Growing global alternative credit platform with 15B+ in AUM is looking to fill an Analyst, Trading Assistant role supporting the bond desk. This is an amazing opportunity for someone interested in sitting on a desk providing direct support to the front office. The role sits at the intersection of front and back office, with responsibility for managing the full trade lifecycle, supporting daily ABS desk operations, and delivering performance reporting and analytics.
Job Description:Compensation : $ 115000
Job ID : 45873
Job Function: - Support daily operations of ABS desk which entails investment allocations, compliance monitoring, security setups, post trade reporting, and having frequent trading and repo desk communication leveraging our OMS, Bloomberg AIM
- Assess potential opportunities for operational complexities by attending investment committee and firm strategy meetings
- Assist in optimizing entity structuring and ensure trades are allocated in accordance with policy and latest PM directives
- Review complex deal documents for privates, setup new securities and maintain them throughout trade life cycle
- Book and monitor all asset-level investment activity in the portfolio management/accounting system, Advent Geneva
- Manage asset-based leverage with lenders and coordinate activity required to operate our business and meet leverage objectives
- Coordinate weekly pipeline meetings with investment staff to review new deals and project activity on existing arrangements
- Work with AI, IT and third party outsource on automation and delegation to reduce manual work and create leverage for the team
- Prepare monthly and ad hoc reporting for the investment staff which includes returns, trading activity and holdings/analytics
Job Requirements:Job Requirements: - BA/BS degree required, preferably in Finance
2-4 years of experience in middle office/operations roles, preferably with time at a buyside institution - Knowledge of fixed income products and related derivatives, specifically ABS, Corporates, Repo, IRS, CMBX, CDX, TBAs
- High degree of proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required, experience with AI is a plus
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
- Process-improvement oriented with ability to collaborate with IT to drive business initiatives
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Experience with Bloomberg is preferred, TradeWeb/Advent Geneva experience a plus
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