Quantmetrics - Mid-office Operations Associate - Hedge Fund

Summary

A rapidly expanding hedge fund is looking to hire a Mid-office Operations Associate to support its recent growth and ambitious asset raising strategy. We are looking for candidates that have around 2-5 years - experience working in hedge fund operations or a similar role at an investment bank.

Job responsibilities

- Allocating & booking new trades (Futures Contracts, Spot and Forward FX)

- Trade reconciliations

- Cash management & reconciliation

- Brokerage commission reconciliation

- Daily reporting of P&L, daily NAVs, Margins, Expiries, Exposures, AUM

- Ad hoc reporting for internal and external distribution

- The candidate will effectively act as the conduit between the investment team, the in-house trade management system and the outsourced service providers (Prime Brokers, Custodians & Fund Administrators).

- Problem solving ability is important because this role will include suggesting process improvements and testing new systems.

Key skills

- The role requires a high degree of numeracy, strong quantitative skills, high proficiency in Excel, VBA skills, plus ability to become expert on our in-house software (C#, Access, SQL & Tradar)

- Product experience of FX Spot & Forwards, and Exchange Traded Futures desirable

- Knowledge of accounting procedures advantageous

- Candidate must be educated to degree level or equivalent qualification, preferably in a technical or numerate subject (Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or Finance/Accounting)

Compensation

- Attractive base salary and discretionary bonus.