Trade Support Administrator

Overview

In this role you will support the trading desk by ensuring trades are processed accurately, reported on time, and settled in line with regulatory requirements. You’ll connect traders, middle and back offices, and external counterparties to maintain efficient operations. You’ll tackle trade discrepancies, manage reconciliations, and monitor systems to prevent errors. This role offers hands-on problem solving in a fast-paced environment with a clear impact on operational reliability. You will contribute to compliant, timely trade processing and reporting, enabling smoother execution and settlement.

Responsibilities

• Resolve unmatched CREST Market and Custodian trades
• Monitor Dealing and Booking Error Tracking system
• Submit trades to UnaVista for Transaction Reporting and perform daily reconciliation
• Correct and amend CREST rejections
• Reconcile Market, Internal, and Stamp accounts
• Monitor trade processing via Order Router and resolve contract discrepancies
• Process trades not automatically contracted and input/validate foreign and FX trades
• Perform daily CMA reconciliation and handle booking queries from Investment Managers
• Amend contracts as required and support ad hoc operational tasks
• Advertise New Issues, IPOs, and Offers of Subscriptions and process related orders

Key requirements

• GCSEs in Maths and English
• Previous experience in Wealth Management or financial services (advantageous but not essential)
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Proactive, collaborative approach to teamwork
• High attention to detail and ability to work accurately under pressure
• Flexible in working hours and tasks
• Familiarity with checking & contracts entry processes (beneficial but not required)

• proactive mindset
• collaborative teamwork
• strong communication
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Order Router

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