Front Office Trade Support - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Accountabilities & Responsibilities

  • Ensuring all trades are accurately input into production systems and all associated risks and P&L are accurate.
  • Executing specific types of bank trades

This includes:

buying bonds for collateral, funding trades, internal risk transfer trades, repos for initial margin, reset runs, any interdepartmental swaps, cash trades and the firm's funding trades.


  • Running processes on behalf of the rest of Front Office

This includes:
providing MarkitWire support, market commentary, trading models, P&L investigations and ad hoc booking system to model investigations etc.

  • Proactively working to take on additional nonexecution related tasks from Marketing and Trading.
  • Preparation of adhoc trade and portfolio modelling.
  • Utilising the knowledge built up by LNTES to provide technical assistance to projects on behalf of Front Office.
  • Acting as the face of Front Office to Middle and Back Office.
  • Helping to set up and then run/automate new processes to improve LNTES controls and functionality.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

  • Excellent numerical and analytical skills with the ability to analyse highly complex financial data and large volumes of information and derive the best possible solution.
  • Strong communication skills and adept at establishing professional credibility at all levels with the ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders in order to develop the business.
  • Excellent planning, organisation and coordination skills with the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
  • Strong levels of business understanding and commercial acumen.
  • Confidence to work independently and show initiative.
  • A degree of flexibility is expected in working the hours that the business demands.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with other team members in providing support and sharing information and knowledge.
  • Excellent degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Highest standards of conduct and integrity.
  • Ability to code in VBA/Python would be beneficial.

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