Operational Analyst for Trade Support, Securities & FX

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In short

An Operational Analyst is needed for the Trade Support team at Nordea Asset Management in Paço de Arcos, Portugal, to manage the post-trade lifecycle for Securities and eventually FX. The role involves ensuring timely trade matching, resolving issues with custodians and brokers, and contributing to process improvements through automation and data analysis.

Responsibilities

Ensure timely matching of trades in CTM (block and allocation).
Investigate and resolve mismatches and amendments with custodians and brokers.
Follow up on settlement status and resolve fails and issues in the settlement chain.
Onboard new clients and markets into the trade flow.
Communicate clearly with front- and back-office teams.
Follow market updates and regulatory changes, and assess their impact on processes.
Identify root causes of manual work, amendments and mismatches, and propose practical fixes.
Help increase STP by contributing to automation and integration initiatives.
Use data and reporting tools, leveraging Snowflake, to track workload, quality and STP.
Document changes and new procedures.
Participate in projects as required.
Build knowledge of FX processes as part of development.

Requirements

2-3 years in financial operations, in post-trade processing for Equities, Fixed Income or Repos.
Practical experience with trade matching and with investigating and resolving mismatches and amendments.
Working knowledge of the securities settlement lifecycle and of resolving issues with custodians, brokers or other external counterparties.
Experience coordinating with front office, back office and external partners, including onboarding clients, markets or setups.
Good written and spoken English.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with CTM, ALERT or SWIFT messaging.
Exposure to FX trade processing or settlement.
Experience with Power BI, and SQL or Snowflake, to analyse workload, quality and STP.
Experience reducing amendments or manual interventions through process or tooling changes.
Experience using AI tools to speed up analysis, reporting or documentation.

Benefits

Opportunity to broaden into FX and become a versatile Trade Support professional.
Join a Back Office of 41 colleagues from 9 nationalities.
Team values ownership, collaboration and speaking up.
Help improve processes by reducing manual work, increasing STP and using data.
Inclusive workplace.

Skills

SnowflakeSQLPower BISWIFTCTMALERT

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About Nordea

We are a universal bank with a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies – enabling dreams and aspirations for a greater good. Every day, we work to support our customers’ financial development, delivering best-in-class omnichannel customer experiences and driving sustainable change. We are a full-service universal bank and the third largest corporation in the Nordic region and one of the top 10 financial services companies in Europe based on market capitalisation. We are present in 17 countries, including our four Nordic home markets which together constitute the 10th…

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