Senior Analyst - Middle Office Services

Job description

• Ensure accurate and timely booking of OTC derivative and ETD trades executed by the Front Office.
• Validate trade economics, trade dates, notional amounts, rates, schedules, and counterparties.
• Reconcile Front Office trade details against internal systems and source platforms.
• Identify and resolve trade booking errors promptly.
• Ensure good knowledge on swift’s integration like MT300, MT 340, MT540/MT541 and MT910
• Manage OTC derivative and ETD lifecycle events including amendments, resets, rate fixings, novation’s, restructures, and terminations.
• Monitor upcoming lifecycle events and ensure timely and accurate processing.
• Ensure trade data remains consistent between Front Office, Risk, and Operations systems throughout the trade lifecycle.
• Should be aware of Trade matching platforms and actions to be taken while discrepancy occurs.
• Handfull experience in CLS bookings and settlements.
• Good knowledge of Fund setup’s and SSI’s setups.
• Acting on all Voluntary corporate actions (VCA) by checking with clients, counterparties and custodians.
• Quick actions on VCA and report the confirmation to client and custody
• Track confirmation status to ensure trades are confirmed within agreed timelines.
• Liaise with internal teams to resolve economic discrepancies raised during confirmation matching.
• Escalate unmatched or aging confirmations where trade economics are disputed.
• Perform daily trade and position reconciliations between Front Office and downstream systems.
• Investigate and resolve trade breaks related to economics, lifecycle events, or system issues.
• Maintain clear audit trails for trade-related adjustments.
• Act as the primary trade-management contact for Front Office, Product Control, Risk, and Technology teams.
• Support traders by addressing trade-related queries and lifecycle event clarifications.
• Communicate clearly and proactively on trade issues and resolution status.
• Ensure trade data accuracy and completeness to support downstream valuation and risk processes.
• Follow established trade management controls, policies, and SLAs.
• Highlight recurring issues and contribute to root cause analysis.
• Identify opportunities to streamline trade management workflows and reduce manual interventions.
• Assist in system enhancements, testing, and trade-related process improvements.
• Contribute to documentation of trade management procedures and SOPs.