Trade Support Analyst

Northbound Executive Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Northbound Executive Search represents a well-known Financial Services firm in New York seeking a Trade Support Specialist to manage the full trade lifecycle, reconcile activity, and ensure timely settlements. You will work closely with front office, operations, custodians, and other teams to resolve issues and maintain accurate records.

The role requires 2–5+ years in trade support or middle office within financial services, with experience in IRS swaps and other derivatives.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of trade support or middle office experience in financial services.
• Experience supporting IRS derivatives, credit, bank debt, leveraged loans, or other derivatives preferred.
• Understanding of the trade lifecycle: entry, booking, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Support the full trade lifecycle across credit, derivatives, and other financial products.
• Process and reconcile trade activity, ensuring accurate settlement.
• Review trade details and resolve discrepancies across internal systems, counterparties, and custodians.
• Support trade confirmations, settlements, allocations, and position reconciliations.
• Enter and maintain trades across products including credit, IRS swaps, and other derivatives.
• Collaborate with front office, operations, custodians, and counterparties to resolve issues.
• Monitor settlement activity and follow up on failed trades.
• Maintain accurate trade and position records across systems.
• Assist with daily middle office functions, including cash, position, and transaction reconciliations.
• Research and resolve breaks between internal records and external parties.
• Support derivative trade processing and corporate actions impacting positions.
• Prepare and maintain daily and ad hoc operational reports.
• Identify process improvements and assist with related projects.

Skills

Trade support

Middle office

Investment operations

Trade lifecycle

Interest rate swaps

Reconciliation

Cross-functional collab

Job description

Our client, a well-known Financial Services firm in New York, is looking for a Trade Support Specialist to join its team.

Responsibilities

• Support the full trade lifecycle across credit, derivatives, and other financial products
• Process and reconcile trade activity, ensuring accurate and timely settlement
• Review trade details and resolve discrepancies across internal systems, counterparties, and custodians
• Support trade confirmations, settlements, allocations, and position reconciliations
• Enter and maintain trades across products including credit, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, options, futures, and FX forwards
• Work closely with the front office, operations, custodians, counterparties, and other internal teams to resolve trade-related issues
• Monitor settlement activity and follow up on failed or outstanding trades
• Maintain accurate trade and position records across internal systems
• Assist with daily middle office functions, including cash, position, and transaction reconciliations
• Research and resolve breaks between internal records, custodians, counterparties, and other parties
• Support derivative trade processing, including interest rate swaps and other swap transactions
• Support corporate actions, loan activity, and other events impacting credit and other positions
• Prepare and maintain daily and ad hoc operational reports
• Identify process improvements and assist with projects related to trade operations and middle office functions

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of trade support, middle office, or investment operations experience within financial services
• Experience supporting interest rate swap (IRS) derivatives, credit, bank debt, leveraged loans, or other financial products strongly preferred
• Understanding of the trade lifecycle, including trade entry, booking, confirmation, settlement, and reconciliation
• Experience with some combination of interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, options, futures, FX forwards, or other derivatives preferred