What are the responsibilities and job description for the Equities Middle Office Support position at Alliance Sourcing Network?
Hours are 8AM to 5PM with a one-hour lunch break.
The candidate will be onsite training for the first 3 months-no remote
Summary
Equity Trading Support fall within the scope of providing support for Delta 1 desk, Strategic Equity Trading, Equity Investment Solutions, and Global Repo and Indexing activities
Candidate will join Capital Markets Operations (CMO), which has global responsibility for all operational support functions (MO and BO) dedicated to market activities. Within CMO, the Markets Middle Offices (CMM) are responsible for controlling the booking of transactions in client's Front Office and Back Office tools and for managing the transaction lifecycle.
The Capital Markets Middle Office scope includes:
- Trading & Sales Support Middle Office
- Collateral Middle Office
- Securitization Middle Office
- FO to BO Processing & Reconciliation Middle Office
- Fees & Brokerage Middle Office
The main responsibilities of a Middle Officer in Equity Trading Support fall within the scope of providing support for Strategic Equity Trading, Equity Investment Solutions, and Global Repo and Indexing activities.
This includes the following activities:
- Corporate Investment Solutions
- Convertible Bonds
- Equity Investment Solutions
- Equity Finance and Delta One
Level 1 and 2 Controls
1- Control of transaction modeling initiated by the Front Office in the SOPHIS FO application
2- Control and validation of deals before issuance, by linking the order book, term sheet, and booking in Sophis system
3- Monitoring and validation of invoices
4- Liaison between the Front Office, Operations (MO/BO/Cross-functional), and IT Support
5- Monitoring of Front Office to Back Office breaks reported by other teams in the chain
6- Participation and support for continuous improvement and process optimization projects (specifications, user testing, process documentation) in collaboration with project teams, IT teams, and management
Data, Reference Data, Lifecycle
1- Monitoring and management of the market data reference data (Stocks, indices, proprietary indices, Third Parties, calendars) with internal or external providers
2- Monitoring and control of the reference data for listed Derivatives products (Options and futures)
3- Tracking, calculation, and validation of events impacting the lifecycle of a structured product (coupons, Corporate Actions, early partial closure, early exercise, maturity, notional changes, etc.)
4- Maintaining on-call duty before market opening and after closing to ensure accurate reflection of market information in our systems
5- Modeling and booking of Corporate Actions in the Front Office system
3yrs experience in MO Equity trading support
Prior experience with Equity Derivatives market products is required: Mandatory theoretical and operational knowledge of Equity Derivatives (Vanilla and Structured)
Tech Skills
Knowledge of SOPHIS preferred
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
VBA skills would be an asset