Position: Financial Operations Associate
Location NYC NY
Job Type: Fulltime
Job Description:
As a Financial Operations Associate you will join the Operations team and provide essential middleoffice and posttrade support. You will be directly involved in critical activities including trade reconciliations operational risk control and collaborating with technology teams to develop and enhance automated processes. Your work will support the organizations goal of achieving 100% straightthrough processing and managing operational risk effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform trade reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
- Define and implement operational risk controls
- Reconcile internal positions across multiple counterparties and asset classes
- Manage exceptions related to admin positions transactions and cash reconciliations
- Oversee T0 matching and settlements across various asset classes and markets
- Handle mandatory and voluntary corporate action events as well as posttrade event lifecycles
- Analyze the current operational platform to improve straightthrough processing and identify efficiencies
- Collaborate with technology teams to automate processes and drive innovation
- Track resolve and remediate operational incidents
Required Skills:
- 5 years of operations experience in an investment management firm fund administrator or bank BA/BS degree in finance economics or a related field
- Experience in the full trade lifecycle and posttrade processing in equities and macro asset classes
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify trends anomalies and insights
- Proficiency in Excel (experience with Tableau and Alteryx is a plus)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Detailoriented with strong problemsolving abilities
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks while working collaboratively in a fastpaced environment
Benefits:
- Fully paid medical and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents
- Competitive 401k match and employerpaid life & disability insurance
- Onsite gyms with laundry service wellness activities casual dress snacks and game rooms
- Tuition reimbursement conference and training sponsorship
- Generous vacation and unlimited sick days competitive paid caregiver leave
- Flexible hybrid work model with a budget for home office setup