Middle Office Operations Associate
robert halfChicago (IL)
About the role
HYBRID ROLE - Middle Office Operations Associate These beautiful summer days won’t last, and neither will this exciting new opportunity! The salary range for this position is $85,000-$105,000 plus bonus, and comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this role please send your resume to john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c 0mJob
Description:
This position is a middle-to-back-office function responsible for managing the post-trade lifecycle of futures and options transactions. Acting as the central liaison between clients, executing brokers, and clearinghouses, the department ensures that all trades are accurately verified, processed, and settled in full compliance with regulatory requirements
What You’ll Do:
A key member of the middle office providing comprehensive support to the financial futures front office and clients. Report and escalate issues timely to the Head of the team as well as relevant senior management of the Desk. Daily activities include, but not limited to, reconciling trade positions and flows, managing trade lifecycles, sending trade confirmations and client statements, dealing with errors and ensuring all positions are flat hourly, as well as making sure all relevant trades are reported correctly to meet FCA, NFA and other regulatory frameworks. Contributing to the establishment of new controls, enhancement and automation of existing reconciliation tools and processes. Work closely and partner with finance, treasury, risk, audit and compliance departments. Maintain detailed operating procedures for the team and train new joiners to ensure business continuity and minimize staff risk. Trade allocations on various futures markets including LIFFE, EUREX, CME, CBOT and all major Asian markets. Operating appropriate controls to capture and resolve trades not claimed within given timescales. Validation of daily volumes and P&L on behalf of the team of brokers. Working on projects for new system initiatives to meet the requirements of the trading team and our clients. Onboarding of new voice and electronic (DMA) execution clients. Assist with the set-up of new brokers that join our global team, working closing with the back office and trade support. To apply to this role please send your resume to john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c 0mOur specialized recruiting professionals apply their expertise and utilize our proprietary AI to find you great job matches faster.
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