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Capital Markets Middle Office Specialist

  • Location: Charlotte, 28262
  • Salary: $111000 - $170000 / year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 4 months ago


Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a permanent opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package!

Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Position: Capital Markets Middle Office Specialist
Location: Charlotte, NC
Permanent  Opportunity

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

  • Trade capture, P&L generation and attribution, Volcker Risk-based P&L Attribution review, exception resolution, project management, position and trade maintenance, trial balance substantiation, and regulatory reporting
  • Interact closely with multiple business partners including Trading, Sales, Finance, Technology, Documentation, Legal, Payments, Market Risk, CRO’s and DRO’s. 
  • Work with external counterparties in confirming and assuring trades settle appropriately.
  • Review, analyze and resolve moderately complex trade issues that require in-depth evaluation
  • Advise senior leadership to develop or influence complex derivative products across Capital Markets Middle Office
  • Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex issues with profit and loss generation and trades
  • Deliver solutions that are long-term, large scale and require vision, creativity, and innovation
  • Provide vision, direction and expertise to senior leadership
  • Lead team to meet functional area and process deliverables
  • Deliver solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures and compliance requirements
  • Lead projects and assist senior managers with industry related initiatives
  • Serve as a mentor for less experienced analysts
Is this a good fit? (Requirements):
  • 7+ years of Capital Markets industry experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of loan, securities, and derivative products
  • Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
  • FINRA registration including Series 7 (or FINRA recognized equivalents)
  • Knowledge and understanding of SQL, VBA, Python
  • Working Knowledge of Access, relation based tables, Excel (sumifs, nested functions, Index Match)
  • Capital, RWA, SIMM, UMR, and Collateral experience
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Thorough understanding of how capital markets work within a trading environment and have 7+ years of experience in either a middle office/risk role and/or equivalent experience in supporting a derivative trading desk. 
  • Strong skill set of profit and loss attribution, strong understanding of derivative pricing and risk, strong operational experience with complicated transactions, a conceptual understanding of either CVA , DVA, FVA, RWA, ImVA, Basel II and Basel III, SIMM/UMR/Margin knowledge, and Dodd-Frank. 
  • Ability to effectively prioritize while multi-tasking and think outside the box. The candidate must have the ability to work in a fast paced and consistently changing environment. 
  • Detail-oriented and respond in a timely manner to ad hoc requests. 
  • Strong skillset in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Access, and VBA. SQL is preferred. 
  • Experience with trading applications such as Bloomberg, Calypso, and Broadridge is strongly preferred. 
  • A 4-year degree from an accredited university
  • Graduate work and/or other professional designations (MBA, CFA, FRM) is preferred.