Middle Office Operations Analyst
Flow Traders is a global liquidity provider that delivers continuous liquidity in financial markets, with deep expertise in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). The firm lowers overall trading costs for market participants by providing higher execution quality across global exchanges and trading platforms.
About Flow Traders
Flow Traders is a technology-driven liquidity provider operating in global financial markets, with a particular focus on Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). The company combines deep ETP expertise, cutting-edge technology, and strong risk management to increase transparency and efficiency across the financial ecosystem, serving market participants such as exchanges and trading platforms across Europe, the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. Beyond its core trading business, Flow Traders operates a dedicated strategic capital investment unit that partners with companies aligned to its mission of transparency and efficiency in financial markets, and it runs the Flow Traders Foundation, a philanthropic initiative focused on fighting poverty.
Skills
About the Role
You will join a growing Operations team supporting the full life cycle of a trade, building reconciliations and reporting for the firm's digital assets business. You will match, book, and settle trades while monitoring pending OTC settlements and performing real-time and T+1 reconciliations to keep records and positions accurate and complete. You will manage counterparty onboarding and operational relationships, prepare trade, transaction, and market making obligation reports, and reconcile positions, PnL, and costs. You will own critical data, run checks to confirm its accuracy, and develop new operational tools to automate workflows. You will draft data requirements for current and new business initiatives, and liaise with Trading, Business Development, IT, and Compliance to solve problems, create solutions, and advance interdepartmental and global business initiatives.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in Financial Operations
- Experience in Digital Assets, a plus
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Math, Computer Science, or related field
- Working/Advanced knowledge of Python and SQL
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Exceptional attention to detail with a focus on identifying and resolving root causes
- Ability to work independently and responsibly within company policies and guidelines
- Demonstrated ability to develop or build scalable process improvements
- Proven analytical skills and the ability to assess complex situations quickly under pressure
- Strong interest in financial markets and trading
- Self-starter with a proactive and adaptable mindset
- SIE, required
- Series 7, preferred
Responsibilities
- Perform trade matching, booking, and settlement reconciliation
- Manage counterparty onboarding and operational relationships
- Monitor pending OTC settlements
- Perform real-time and T+1 reconciliations to ensure accurate and complete record keeping and trading positions
- Prepare complete and accurate trade and transaction reporting
- Prepare and report market making obligations statistics
- Reconcile positions, PnL, and costs
- Maintain ownership of critical data and perform checks to confirm data is complete and accurate
- Develop new operational tools
- Draft data requirements for current and new business initiatives
- Liaise with Trading, Business Development, IT, and Compliance to solve problems and create solutions
- Collaborate on projects aimed at advancing interdepartmental coordination and global business initiatives