Credit Middle Office Associate

A well known global bank is looking for an enthusiastic self-driven candidate to join their Credit MO team supporting the Credit business.

Responsibilities:

• Candidate must be willing to partner with trading desks on operational and settlement related matters while maintaining the second line of defense as a core control function.
• Demonstrate an understanding of front to back trade flows as well as Risk and P&L.
• Production of daily end-of-day flash P&L and associated market data integrity verification.
• Investigation and resolution of position and trade exceptions through daily reconciliations.
• Execution and management of lifecycle events for credit products.
• Working closely with IT to implement middle office initiatives and system roll-outs. This includes assisting management with requirement gathering, analysis and user acceptance testing.
• Build a strong network across multiple departments within the firm such as Trading, Risk, Technology and other areas of Operations with the goal to help streamline front to back processes. • Actively contribute in new business or process change initiatives through collaboration with other departments.
• Ensuring best practices are followed while mitigating operational, reputational and financial risk to the firm.
• Drive automation and digitalisation initiatives to improve productivity and enhance controls

Requirements:

• 5+ years of trade support experience and knowledge of Bonds, Structured Products and/or CDS
• A self-motivated person with a strong attention to detail and Control mind-set.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise workload.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while demonstrating a strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivery
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Possesses strong analytical and problem solving skills, and ability to adapt to dynamic situations
• General knowledge of other Global Market products
• Understanding/Hands on knowledge of Digital tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, VBA etc is added advantage.