Middle Office/Trader's Assistant

• Company

  Not Disclosed

• Location

  USA-NY-New York City

• Remuneration

  Trader's Assistant/Middle Office

• Position Type

  Permanent

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  22-May-2012

• eFC Ref no

  733433

The Bachrach Group is your source for leading edge Executive Recruiting and Consulting Services. Our reputation has been built on over 30 years of success, providing a broad range of services and solutions.

Since 1974, The Bachrach Group's philosophy has ensured excellence in providing services to our corporate clients and to our candidates. When first formed, The Bachrach Group specialized in the accounting and financial fields. Over the years we have successfully diversified and today we specialize in staffing solutions in the following areas: Accounting & Finance, Technology, Administration & Office Support, and Real Estate & Construction.

Daily interation with Portfolio Managers, Traders and Senior Management, ideal candidate should be able to succeed in fast paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Assist daily portfolio management decision making by supplying investment product, trading and account data through use of  VBA, Excel, SQL, GENEVA and Access based tools
• Contribute to the risk analysis of multi-million dollar trading issues by calculating potential portfolio impact across numerous products and asset classes
• Responsible for facilitating $5 billion daily in equity, fixed income and currency trading of all discretionary and non-discretionary holdings
• Work with Traders/Portfolio Manager to resolve daily trade breaks, upcoming options expirations and ensure OTC futures are properly reconciled
• Ensure  daily & monthly P&L is reported accurately  in appropriate systems.
• Review daily trades to make sure they have been booked correctly. 
• Run ad-hoc trading inquiries on multiple products including: Muni bonds, equity derivatives, Interest Rates and Credit swaps.
• Maintain documentation supporting the concluded valuation and detailed write-ups demonstrating the diligence in finalizing hard to value valuations.

Requirements

• Finance/Accounting degree from an accredited Unversity or College
• 3+ years experience in either Middle Office or Trade Support 
• Strong Excel skills: Must be comfortable in the use of advanced Excel tools such as Pivot Tables &  Vlookups.
  
•  Delivering a high level problem solving abilities, client is looking for an "out-side- the-box thinker"
• Supporting market data applications used by various business lines.

Please feel free to explore our site or contact us with any questions you may have. www.thebachrachgroup.com

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