Senior Analyst, Derivatives Operations | PGIM Ireland

This role is based in Lettekrenny (on-site 2 days a week)

Overview:

The individual in this role will support PGIM Derivative Operations by assisting with day-to-day post-trade activities for derivative products, including FX, futures, options, swaps, and other cleared, bilateral, and exchange-traded instruments. This position will help validate trade activity, monitor confirmations, settlements, clearing, reconciliations, collateral and margin workflows, and resolve routine exceptions. The role requires strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and the ability to work closely with internal Operations partners, Trade Support, custodians, clearing brokers, broker-dealers, and counterparties to support accurate and timely derivative operations processing.

Primary Responsibilities:

·       Support daily post-trade processing for derivative products, including trade validation, confirmations, settlements, clearing, lifecycle events, and exception follow-up.

·       Assist with maintaining derivative trade activity in Aladdin and related platforms to support accurate books and records, positions, and operational data.

·       Monitor derivative settlements, collateral movements, margin activity, cash interest, and related payment workflows under established procedures and controls.

·       Perform daily reconciliations with brokers, clearing brokers, custodians, and internal systems to identify and escalate trade, cash, position, and commission breaks.

·       Partner with internal teams and external parties to research and resolve routine operational exceptions, settlement issues, collateral inquiries, and trade lifecycle questions.

·       Follow documented procedures, complete daily checklists, escalate issues timely, and support control, audit, and risk management activities as needed.

·       Prepare recurring operational reporting related to derivative activity, reconciliations, exceptions, and processing metrics.

·       Contribute to process improvement efforts by identifying manual tasks, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve workflow efficiency.

Requirements:

·       Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline preferred. All majors considered.

·       1–3 years of experience in financial services, investment operations, trade support, confirmations, settlements, collateral management, or a related operations function.

·       Exposure to derivative products such as swaps, futures, options, FX forwards, cleared derivatives, or bilateral OTC instruments preferred.

·       Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; experience with Aladdin or other investment operations platforms a plus.

·       Basic understanding of derivative confirmations, clearing, settlement, collateral, margin, or reconciliation processes a plus.

·       Ability to work with internal teams, custodians, clearing brokers, broker-dealers, counterparties, or fund administrators to resolve operational issues.

·       Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and ability to investigate exceptions, reconcile breaks, and escalate issues appropriately.

·       Interest in operational risk, controls, and process improvement within a derivative operations environment.

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