Middle Office Operations Associate - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Description

Key Responsibilities

Delivery

  • Responsible for trade affirmation / confirmation of public markets asset classes
  • Responsible for ensuring timely trade instructions of OTC/REPO to third party administrators & custodians
  • Responsible for ensuring/monitoring collateral availability of the scheme to outsourced collateral manager
  • Performing cash management duties for the scheme
  • Supporting any lifecycle events to OTC derivatives & REPO
  • Daily investigation and resolution of reconciling items of all cash and stock reconciliations across the scheme for internal mandates
  • Liaison with the thirdparty providers for custody, Clearing & accounting services
  • Identify and deliver improvements to daytoday processes
  • Support mandate transition activity across the scheme
  • Support business initiatives impacting the team and deliver into daytoday processes
  • Understanding of core end to end support of Public markets assets & processes

Stakeholder management

  • Build a strong relationship with USS colleagues & trading desks
  • Develop close working relationships with third party service partners

Development

  • Proactively look for training opportunities to enhance skills, including crosstraining across the team
  • Improve personal skill matrix score each year

Skills & Experience

  • Financial experience is beneficial
  • IMC/IOC desirable
  • Business qualification is advantageous
  • Business/ Operational experience of working with a range of assets and awareness of investment products
  • Experience of Bloomberg AIM is an advantage
  • Problem solving with independent thought
  • Attention to detail
  • Proactive, can do attitude
  • Ability to work independently
  • Good verbal & written communication skills
  • Advanced excel skills (V lookups, Macros)
  • Good time management

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