Job Specifications
Job Title – Junior Hedge Fund Operations Analyst
Vacancy Type – Permanent
Location - London (West End)
UK Right to Work – ****please note no PSV / Student Visas or time limited visas are being considered by our client.**** This is a permanent role, and “No” client sponsorship is offer.
Salary - £35,000 to £40,000 base salary + benefits + bonus (discretionary company bonus)
A growing multi strategy hedge fund based in London is looking to hire a Junior Hedge Fund Operations Analyst to join the London Operations team which is growing.
The fund has significant AuM deployed across several funds, specializing in Fixed Income, FX, Rates, Credit, Equities and Futures and Options. This is an opportunity to work directly with PMs and Traders, based on the same floor, to service trading flow, resolve challenging trading queries, face to external counterparties and manage trade life cycle events (coupon payments, rate re-sets, options, expires, credit events et al), and provide the business with ops risk management services.
The business offers anyone joining with a great opportunity to be trained on traded products and have an entry point into a successful and growing hedge fund in London.
Key Deliverables - - will be varied, broad and not limited in nature, effectively providing front to back trade support for the cross assets traded by the hedge fund in London.
Responsible for front to back trade capture, trade affirmations, matching/allocations, trade enrichment (covering settlements, reconciliations) and managing trade life cycle events.
Working with a wide range of internal and external clients, supporting the PMs and Trading desk, facing off to counter-parties / brokers to resolve trade discrepancies, breaks and offer trade and query resolution in a timely manner.
Trade life cycle management – options, expires, rate re-sets, credit events and corporate actions.
The business is forward thinking and has a culture of continuous improvement and leveraging the latest technologies to drive efficiencies across its new fund launches, controls, process and systems.
Experience and prior knowledge of trade management systems is highly desirable and advantageous.
Value add skills in Excel VBA (ability to create, edit VBA macros) and leverage any object oriented programming skills in Python.
The current business has an existing Trading Operations team in London, and service core global markets and looking for someone with 1 to 2 years’ experience looking to transition into a growing hedge fund.
Prerequisite Requirements-
1 to 2 Years experience within Trading Operations derived from a Tier 1 Investment Bank, Hedge Fund (Alternative, Multi Strat, Macro), Asset / Investment Manager.
Direct experience across a wide portfolio of trade products, including Fixed Income, Interest Rates, Credit, Equities, FX Futures and Options.
STEM based University Degree, with 1st or 2.1 minimum grade degree.
IT Skills - Excel VBA (ability to create, edit VBA macros) and leverage any object oriented programming skills in Python.
Strong communication skills with the ability to partner with trading desks, manage complex queries and provide clear resolution.
Please do apply early to join a fast-growing hedge fund in London, with an exciting career path and opportunities to move into the business.
Salary - £35,000 to £40,000 base salary + benefits + bonus (discretionary company bonus)
Attractive compensation package is on offer with benefits and company bonus scheme.
We ask candidates to respect and adhere to UK Right to Work requirements.
UK Right to Work – please note no PSV / Student Visas or time limited visas are being considered by our client. This is a permanent role, and no client sponsorship is offer.