Equity Derivative Middle Office
Job Identification Number: 591
Location: New York, NY
Job Type: Direct Hire
Job Category: Financial Services
Qualified candidates, please attach resume when applying.
Overview:
Our client is looking for a very strong middle office candidate with deep experience with Equity Derivatives. Candidates must handle the full life cycle of the equity derivative trades such as Equity Swaps, Equity OTC Options, Equity Linked Notes, Single Stock Collars, Forwards, Corporate Derivatives, Equity Finance products including Single Index and Single Share Options; Collars; Prepaid and Postpaid Forwards; Knock-outs; Share and Index Baskets, Spreads Basket/Sector Swaps and CFD’s.
Responsibilities include:
Support various derivatives trading desks with trade bookings, allocations and settlements for a very high volume of trades
Complete ownership of setup, affirmation /confirmation and tracking of terminations, partial terminations, resets, adjustments and payments associated with the transactions
Review certain confirms for validity of economic details: payments, trade details, and confirms with counterparty
Assist in reconciling positions to counterparty marks and to internal systems; resolve positions and cash breaks, recapping of trades
Maintain proper trades allocations between funds
Ensure proper setup of securities including new agreements, clearing arrangements, setting up the FCM wallets for futures etc.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree
2 to 8 years of operations experience from Hedge Fund, Prime Brokerage, or Fund Admin
Derivative Operations experience - Equity Derivatives experience highly preferred, experience with other derivatives a big plus
Experience with Bloomberg & Excel
Self-starter, good communication skills and ability to be a team player
$80,000 to $110,000
Qualified candidates should send resumes to ws@rockwood-search.com. Please put your Name and “Equity Derivative Middle Office” in the subject line and attach your resume in word or PDF form. Also include contact information, salary requirements and any applicable information in the body of the email including product knowledge and functional knowledge as to where you fit the role.