Duration: 12+ Months
Location: Onsite in Midtown, New York City 10019 (initial 4 months onsite 5 days for training)
Work hours: 8am - 5pm EST with 1 hour lunch
Interview Mode: Video and in-person interview
Summary:
The Capital Markets Middle Office scope includes:
- Trading & Sales Support Middle Office
- Collateral Middle Office
- Securitization Middle Office
- FO to BO Processing & Reconciliation Middle Office
- Fees & Brokerage Middle Office
The main responsibilities of a Middle Office in Equity Trading Support fall within the scope of providing support for Strategic Equity Trading, Equity Investment Solutions, and Global Repo and Indexing activities.
This includes the following activities:
- Corporate Investment Solutions
- Convertible Bonds
- Equity Investment Solutions
- Equity Finance and Delta One
Level 1 and 2 Controls:
1- Control of transaction modeling initiated by the Front Office in the SOPHIS FO application
2- Control and validation of deals before issuance, by linking the order book, term sheet, and booking in Sophis system
3- Monitoring and validation of invoices
4- Liaison between the Front Office, Operations (MO/BO/Cross-functional), and IT Support
5- Monitoring of Front Office to Back Office breaks reported by other teams in the chain
6- Participation and support for continuous improvement and process optimization projects (specifications, user testing, process documentation) in collaboration with project teams, IT teams, and management
Data, Reference Data, Lifecycle:
1- Monitoring and management of the market data reference data (Stocks, indices, proprietary indices, Third Parties, calendars) with internal or external providers
2- Monitoring and control of the reference data for listed Derivatives products (Options and futures)
3- Tracking, calculation, and validation of events impacting the lifecycle of a structured product (coupons, Corporate Actions, early partial closure, early exercise, maturity, notional changes, etc.)
4- Maintaining on-call duty before market opening and after closing to ensure accurate reflection of market information in our systems
5- Modeling and booking of Corporate Actions in the Front Office system
Required Skills:
3+ yrs experience in MO Equity trading support
Prior experience with Equity Derivatives market products is required: Mandatory theoretical and operational knowledge of Equity Derivatives (Vanilla and Structured)
Knowledge of SOPHIS Mandatory
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
VBA skills would be an asset