Operations Associate, Equities

Responsibilities

• Understand and manage the concepts and workflows related to bank debt, including interest rate resets, principal repayments, principal drawdowns, and margin changes
• Coordinate trade settlement of primary and secondary loan closings with external parties (par and distressed, LSTA and LMA)
• Liaise with trustees and agent banks to resolve discrepancies
• Oversee complex restructures, including defaults, refinancings, and extensions
• Monitor and process corporate actions, ensuring accurate reflection of related cash and position impacts
• Support the cash, position, and trade reconciliation process and assist with managing complex reconciliation issues
• Oversee cash balances on behalf of portfolio managers
• Support pre-settlement trade lifecycle events across a range of fixed income products
• Analyze, document, and improve current processes and controls
• Serve as an escalation point for the middle office team across business lines, working with banks, brokers, and internal groups to resolve issues

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recent experience on a buy-side Middle Office team within asset management
• Understanding of post-execution, confirmation, settlement, and fail resolution across fixed income and equity products, including bank loans, corporate bonds, treasuries, domestic and foreign equities, and mortgages
• Familiarity with Omgeo's suite of post-execution applications
• Knowledge of derivative products such as futures, OTC, and FOREX
• Corporate action processing experience is a plus
• Comfort working directly with clients, investment teams, and other senior stakeholders
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to multitask and problem-solve
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills
• Experience with WSO, Clearpar, Bloomberg AIM, Tradeflow, Omgeo, and Margin Manager is a plus