Credit Middle Office Trading Support Specialist

3 days ago

New York, United States Crédit Agricole CIB Full time

Summary

In a dynamic and international environment, you will be responsible for control and support functions of operations initiated by the New York Credit Front Office deriving from post trade execution, books and recordkeeping and trade processing of Fixed Income Market transactions. Your role will be to facilitate trade settlement to ensure all operations are processed efficiently and in a timely manner.


You will be a point of contact and liaison between internal (Front Office Trading, global Middle Office and Back Office teams, Compliance, IT, Market Activity Monitoring, Project Management) and external entities (Clients, Broker/Dealers etc.).


You will develop various skills such as knowledge of financial products, the financial markets, and best business practices.


The position is based in New York. You will report locally to the Manager of the Credit & Repo/Money Markets Middle Office.


Key Responsibilities

The Middle Office team is responsible for assisting and controlling the Credit and US Govies business line including products such as Corporate Bonds, US Treasury Bonds, US Treasury Futures, Credit Derivatives, etc.


This includes trade monitoring, workflow control, and trade validation to ensure timely settlement and accuracy of Front Office positions, risk exposure and trade capture. You will contribute to the development of a reliable and effective control function of the perimeter. You will also have the opportunity to participate in various projects related to client business development in order to optimize secure transactions and to provide control of risks. You will also participate in business projects such as new market developments, new products, system enhancements/deployment, new regulations and market rules.


Specific Responsibilities:

  • Monitor FINRA TRACE reporting via TRAQS ensuring all corporate bond, securitized and US Treasury trades match within the required regulatory timeframe
  • Ensure accurate capture and data quality in all Front office systems throughout the course of the day
  • Manage trade amendments in front office booking system upon request while ensuring relevant control modifications are accurately reflected in TRACE, Trading’s position, pnl, and risk
  • Monitor and perform controls for the front to back-office trade workflow while following up with numerous teams to resolve discrepancies and settlement issues
  • TAAPS processing for US Treasury Auctions bidding
  • Process repo bookings on corporate bond, US Treasuries, Corporate Actions event bookings, manage buy-in requests and process conversions as needed
  • Assist in the investigation of failed trades and trade-related discrepancies while providing solutions in a timely manner
  • Daily financing of Front Office security position and currency balances
  • Facilitate trade settlements and clearing in DTC, Euroclear/Clearstream, Fedwire and CME Clearport
  • Frequent communication with numerous teams including internal and external entities such as front office, back office, Risk Management, IT, management, clients, brokers, Finance Department, etc.
  • Investigation and follow-up of breaks sent by back office, middle office or internal departments
  • Provide high level, quality support to front office within the Middle Office’s perimeter and established global mandates
  • Ensure controls and procedures are developed to support the business while reducing financial and operational risk
  • Assist in the identification, specification and testing of system enhancements
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships while communicating will all Middle Office teams located globally including MDA teams maintaining interface between all entities


Other Responsibilities

Service Quality and Processes improvement:

  • Propose and formalize any improvements on controls and procedures
  • Develop efficiency initiatives


Compliance and Governance

  • Ensure compliance with CA CIB CMO [Head Office] and CA CIB NY governance and organization directives
  • Promote operational controls and segregation of duties


Control and awareness

  • Exert vigilance to unusual or inappropriate (i.e. unusual, un-economic or fraudulent) trading practices
  • Alert management and position control team in case of suspicion of inappropriate (i.e. unusual, un-economic or fraudulent) trading practices or operations


Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities

  • Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements, including, but not limited to, the Local Compliance manual and Compliance policies and procedures as issued from time to time; Financial Security requirements, including, but not limited to, the prevention of Financial Crime and Fraud including reporting obligations to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer
  • Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure thorough understanding that is required to undertake this role. Complete all mandatory training as required to attain and maintain competence


Management and Reporting

  • Reports to the manager of New York Credit and Repo/Money Market Trading Middle Office


Key Internal contacts

  • Front Office, local and global Middle Office teams, Back Office, IT support teams, referential teams, risks and market activity monitoring teams, audit and internal control departments


Key External contacts

  • Clients, Interbank, Broker/Dealers


SPECIAL ROLE REQUIREMENTS

  • Participation in Business Continuity Planning and testing
  • Knowledge of writing macros/VBA in Excel is a plus


Qualifications/Education Required

  • Degree in finance or previous experience in Middle Office


Experience Required

  • Previous experience in Operations, trade settlements (DTC/Euroclear/Fed)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills


Competencies Required

  • Rigor and sense of organization
  • Autonomy
  • Capacity to cooperate
  • Ability to work across disciplines
  • High technical and analytical thinking skills
  • Good relationship management and ability to communicate clearly and effectively
  • Sensitivity to operational risk
  • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment


Skills & Knowledge Requirements

  • Fluent in English
  • Comfortable with IT tools
  • Comfortable with Microsoft Excel functions, macros and Visual Basic Editor


Desirable Skills and Knowledge

  • VBA, Macros in Microsoft Excel
  • French is a plus
  • Series 7/63 or Series 99 is a plus
  • Experience with FINRA Trace reporting is a plus

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