What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trade Support Specialist position at Millennium?
Millennium is seeking a driven and detail-oriented Trade Support specialist to join our Operations team. This position will offer exposure to various markets and the opportunity to work between several teams globally in the firm as well as directly with portfolio managers and our Prime Brokers. The successful candidate will have the initiative to seek out opportunities to work on strategic projects and be able to manage them through completion, with a focus on process improvement and efficiency. They will also be on a small team with broad product exposure to various bond products, including domestic and other non-dollar and emerging markets.
Principal Responsibilities
Principal Responsibilities
- Ensure proper trade capture upon execution of key products including Commodities, Futures, Equities, Foreign Exchange, US Treasuries, Corporate bonds, and Mortgage securities
- Reconciliation of trading affirmation/confirmation platforms
- Research/Resolve settlements breaks for both bilateral and cleared derivatives
- Monitor Trade Queues
- Ensure compliance of regulatory rules
- New Product Onboarding
- System Implementation
- Strong product and working knowledge of, Commodities including Power and Gas, FTR, and all related Futures
- Undergraduate degree in a business related discipline (finance, economics, accounting, etc.)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with PM’s and brokers
- Five plus years of experience at a financial services firm
- Ability to work independently
- Proficiency with Excel
- Well- organized, detail- oriented; able to multi-task and keep track of various deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
