Description
- Perform all day-to-day activities supporting a muti-strategy trading operation.
- Compile and review daily reporting for asset performance and trading profit and loss
- Perform daily cash and position reconciliation functions for liquid assets
- Perform and oversee settlement activities for all portfolio assets including equities, fixed income (IG, ABS, HY) and derivatives (Futures, CDS, Options)
- Review and respond to PB/ISDA Counterparty margin calls each day
- Coordinate with the firm’s global custodians, dealers, and prime brokers to resolve commission differences, trade discrepancies and settlement fails
- Onboard new sales and trading coverage for the firm’s corporate securities team
- Set up new accounts and entities with the firm’s fund administrator
- Work closely with the firm’s Operations team to monitor cash inflows and outflows from existing investments
- Support secondary market bank debt trading, closing, and settlement
- Assist with internal data integrity analysis
- Complete ad hoc projects as needed
Requirements
The individual will have demonstrated an ability to work in fast-paced, performance-driven environment with an ability to think broadly about the business, incorporating continual improvement of processes and procedures with a goal of excellence while focusing on accuracy and efficiency.
- Bachelor’s degree from a top university, ideally in a quantitative area (e.g., finance, economics, accounting)
- 7-10 years of direct experience at a securities or investment firm
- Excellent Microsoft Excel (VBA a plus) skills
- Experience with some or all of the following: fixed income securities including, but not limited to, corporate, government, and municipal bonds, structured products (CMBS/ABS/RMBS) and credit and rate derivatives credit default swaps, swaptions, options and futures
- Experience with risk, settlements, or trading assistant functions
- Experience interacting with Prime Brokers, Custodians, and OTC Counterparties a plus
- Experience working with large data sets; an understanding of data hierarchy
- The highest level of personal integrity and ethical standards
- A positive attitude, strong work ethic and a desire to work collaboratively across the organization
- Ability to communicate at a high level
- Strong attention to detail
Benefits
- We provide a medical insurance of INR 10,00,000 that includes your one set of parents, spouse, first two living children & yourself. This insurance is fully paid up by Quaestor Advisors India Pvt Ltd.
- Further we provide a group term life insurance employee specific which is 5 times your CTC with no capping. This insurance is fully paid up by Quaestor Advisors India Pvt Ltd.
- Also, we provide a group personal accidental insurance employee specific which is 5 times your CTC with no capping. This insurance is fully paid up by Quaestor Advisors India Pvt Ltd.
- We do offer an OPD coverage on reimbursement basis of INR 25,000 per Indian financial year which will be prorated as per your joining date.
