Jobs
>
New York City

    Operations Specialist, Interest Rate Derivatives - New York, United States - Bernard Nickels & Associates

    Default job background
    Description

    Type: Contract

    Start Date: ASAP

    Duration: 6 Months

    Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, 1st Shift

    Location: New York, NY (100% onsite position)

    Pay Range: $25 to $27 per hour

    Overview: Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all areas of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the globe. Alongside this integral service delivery role, Operations provides essential risk management and control, preserving and enhancing the firms assets and its reputation. Behind every trade executed, every new product launched, every market entered, and every transaction completed is an Operations team that develops the foundational processes and controls that make our business flow.

    We are searching for an experienced Operations professional to join the Interest Rate Derivatives business unit in New York, NY. This role provides a fantastic opportunity to broaden product and market expertise and to develop management skills across a broad range of topics. This role also provides substantial exposure to senior stakeholders. The candidate will be required to demonstrate strong product, industry, and technical knowledge in order to facilitate the transaction flow and to anticipate and avoid potential trade problems. This position requires a high degree of communication with traders and salespeople in a fast-paced setting and ongoing interaction with other Operations teams, Compliance, Credit, and Technology to resolve issues arising from trade execution, client queries, and new business. In addition, we are looking for a strong candidate that can help to drive workflow improvement across the organization.

    Responsibilities:

    • Communications Identify key objectives for the organization and offer strategic vision and innovative ideas
    • Articulate issues clearly and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization (analyst to managing director)
    • Understand complex situations and communicate with senior leadership in the moment, offering opinions and solutions
    • Demonstrate great interpersonal skills and ability to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders both inside and outside of Operations
    • Share credit with others and create opportunities for others to build relationships with and present to key stakeholders

    Functional & Technical Expertise:

    • Leverage deep technical operational expertise to drive strategic change across the front to back of the function and across the global organization
    • Possess robust financial industry knowledge and experience and takes initiative to broaden skill sets
    • Exhibit strong analytical skills with an ability to understand complex workflows and provide day-to-day issue resolution
    • Deliver consistently in spite of multiple demands through effective time management, prioritization, and delegation

    Innovation:

    • Partner in the definition, review, and execution of the FICC Operations Strategy
    • Enhance the control environment through business intelligence-related initiatives to increase scalability, adapt to regulatory changes and deliver creative solutions to clients
    • Proven track record as an agent of delivery and change, challenging existing processes to evolve businesses and industry to align with Operations Strategic objectives
    • Create a culture of innovation whereby teams proactively investigate how they may be able to leverage new or alternative technologies and working practices

    Client Focus:

    • Identify client needs and optimize operational efficiency by offering innovative and tangible solutions
    • Effectively handle difficult requests and build trusting, long-term relationships with clients
    • Balance priorities of ensuring optimal outcomes for clients and simultaneously pursuing the firms interests
    • Coach others actively on the importance of client focus and how to apply it in in day-to-day roles

    Risk Management:

    • Partner with global management team to provide effective oversight of key Interest Rate Derivatives functions
    • Challenge existing risk and control framework and the status quo to further reinforce the control environment
    • Proven ability to effectively manage operational risks and develop control enhancements
    • Understand and articulates firm wide risk impact of business decisions
    • Provide guidance and advice from a risk and control perspective to ensure the proper remediation of risk arising from new products, business, migrations, etc.

    Qualifications:

    • Bachelor's degree required.
    • Sees the big picture and keeps current with emerging business, economic and market trends.
    • Works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles and setbacks
    • Strong team player who collaborates readily with others within and across teams
    • Encourages other team members to participate and contribute, and acknowledges others' contributions
    • Forward-thinker who anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, and identifies clear objectives
    • Improves current processes and develops creative solutions that are grounded in reality and have practical value
    • Influences outcomes by taking a position on issues and presenting sound, persuasive rationale for ideas


  • Citi New York, NY, United States Full time

    The Quantitative Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. · Interes ...


  • Bernard Nickels & Associates New York, United States

    Type: Contract · Start Date: ASAP · Duration: 6 Months · Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, 1st Shift · Location: New York, NY (100% onsite position) · Pay Range: $25 to $27 per hour · Overview: Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all areas ...


  • Bernard Nickels & Associates New York, United States

    Type: Contract · Start Date: ASAP · Duration: 6 Months · Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, 1st Shift · Location: New York, NY (100% onsite position) · Pay Range: $25 to $27 per hour · Overview: Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all ...


  • 05218 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. New York, United States Full time

    The Quantitative Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. · Interest ...

  • DataAxxis

    Risk Fixed Income

    2 weeks ago


    DataAxxis New York, United States

    **Duration**:6+ months strong potential to be extended or converted to Full-time. · **Location: Midtown, NYC** - 3 days onsite and 2 WFH · **Rate: $980 per day C2C /$850 per day W2** · **Description**: · Fixed Income Market Risk Manager focusing on Interest Rate products. The cor ...


  • Barclays New York, United States

    **US Equity Derivatives Business Manager** · **New York** · As a Barclays US Equity Derivatives Business Manager, you'll be based in New York to assist the Equity Derivatives US business. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic, analytical, governance and administrat ...

  • Citi

    Salesperson

    3 weeks ago


    Citi New York, United States

    Citigroup Global Markets Inc. seeks a Salesperson for its New York, New York location. · Duties: Advise LATAM clients on fixed income, bonds, mutual funds, commodities, and market conditions. Leverage knowledge of local regulations to provide inflation, interest rates and Foreign ...

  • DataAxxis

    Market Risk Manager

    2 weeks ago


    DataAxxis New York, United States

    **Duration**:6+ months strong potential to be extended or converted to Full-time. · **Location**:Jersey City - 3 days onsite and 2 WFH · **Rate: $980 per day C2C /$850 per day W2** · **Description**: · Fixed Income Market Risk Manager focusing on Interest Rate products. The core ...

  • DataAxxis

    Risk Manager

    2 weeks ago


    DataAxxis New York, United States

    **Duration**:6+ months strong potential to be extended or converted to Full-time. · **Location: midtown NYC**- 3 days onsite and 2 WFH · **Rate: $980 per day C2C /$850 per day W2** · **Position Overview**: · As part of a global team the Risk Manager will have responsibilities for ...


  • Wells Fargo New York, United States

    **About this role**: · **In this role, you will**: · - Design and implement client coverage strategies in collaboration with Macro Trading and coverage partners across Markets · - Develop concrete and client-specific plans to increase market share and flow · - Disseminate the fir ...


  • Wells Fargo New York, United States

    **About this role**: · Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Quantitative Analytics Specialist. This position will be part of the Mortgage Model Development Center (MMDC) that will focus on mathematical concepts and programming. The MMDC manages all quantitative modeling related to marke ...

  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

    Counterparty Risk

    1 week ago


    Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation New York, United States

    SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 ...

  • BMO US

    Agency Cmo Trader

    2 weeks ago


    BMO US New York, United States

    151 W 42nd Street New York New York,10036 · BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service financial services provider. We offer corporate and investment banking, treasury management, as well as research and advisory services to clients around the world. #bmocapitalmarkets · Repo ...


  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation New York, United States

    SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 ...


  • Citi New York, United States

    **Rates** · Citi Rates is a market maker in sovereign and agency securities, interest rate derivatives, structured notes and secured financing. We are a primary dealer in market rates products including government securities across multiple jurisdictions and is a global liquidity ...


  • Morgan Stanley New York, United States

    FID, Commodities Documentation Negotiator · Job Number: · 3252888 · POSTING DATE: May 17, 2024 · PRIMARY LOCATION: Americas-United States of America-New York-New York · JOB: Investment Banking/Sales/Trading/Research · EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time · JOB LEVEL: Executive Director · D ...


  • Mizuho Americas New York, United States

    Summary · The role will have responsibility for estimating, reporting, and managing financial resources throughout Mizuho Americas and will include enhancing our market and credit risk capital calculations and reporting framework, and addressing cross-functional queries and matte ...


  • Barclays New York, United States

    **Derivatives Trading, VP** · **New York, NY** · Barclays Capital Inc. · **What will you be doing?** · Barclays Capital Inc. seeks Derivatives Trading, VP in New York, NY (multiple positions available): · - Market make equity options to facilitate client trading demands · - Seek ...

  • Brookdale Associates

    Operations Support

    2 weeks ago


    Brookdale Associates New York, United States

    **At-a-Glance**: · Are you ready to build your career by joining a global financial institution? If so, our client is hiring Operations Support · **Position: Operations Support** · **Location: New York, NY** · **Job: Onsite** · **Pay Rate: $22.00 to $25.00** · **What You'll Do**: ...


  • Morgan Stanley New York, United States

    Muni Client Financing & Structuring -Associate · Job Number: · 3251086 · POSTING DATE: Apr 24, 2024 · PRIMARY LOCATION: Americas-United States of America-New York-New York · JOB: Investment Banking/Sales/Trading/Research · EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time · JOB LEVEL: Associate · DESCR ...