Trade Operations & Settlement Analyst 3652296

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team Join an established financial services organization supporting institutional securities and capital markets operations. This team plays an important role in maintaining accurate, timely post-trade processing while partnering closely with front-office, middle-office, operations, custodians, brokers, and counterparties. The environment requires precision, responsiveness, and strong ownership, particularly when resolving trade discrepancies and settlement issues. What’s In Store For You Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099) Hybrid opportunity in Charlotte, North Carolina Opportunity to gain broader exposure to securities operations, trade lifecycle processes, financial products, and institutional market infrastructure. Work cross-functionally with trading, middle-office, operations, and external market participants. Six-month contract assignment supporting an established capital markets organization. How You Will Make An Impact Validate and process securities transactions across applicable financial products and internal systems. Monitor trade confirmations, allocations, and settlement activity to ensure transactions are completed accurately and on schedule. Investigate trade breaks, unmatched transactions, discrepancies, and failed settlements and coordinate their resolution. Perform reconciliations involving internal records, custodians, brokers, and counterparties. Partner with front-office, middle-office, and external stakeholders to resolve operational issues throughout the post-trade lifecycle. Maintain accurate transaction records and provide supporting information for audit, regulatory, and compliance requirements. Contribute to operational process improvements and enhancements to systems supporting trade processing. Are you an experienced trade operations professional ready to make an impact? Bring approximately 5–7 years of relevant experience in trade operations, settlements, securities operations, or middle-office functions. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the trade lifecycle and post-trade processing, including confirmation, allocation, settlement, reconciliation, and exception management. Possess working knowledge of financial instruments such as equities, fixed income, derivatives, or other securities products. Have experience investigating and resolving trade breaks, failed settlements, and reconciliation discrepancies. Experience with market infrastructure or financial platforms such as DTCC, Bloomberg, or SWIFT is strongly valued. Be proficient in Microsoft Excel and comfortable working with financial operations systems. Bring strong attention to detail, organization, time management, problem-solving, and communication skills. Work effectively across front-office, middle-office, operations, counterparties, brokers, and custodians. #J-18808-Ljbffr Axiom Path