Senior Credit Operations Analyst - The Horizon Group : Job Details

Senior Credit Operations Analyst New York

The Horizon group is looking for a senior operations analyst for one of our clients in New York. Please read the job description below, and if you think you are a fit, apply online.

• Provide middle and back office support for the following product types traded by US Credit desk: HY and IG corporate bonds, equities, bank loans, exchange traded/OTC derivatives, FX and Repos.
• Assist with the daily break resolution of cash, trade and position exceptions with our Internal Recs Team and Fund Administrator.
• Work on addressing trade booking errors and missing security static data info which surface on daily exception reports.
• Distribute daily trade recaps to executing broker contacts to ensure trade economic and delivery details are formally confirmed by our counterparties prior to scheduled settlement.
• Assist on various ad-hoc project assignments related to infrastructure improvements which will include but not be limited to executing broker analysis and creation of counter-party contact database.
• Research and process various cash events/corporate actions into trade entry system.
• Assist with setting up new executing and clearing broker accounts into trade entry system.
• Daily P&L coordination with the desk and support for month-end independent price verification process with our Administrator and detailed NAV tie out process.

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Business Administration or Economics.
• 5 years of experience preferably working within Operations and/or Fund Accounting for either a Fund Administrator, Prime Broker or Hedge Fund.
• Product knowledge preferred of US Credit sectors, specifically equities, corporate bonds, bank loans… who understands the life cycle of a trade post execution.
• Team player, motivated self-starter and control focused.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Well organized, detail-oriented and possesses the ability to multi-task.
• Confident, clear communicator who can face off with both internal and external counterparts whilst working in a pressurized environment.
• Solid knowledge of MS Excel.

• Microsoft Office.
• Bloomberg.
• Sophis a plus.
• ClearPar and/or Wall Street Office a plus.
• MarkitWire, DTCC, ICE Link affirmation platforms a plus.