Associate, Middle Office (Rates)

• Must be knowledgeable in Rates, IRS, Swaps, and Vanilla.
• Leading European bank

• Provide support to Front Office business lines under Global Markets Division during Asian trading hours.
• Ensure transactional integrity across trading applications
• Perform booking control, trade modification, cancellation, and/ or trade event processing
• Provide an efficient post-trade support by ensuring trade information flows efficiently through deal processing from front office to back office system and front-office to front office system
• Investigate and follow-up of breaks sent by back office, front office and other internal departments.
• Support local business development and volume increase.
• Manage operational risks efficiently and towards a 0 incident goal and escalate without delay to management on any unusual activity or issues
• Initiate change to improve team organisation, including but not limited to process change, internal work flow.

• University Degree holder from discipline in Finance, Mathematics or Engineering.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Rates (Vanilla and Structured) Middle Office environment is necessary
• Good knowledge of financial products and understanding of the operational risks involved in Capital Markets activities
• Good analytical, organizational and interpersonal skill
• Comfortable with multi-tasking, project management and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to details and a self-starter who is highly motivated.
• Good judgement, alertness and common sense
• Good analytical, communication, organizational and interpersonal skill
• Fluency in English. Proficient in French or other Asian languages a definite advantage
• Versatile with PC tools and applications, e.g. MS Office, VBA

Michael Page