Trade Support Analyst - Stamford, United States - Atlas Search
Description
My client is a multi-billion dollar investment manager established in 2006. They target traditional and non-traditional sources of alpha by employing multiple absolute return strategies to identify growth opportunities that are uncorrelated to each other and to market indices.They have generated consistent, risk-adjusted returns through varying market conditions.
Job Title:
Trade Support Analyst
Job Description:
What you'll do:
• Support Back Office functions for a Securitized Debt Desk
o Product specific experience for CLO, CMBS, MBS, ABS, 24 day delay and TBA securities
o Also experience with CDX is a plus
• Perform mandatory daily functions of:
o Perform Security set up process for downstream applications
o Assure all Trades are received and processed into Front End system
o Liaise with Executing brokers on Settlements
o Liaise with Prime brokers and agents to settle all lifecycle events such as Factor
paydowns and Coupons and TBA pair offs
o Perform Trade corrections
o Fail control
o Assist PM's/Traders in various research projects and Inquiries
o Understand trading P/L calculation within Portfolio Management System(PMS)
and General Ledger
• Review Cash and Position reconciliations between Shadow books and Prime Brokers
• Review Administrator Cash and Position reconciliations for official book and records.
• Review Corporate Actions and assure trading positions are correct for Start of day trading
• Procedure documentation
Company Requirements:
Qualifications:
• At least 3-5 years of specialized experience in the products listed above
• 4 year Bachelor's Degree
• Must be adaptive and flexible
• Professional, very detailed oriented, and highly organized
• Ability to prioritize and manage their time effectively
• Work independently
• Adaptability in fast growing environment
• High level communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proficiency in dealing with a variety of computer systems (Eze Castle, VPM,
Bloomberg, Microsoft Excel, CTM.)