Trade Validation Analyst

As the founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, Quanteam is a consulting firm specialized in Banking, Finance, and Financial Services. Through our core human values – proximity, teamwork, diversity, excellence – our 1000 expert consultants, hailing from 35 different nationalities, collaborate across 13 international offices: Paris, Lyon, New York, Montreal, London, Brussels, Luxembourg, Geneva, Lisbon, Porto, Casablanca, Madrid and Singapore.

Context :

A global financial institution is building out its New York trade control function for equity derivatives and structured products, complementing an established team based in Paris. This is a hands-on, product-first role for someone who lives in the details of exotic equity derivative structures

Your Role :

• Perform end-to-end trade validation and control for equity derivatives and structured equity payoff products, ensuring bookings in internal systems are accurate and complete
• Validate trade economics against term sheets, confirmations, trader recaps, and booking models
• Review and validate complex, non-vanilla product structures: barriers, autocallables, digitals, knock-in/knock-out features, coupon structures, and basket/index underlyings
• Investigate and resolve trade capture issues and discrepancies, working closely with Sales, Structuring, Operations, Risk, and IT
• Monitor trade lifecycle events, amendments, cancellations, novations, resets, corporate actions, fixings, and maturities
• Run daily reconciliation and control checks to catch missing, unmatched, or incorrectly booked trades
• If you have an automation or scripting background, there's room to help define specs and propose enhancements to the validation process (Python a plus, not required)

What We’re Looking For :

• 5-10 years of experience with deep, hands-on knowledge of equity derivatives, specifically complex/exotic option structures, not vanilla or delta-one products
• Prior experience in Middle Office, Trade Control, or Trade Validation functions
• Experience with Sophis strongly preferred
• Strong ability to read and interpret term sheets, confirmations, and pricing/legal documentation
• Product-oriented
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or a related field