Operations Specialist London, England
Job description
About us
Assure Hedge is an innovative, award-winning, and dual-regulated FX hedging technology company. We are a fast-growing business with offices in Dublin, London and Portugal that has undergone a big change over the last year on the back of a large funding round. We build technology to simplify hedging, specialising in providing a full suite of products that are distributed through our partner channels to SME’s.
Our mission is to use technology to bring essential financial risk management products that everyday businesses need, in a way that’s easy for them to understand.
Role Overview:
The Operations Specialist works within Assure Hedge’s Operations department and will oversee all post-execution trade-related activity. The primary responsibility of the Operations Specialist is to manage the lifecycle of each trade and ensure that both Assure Hedge’s internal and external stakeholders have their needs seamlessly met. The range of tasks includes confirmations, settlements, transaction reporting, reconciliations, and providing exceptional levels of client service.
Company Overview:
Assure Hedge is an innovative, award-winning, and dual-regulated FX hedging technology company. We are a fast-growing business with offices in Dublin, London and Portugal that has undergone a big change over the last year on the back of a large funding round. We build technology to simplify hedging, specialising in providing a full suite of products that are distributed through our partner channels to SME’s.
Our mission is to use technology to bring essential financial risk management products that everyday businesses need, in a way that’s easy for them to understand.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities include but are not limited to:
- Carry out a range of daily operations duties including trade confirmations, settlements and client & regulatory reporting
- Primary point of contact for customers, ensuring operational needs are met and all queries are resolved in a satisfactory manner
- Partner with tech, change, sales and trading teams to propose, implement and improve operational processes
- Create and optimise processes – efficiency is our priority; you will help us find the most efficient way to run operations
- Develop and execute strategies/initiatives to increase our operational efficiency and solve operational challenges. This will include establishing and maintaining relationships with relevant stakeholders – internal and external
- Contribute to digitalisation of reporting capabilities, automation and transformation
Essential skills and experience:
- Product knowledge for FX, FX Options, FX Hedging and OTC Derivatives
- Experience of working within a full life-cycle Operations role for the above products
- Knowledge of processes such as payments, hedging, settlements, trade capture, confirmations and reconciliations
- Previous experience within a Back Office or Middle Office role or similar style role, working with traders, operations, relationship managers and clients
- A technical background and strong system exposure
- Strong Operational process knowledge
- Experience of delivering change and automation in Operations processes, working closely with Tech and Change teams to deliver improvements to streamline Operational efficiency
- A structured and considered mindset and approach to your daily role
- Experience of being a single point of contact / SME for incoming queries
Desirable skills and experience
- Coding / VBA / advanced Excel skills are not necessary but would be very advantageous
PLEASE APPLY VIA THIS LINK:
https://assurehedge.bamboohr.com/careers/32
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Gym membership
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
