We’re looking for an outstanding individual to join our growing operations team in London. Initially you will start with hands-on training and full support from a highly successful global team, you’ll then very quickly be a primary point of contact for all related operational trading activity.
This broad regional and global exposure will teach you the fundamental components of our trading activity in both our high frequency / low touch business units and our more traditional strategies, both across the equity and fixed income spectrum.
Operations and Maven as a whole thrive on both collaboration, financial / technical knowledge and the cutting edge use of technology, which is key for this role.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
- Daily positions/trades/cash reconciliations
- Daily management of trade settlement and issue resolution
- Working with Prime Brokers and counterparties to ensure accurate processing of daily trade activity and break resolution
- Processing of corporate actions and monitoring the lifecycle of events
- Monitoring of multiple drop copy's and ensuring issues are escalated and resolved quickly
- Maintenance and delivery of reports to support our multi strategy trading business
- Direct interaction with trading desks and responding to ad hoc requests
- Project work as required by the business
WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE:
- A bachelor's Degree with a minimum 2.1 grade or equivalent.
- At least 2 years experience within a proprietary trading firm or fund manager directly
- Equity, listed, FI or macro background are all welcome
- Strong organisational skills and high attention to detail
- Experience working in a high-pressure and high-volume environment with the ability to deliver results in time-sensitive situations
- Ability to respond in an accurate manner to queries from front office and other business support teams
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Knowledge of VBA/Python/SQL is advantageous
- Understanding of FIX messaging is desirable
WHAT WE OFFER:
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A great environment whereby technology is key to our success
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The upside of start-up without the associated risks
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Great friendly, informal and highly rewarding culture
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Informal dress code
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Fast growing global firm with plenty of opportunity where you will have significant impact
