YOUR Why

As a Trade Operations Analyst, every day is an opportunity to shape the success of our client’s multi-billion-dollar investment portfolio! From equities to private equity, OTC derivatives to real assets, you’ll oversee a vast array of asset types in a role that’s as dynamic as the markets themselves. This is your chance to thrive in a fast-paced environment, gain unmatched exposure across diverse investments, and make a tangible impact on a global scale. If you’re ready to level up your career and immerse yourself in the world of high-stakes investments, we want to hear from you!

How YOU Will Spend YOUR Days

• Reconcile cash positions, conducting investigative research with our custodians.

• Ensure seamless confirmation and settlement of trade activities with counterparties and custodians, leveraging systems such as Blackrock’s Aladdin, CTM, Acadia, and other industry tools.

• Validate, confirm, and instruct daily margin call activity related to derivatives and other relevant investment activity.

• Interface directly with the trading desk, legal, and other internal/external teams to facilitate issue resolution.

• Complete new account and market request activities in a timely manner within internal and external systems.

• Effectuate changes from corporate or class actions, validating, communicating, and processing updates to systems.

• Identify, research, and resolve breaks identified in trade, valuation, and position reconciliation.

• Mentor junior staff, facilitating operational excellence and helping foster a culture of continuous learning.

• Assess risk associated with key issues and escalate accordingly to management.

• Develop and implement training and educational materials for new hires on core responsibilities; participate in knowledge sharing and learning opportunities.

• Support the definition, collection, and reporting of operational metrics tied to data quality and operational excellence.

• Collaborate on critical initiatives, process improvement roadmaps, and innovative ideas to improve service delivery and standards.

• Provide project support in collaboration with other teams.

What YOU Bring

• 3-5 years of financial services or securities experience required, preferably within a middle or back-office investment operations role.

• Undergraduate degree preferably in finance, accounting, economics, or related field; CFA a plus.

• Proficiency in Excel required.

• Familiarity with SQL and Power BI or similar software, preferred.

• Experience using the Aladdin system preferred, with demonstrated ability to learn new applications/systems quickly.

• Proficient understanding of fixed income, equity, Foreign Exchange Market, derivatives, and collateral management.

• Able to present ideas and plans clearly, using available resources, in order to foster understanding across a multitude of stakeholders at various seniority levels.

• Driven by process efficiencies and system improvement; approaches day-to-day operational data optimization with passion.

• Applies statistical and graphical techniques to raw data to discover useful information. Clearly drafts documents, reports, and presentation materials.

• Demonstrated understanding of the project management lifecycle.

• Possesses a keen eye for details, superlative accuracy, with a no-tolerance approach for data inaccuracy.

• Ability to multitask and balance priorities against ambiguity.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Outstanding interpersonal skills with an empathic style, improving partnership and cross-group collaboration skills.

Location: Hybrid in Seattle, WA - relocation available!

Compensation: $110k - $140k per year

No third parties: no C2C or sponsorship available; must be eligible to work W2