Senior Trade Operations Analyst

Overview

As a Senior Trade Operations Analyst, you partner with front-office teams to ensure accurate trade execution and settlement across asset classes. You will maintain robust controls, oversee third-party providers, and drive improvements in processes and systems. You will support onboarding of funds and instruments while coordinating with risk and compliance. This role sits at the heart of the investment process, offering a profile that blends operations, regulatory reporting, and continuous improvement within a dynamic, client-centric firm.

Pay / Benefits

• Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)
• Quilter Incentive Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance: 4x salary
• Income Protection: 75% of salary

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end trade processing and settlement across multiple asset classes
• Monitor trade lifecycle events and resolve exceptions with custodians and counterparties
• Manage daily reconciliations and ensure timely resolution of breaks
• Maintain strong operational controls aligned with risk and regulatory requirements
• Partner with front-office, risk, and compliance teams as a key operational contact
• Support onboarding of new funds, strategies, and instruments
• Drive process improvements, automation, and system enhancements
• Deliver change initiatives with external advisers and third-party providers
• Support system testing (UAT) and maintain process documentation
• Own regulatory reporting (e.g. MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR, Dodd-Frank), ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Reconcile regulatory submissions and resolve data discrepancies
• Support regulatory change, governance, audits, and compliance activities

Key requirements

• Solid experience in investment operations, trade support, or middle-office environments
• Strong knowledge of trade lifecycle processes and financial instruments (equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX, collateral, margining etc.)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reconciliation skills
• Experience managing ambiguity and managing complexity
• Proficiency with OMS/PMS platforms (e.g., ThinkFolio) and custodian systems
• Ability to manage deadlines, prioritise workload, and operate in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively, especially with custodians and front office
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Proactive, accountable, and solutions-focused
• Confident taking ownership and driving improvements
• Collaborative team player with a continuous improvement mindset

• collaboration
• analytical thinking
• problem-solving
• ThinkFolio or similar OMS/PMS
• custodian systems
• regulatory reporting (EMIR, MiFID II, SFTR)

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