics to monitor risk and efficiency.