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Operations Analyst

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, Texas, Dallas
600 North Pearl Street (Show on map)
Nov 13, 2024
Job Title: Operations Analyst Duration: 6 Months Location: Dallas, TX Job Description: Your Impact Confirmations Execution Group is looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent teamwork, organizational, communication and risk management skills. You will need to multi-task well and be able to adapt quickly to an ever-changing list of demands. The role will require extensive coordination and interaction with various Operations teams, Sales & Trading, Technology, Compliance, Legal and other professionals across the firm to mitigate risks associated with trade confirmations, trade checkouts, and support of derivative transactions. Our Impact Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all parts of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the world. In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and control to preserve and enhance the firm's assets and its reputation. For every trade agreed, every new product launched, or market entered, every transaction completed, it is Operations that develops the processes and controls that makes business flow. Confirmations Execution Group is a high-value risk and client facing team in Operations that across multiple asset classes, ensures the economics of our derivative transactions and the execution of confirmations and trade bookings. Roles and Responsibilities Build and maintain a strong Business relationship with derivative trading desks and ensure that their queries and requests are appropriately addressed Work with the sales and trading desk to ensure trades are booked and checked out correctly in a timely manner Coordinating with external clients to ensure timely execution of confirmations and resolve all outstanding queries on documentation. Ensure control measures are in place and applied to support existing and new structured transactions Ensure confirmations accurately incorporate the appropriate ISDA Definitions, Supplements and MCAs Participate in enhancement projects with Technology and other Operations colleagues, with an aim to improving scalability and efficiency of the confirmation process Design and initiate process improvements with thorough understanding of template architecture and system flows Respond to an ever-evolving regulatory environment by: Developing expertise in regulatory requirements and acting as a consultant to translate these regulatory requirements into functional requirements Analyzing regulatory compliance data Skills: Bachelor's degree with a minimum of one years of experience in financial services for Analyst role Proven analytical skills, problem solving ability, and a control mentality paired with meticulous attention to detail Aptitude for building relationships and ability to communicate complex issues to a wide array of internal clients with differing levels of product experience Self-motivated and proactive team player who takes ownership and accountability of projects, has strong organizational skills as well as the ability to effectively manage competing priorities Excellent team player, able to work well inside a group and broadly across an organization Proven ability to organize and prioritize own workload and drive results Preferred Qualifications Relevant operations experience, preferably in derivatives Knowledge of current industry focuses and commodities Understanding of the derivatives industry Experience working with clients and delivering exceptional customer service BA or BS degree is required, concentration in finance or operations a plus Education: Bachelor's degree