MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES OF ROLE
The focus of the Trade Support Specialist within the Brevan Howard Operations team is on ensuring the complete, accurate and timely capture of trades and lifecycle events. The core services, processes and controls are provided to portfolio managers and execution traders within the Brevan Howard group to ensure accurate risk and P&L capture. The Trade Support team forms part of the Operations Function supporting trading activities across a diverse range of Brevan Howard funds and financial markets instruments traded for these funds.
The core services provided by the Trade Support Specialists are as follows:
Trade Capture
- Monitoring electronic trade flows
- Ensuring accurate trade capture of voice executed transactions
- Compliance with regulations and internal policies with respect to trade execution and capture
- Publishing P&L and working with portfolio managers and execution traders to resolve queries
Life Cycle Event Management
- Facilitation of option expiry processes and other contractual obligations
- Corporate event and credit event processing
- Compression and novation processing
Static Data Management
- All elements of instrument data set up and maintenance
- Onboarding of portfolio managers, execution traders, and funds
- Support for static to aid the STP of trade capture
Reconciliation of Fund Positions
- Ensure funds' positions and trade details recorded in internal systems match external parties (clearers, custodians, prime brokers, counterparties)
- Facilitate the timely resolution of position and trade breaks
Process Improvement and Projects
- New business initiatives: Including set up of new traders and products
- Process Improvements including technology enhancements
- Enhancing knowledge through training and maintenance of team procedures and policies
- Completing event reviews and implementation of risk mitigation improvements
The role entails working closely with execution traders and portfolio managers across a number of Brevan Howard funds. An ability to prioritise based on risk profile is critical, as is a clear and concise communication approach with such front-office staff. The role also requires close working relationships with a number of internal partners including Brevan Howard's COO team, Fund Control, Investor Relations, Fund Risk and Quants teams. Occasionally coverage across the wider Brevan Howard operations function may be required.
WORK EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in a numerate discipline
- A sound understanding of financial markets and different financial products, specifically ETD and OTC Derivative instruments.
- Execution, mechanics and analytics
- Front to back processes
- Market infrastructure
- An excellent knowledge of operational risk and risk mitigation utilising technology, process and controls.
- Minimum 3 years’ trade assistant\operations experience.
Desirable
- Advanced excel and knowledge of VBA, SQL or other programming languages.
- Good problem solving capabilities, evidence of process improvement.
- Cross asset class experience: FI, FX, Credit, Rates, Equities
TECHNICAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Ability to perform well under pressure
- Risk based prioritization
- Enthusiastic, flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Desirable
- Advanced excel and knowledge of VBA, SQL or other programming languages.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Strong work ethic and attention to detail
- Good communication skills
- Enthusiastic and flexible
- Excellent written and spoken business skills
- High personal initiative and personal responsibility
- Ability to work effectively in a team/Front office environment
- Ability to manage work priorities and delegate appropriately
- Highly proactive
- Hardworking and able to work independently
- Friendly, polite and personable – enjoys working with others
