Operational Analyst in Derivatives Trade Support (NAM Portugal)
Finance, Banking & Legal · Banking & Investments · Financial Analysis · Risk Management
In short
Nordea Asset Management is seeking a structured and analytical Operational Analyst for its Derivatives Trade Support team in Portugal. The role involves daily operational tasks such as trade confirmation, reconciliation, and payments, interacting with various business units and counterparties. The position requires a bachelor/master's degree in finance, engineering, or mathematics, proficiency in English, and ideally some experience in the financial industry and knowledge of derivatives or coding languages like Python, SQL, or VBA.
Responsibilities
- Taking care of daily operational Derivatives management tasks covering issues such as trade confirmation, reconciliation, investigations and payments.
- On a daily basis interact with counterparties, clearing brokers and other internal- and external business units.
- Take part in developing new and better control routines.
Requirements
- Structured, self-driven and analytical.
- Interest in data/data analytics.
- Flexibility and adaptability.
- Keen interest in exploring process improvement and automation.
- Service minded with proficient problem-solving skills.
- Able to work collaboratively and adjust effectively to a changing environment.
- Efficient work standards and an ability to deliver high quality even under tight deadlines.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is mandatory.
- Finished a bachelor/master level education within finance, engineering or mathematics.
- Structured as the work covers both daily routines, ad-hoc issues and longer projects.
- At least 2/3 years’ experience within financial industry Derivatives operations task and the coordination across the value chain of these specific products management.
- Acquired good market related knowledge preferably Listed Derivatives & OR CFD products (FIATECH, OSTTRA – Systems and CME, CBOT, EUREX, Etc – Exchange Platforms products knowledge).
- Knowledge/Experience of Derivatives trade processing (matching, mismatch handling, reconciliation, etc.).
- Proficient in English skills as we are European asset manager.
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge about derivatives is preferential, but not a requirement.
- Knowledge of or an interest in at least one of the following coding languages: VBA, Python and SQL developer is preferential, but not a requirement.
- Knowledge of FIATECH, OSTTRA (Harmony), ALERT.
- Previous use of Jira.
Benefits
- Opportunity to grow while working with a wide variety of challenging tasks.
- Build a network across many different areas in Nordea Asset Management.
- Work with a team of 6 colleagues in Lisbon.
- Be a central part of the Asset Management value chain under Operations & Technology.
- Expected to work 100% on-site in the first 2 months and after on an Hybrid regime (3 days from Office + 2 days from home).
- We will train you on derivatives knowledge.
- We will train you on coding languages if you have interest.
Skills
VBAPythonSQLJira
#Derivatives#Trade Support#Operations#OTC Clearing#Trade Management#Financial Industry#Asset Management
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…
Company
NordeaJob Posted
2 days ago
Expires
in 4 weeks
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Paço de Arcos, Portugal
Oeiras, Portugal
Qualification
Bachelor, Master
Applicants
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