What are the responsibilities and job description for the MID OFFICE ANALYST position at IMC Financial Markets?
Experienced
Business Operations
Chicago
The Mid Office Team at IMC is seeking a Mid Office Analyst; in this dynamic role, you'll drive trade reconciliation and settlement accuracy, swiftly resolve discrepancies, and ensure seamless trade flow across platforms in collaboration with IT and trading teams. You'll play a critical part in managing accounts, monitoring margins, and calculating P&L, all while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and automation in a fast-paced environment.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Perform intraday and next-day trade reconciliation
- Identify and resolve trade/settlement breaks, analyze to determine root causes, and ensure timely corrections at the clearing firm.
- Work with IT and Trading to ensure proper trade flow; onboard new exchanges, clearing firms, and trading platforms.
- Understand the life cycle of a trade from the time we execute to the time it settles in the account, including the fees associated with each transaction.
- Liaise between clearing firms and trading; open new accounts and execute position/trade/cash transfers.
- Monitor high-level account balances and margin/collateral requirements in conjunction with risk.
- Calculate/reconcile daily P&L as well as reconcile monthly invoices with exchanges/clearing/etc.
- Work with IT and trading to establish connectivity to the exchanges
- Quickly learn new tools/procedures/structures and continually look for ways to improve upon them
- Work with large amounts of data and create ad hoc reports as needed
- Maintain an automation mindset, looking for areas of improvement and striving for continuous improvement
- Work in cross-functional teams to create solutions across departments and to improve quality and efficiency within support
- Interact with other areas of support on a daily basis and understand important risk, compliance, finance, and legal topics
Your Skills and Experience:
- 2-5 years of work experience in finance or trading environment preferred
- Bachelor's in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or related quantitative field (B.S. preferred)
- Prior interaction with trading and/or technology groups is a plus
- Database knowledge a plus (SQL preferred)
- Experience with reporting platforms a plus (Qlikview or Power BI is a plus)
- Must have series 7 or be prepared to work towards obtaining a series 7
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Adaptable and able to work well under pressure
- Team player with strong communication skills
- Ability to gather and communicate business requirements
- Strong MS Office application skills
Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.
About Us
IMC is a leading global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.
The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit
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$90,000.00 - $120,000.00 USD
Salary : $90,000 - $120,000
