AVP, Derivatives Middle Office

 

Our client, a leading global asset management firm, is seeking a Derivatives Middle Office professional to join their Investment Operations team supporting front-office trading and portfolio management across global markets.

This role will focus on trade capture, lifecycle management, valuation, and collateral processes for a broad spectrum of derivatives—swaps, futures, options, and FX—ensuring the accuracy and integrity of P&L, risk, and exposure reporting. It’s an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives at the intersection of trading, risk, and operations, with visibility into investment decision-making at an institutional scale.

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What You’ll Do

• Oversee daily trade capture, affirmation, and lifecycle management for OTC and exchange-traded derivatives.

• Ensure timely and accurate trade booking, valuation, and reconciliation across internal systems and third-party providers.

• Monitor collateral requirements, margin calls, and dispute resolution across counterparties and clearing brokers.

• Collaborate with front office, risk, and fund accounting teams to support pricing, P&L validation, and exposure analysis.

• Manage key relationships with counterparties, clearinghouses, and custodians, resolving trade discrepancies and settlement breaks.

• Support corporate action events, resets, novations, terminations, and lifecycle processing.

• Contribute to automation and process enhancement initiatives to strengthen control and reduce manual touchpoints.

• Ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements (Dodd-Frank, EMIR, CFTC, etc.) and internal governance policies.

• Participate in new product approvals, system migrations, and control testing projects.

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What You Bring

• 5–8 years of experience in derivatives middle office or trade support at an asset manager, hedge fund, or investment bank.

• Solid understanding of derivative instruments and trade lifecycle management, including confirmations, settlements, and margining.

• Experience working with cleared and bilateral OTC products, including interest rate, credit, and equity derivatives.

• Proficiency with trade capture and reconciliation platforms (e.g., MarkitSERV, DTCC, TriOptima, Aladdin, Murex, or similar).

• Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with Python or SQL a plus.

• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across trading, risk, and back-office teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field.

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Why It’s Worth a Conversation

• Join a world-class asset manager with a collaborative, high-performing culture.

• Direct exposure to front office and portfolio management teams.

• Opportunity to help modernize middle office workflows and drive automation.

• Competitive compensation, strong bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits.