Job Title: Operations Analyst
Department: Operations:
Office Location: Singapore
Permanent
Department overview:
The BlueCrest Operations team comprises of approximately 40 staff covering a wide range of Middle Office processes. The team supports Equity, Fixed Income, OTC, FX & Listed products.
The overall team look after trade capture & enrichment, affirmation, confirmation, reconciliation, settlement, life cycle management, corporate actions & data maintenance to name many of the tasks covered. Operations is also responsible for integration of new business projects, business mandates and product development.
The Singapore team work alongside counterparts in New York and London and adopt a follow the sun model in order to maintain process continuity and support a global business.
Role Overview:
The key BAU tasks covered in this role (but not limited to) are:
- Operational support for Equity, Fixed Income, OTC, FX & Listed products.
- Resolving trader queries and providing ad hoc reports to traders.
- Working on daily trade/position/cash reconciliations. These could cover internal / external reconciliation liaising with external counterparties and BlueCrest’s Administrator.
- Settlement agreement and payment processing.
- Working on system and process improvements, and new business initiatives as required.
- Work across other BlueCrest Operational teams as required in the context of supporting products covered.
- Adding value to the business by ensuring that it is properly and securely controlled and risks are hunted out, managed and mitigated or removed. This to meet the very high levels of confidence in the end results demanded by management and investors.
Experience Required:
- Ideal candidate will have relevant industry experience, having depth of knowledge in one or more products, and as part of that experience worked in a high-volume environment.
- Middle office processing experience is essential, preferably having worked in an Investment Bank or Hedge Fund middle office role.
- Good front to back process and systems knowledge therefore advantageous
- The individual should also be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the control and risk implications of supporting financial products, as well as strong market/product knowledge.
- Excel proficiency – use of pivot tables & basic macros required (VBA advantageous), with experience of analysis of large data sets.
About you:
- The individual should be a self-starter, motivated, flexible and well organised with a keen eye for attention to detail.
- They should be someone who is keen and comfortable to learn and carry out a process, whilst at the same time look to question, change and possibly remove that process.
- Good communication skills are required in order to be able to communicate with peers as well as senior management alike. Therefore, the individual should be able to tailor their communication style accordingly.
- The individual will need to be able to work as part of a team, but also have the confidence to work autonomously when required.
BlueCrest is committed to providing an inclusive environment for its workforce. As an employer, we provide equal opportunities to all people regardless of their gender, marital or civil partnership status, race, religion or ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation or nationality.
