Front Office Support Specialist
Project Overview:
We are seeking an experienced professional to support the validation of commodities asset class onboarding to an equity derivatives trading desk.
The ideal candidate will have experience in capital markets, preferably in commodities and/or equity derivatives.
This role involves working closely with our client team, from project initiation through implementation.
Responsibilities:
* Resolve daily front office issues related to functional, valuation, and pricing.
* Address daily issues stemming from the equity derivatives desk.
* Collaborate with traders to resolve issues and implement enhancements.
* Ammend pre-trade rules, eTradePad, and simulations.
* Resolve requests or issues with profit and loss, market data, and booking.
* Analyze and propose solutions for production support deliverables.
* Liaise with technical teams to resolve front office-related issues and necessary enhancements.
* Manage day-to-day project tasks to complete various front office deliverables.
* Yield curve issue resolution and validation; curve assignments; new curve creation.
* Continuously follow up on new market regulations and practices globally.
* Perform various levels of testing for assigned deliverables and participate in formal release cycles.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Strong product knowledge in equity derivatives and commodities.
* Very strong understanding of foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives business.
* Very strong understanding of profit and loss concepts and its components.
* Very strong understanding and hands-on experience in market data, curve structure, simulations, and trade life cycle.
* Strong experience in supporting front office users and resolving their daily issues.
* 5+ years experience with front office functionalities.
* 4+ years experience in financial markets roles.
* SQL proficiency.
* Must have a strong personality, logical, and analytical skills.
* Be detail-oriented, a quick learner, and self-starter.
* Possess good verbal and written communication skills.
* Must have strong organizational skills.
Benefits:
This role offers opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic and supportive environment.
We provide competitive compensation and benefits packages.
Others:
Please note that we are looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual who can make a significant contribution to our team.
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