Senior Middle Office Analyst

Job title:

Senior Middle Office Analyst

Company

Optiver

Job description

Our Operations team is seeking a Middle Office Analyst to join our London office. As a member of this team, you’ll be responsible for the infrastructure that records and reconciles our trades and positions, ensuring these systems are functioning to the highest performance and reliability to allow trading to operate with confidence. Sitting in the middle of our dynamic trading floor, you will have constant face-to-face interaction with end-users such as our Traders, Researchers and Developers. As part of our core business, you will make a real, direct impact on our ability to trade and our trading results.Who we are:Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.As one of the world’s major financial centres, London was selected as the home of Optiver’s FX trading business, our UK-focused Institutional Trading Team and rapidly growing commodities trading arm. Optiver UK is located in a city that bridges European, Asian and American time zones, connecting our regional offices and embracing a truly global mindset. London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, and is home to some of the best museums, a thriving international restaurant scene and bustling high streets that attract people from all over the globe.What you’ll do:

  • Prepare all daily, intraday, and monthly reconciliations and address any exceptions;
  • Use scripts and queries to research and analyse reconciliation issues on daily and monthly intervals;
  • Identify, resolve and analyse differences in PnL;
  • Develop fluency with existing systems, infrastructure, and procedures and proactively improve them;
  • Identify opportunities to intelligently automate while maintaining firm human control;
  • Gather and analyse metrics to improve and report on the performance and efficiency of back office systems;
  • Work in tandem with back office engineering to ensure the health and stability of the back office processes and systems;
  • Continually drive systems toward cleanliness, simplicity, and reliability;
  • Create documentation to ensure processes and tasks are consistent and repeatable as well as increase knowledge sharing across the back office team.

Who you are:

  • Possess a Bachelor’s degree;
  • Enjoy working in a fast-paced and challenging production environment;
  • Have the ability to proactively identify both technical and operational deficiencies;
  • Can automate and improve processes by learning and applying technical tools such as Excel, VBA, Python Scripting, or SQL;
  • Have a strong attention to detail;
  • Experience with balancing, trade reconciliation or experience in a trade settlement role is a plus, but not required.

What you’ll get:At Optiver UK, you will be part of a well-established and high-performing global firm whilst experiencing the excitement that comes from a growing operation. As our London operations grow, the opportunity to make a global impact and take your career to a new level expands with it. We offer a supportive environment for you to perform at your best. Some of our key benefits include:

  • Competitive remuneration
  • 27 paid vacation days (plus UK public holidays)
  • Daily onsite breakfast and lunch
  • Paid commuting expenses (home to office)
  • 50% paid gym subscription
  • Private medical insurance
  • Pension scheme
  • Training, conference attendance and continuous learning opportunities
  • International transfer opportunities

How to apply:Apply directly via the form below and please provide us with a CV and letter of motivation in English. Should there be a potential match, a member of our team will reach out sooner rather than later. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to .When applying for a role with Optiver UK Limited, the recruitment process is run via our Optiver global recruitment team. The personal data you will submit as part of the recruitment process may be processed in the UK, US and the Netherlands. By continuing with your application you hereby consent to your personal data being processed in these locations. More information on how Optiver processes your personal data can be found in ourAs an intentionally flat organisation, we believe that great ideas and impact can come from everyone. We are passionate about empowering individuals and creating diverse teams that thrive. Every person at Optiver should feel included, valued and respected, because we believe our best work is done together.Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is hardwired through every stage of our hiring process. We encourage applications from candidates from any and all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 23:12:37 GMT

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