Trade Support Analyst – Hybrid, Fixed Income & Equities

DWS Group; Jacksonville (FL); Sur place; USD 46 000 - 72 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

DWS Group in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Trade Support Analyst to join the U.S. Investment Operations team.

You will perform post-execution trade lifecycle processes for MBS, Money Market, Fixed Income, and Equities, including confirmation, settlement, and exception management, collaborating with Portfolio Managers and Traders. You will monitor Aladdin, SWIFT, and ADX queues, generate daily/monthly reports, and work to reduce operational risk through automation and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 2-3 years of relevant financial industry experience.
• Experience with fixed-income instruments such as MBS, Money Market Products, and Municipal Bonds.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end trade lifecycle.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and confidently discuss trade-related topics with business stakeholders.
• Ability to work productively and collaboratively with others across regional and functional teams.
• Excellent client service, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with the Aladdin platform or a strong understanding of trade lifecycle processing, trade confirmation messaging, SWIFT and ADX trade messages, and static data mapping.
• Strong understanding of BlackRock Query Language (BQL) and its application within Settlement Instruction templates and trade-routing configurations.
• Ability to investigate and resolve complex Portfolio Manager investable cash discrepancies to support timely investment decisions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, brokers, custodians, accounting teams, BlackRock, and other relevant vendors and service providers.

Responsabilités

• Support the Fixed Income, Equities, and Liquidity Management desks with trade matching, transmission, confirmation, and settlement activities.
• Liaise among Trading, Portfolio Management, brokers, and custodians to ensure complete and accurate trade-date, T+0 risk mitigation.
• Monitor the Aladdin Trading System Dashboard daily to identify new trades and ensure they are confirmed accurately and promptly.
• Monitor SWIFT transmissions and the SMF Pending Queue in Aladdin daily to identify and resolve potential message failures that could result in failed trades.
• Prepare and execute required daily and monthly reports.
• Communicate effectively with custodians regarding trade settlement, exceptions, and other operational matters.
• Analyze existing processes and identify opportunities to implement automation through artificial intelligence or other technology solutions to reduce operational risk and improve efficiency.
• Participate in working groups to investigate and resolve operational breaks, recurring issues, and process inefficiencies.
• Identify, investigate, and effectively communicate system issues to service providers, including BlackRock Solutions.
• Develop, maintain, and periodically review Desktop Procedures in accordance with the established control framework.

Connaissances

Trade support

Trade lifecycle

Leadership

Analytical

Client service

Collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Formation

Bachelor’s degree

Outils

Aladdin

SWIFT

ADX data exchange

BQL

Description du poste

DWS Group in Jacksonville, FL is seeking a Trade Support Analyst to join the U.S. Investment Operations team.

You will perform post-execution trade lifecycle processes for MBS, Money Market, Fixed Income, and Equities, including confirmation, settlement, and exception management, collaborating with Portfolio Managers and Traders. You will monitor Aladdin, SWIFT, and ADX queues, generate daily/monthly reports, and work to reduce operational risk through automation and process improvements.