Trading Operations Lead Specialist

1 week ago


Singapore MFS INTERNATIONAL SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Full time
Roles & Responsibilities

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

THE ROLE

Using strong investment and operational knowledge to perform hybrid duties for both the Portfolio Specialist & Trading Support teams. Provides 24-hour coverage to the investment teams performing a specialized set of duties related to the portfolio management, order entry process, as well as trade date matching of all asset classes. Based on instruction from the portfolio management team, the Lead Specialist will create and prepare equity, fixed income, derivative and currency trade orders for the Trading department. Upon execution of orders, the Lead Specialist will laisse with our approved counterparties to match trade details on trade date. The role requires monitoring of significant upcoming cash flows and account transitions while assisting in the implementation of any instruction provided by the investment teams.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

  • Use MFS Proprietary Global Modeling tool to create cash management equity program order baskets which facilitate raising or spending cash, bringing portfolios in-line with a model fund, or loading a quantitative solutions transaction model, based on specific instructions received from the Portfolio Manager.
  • Complete pre-trade workflow, including creating and modifying orders in the trading systems, navigating compliance reviews, and contributing to error checking.
  • Acting with instructions, assist portfolio managers in order sizing and other support functions related to portfolio construction and order entry.
  • Work in partnership with portfolio managers, analysts and traders to monitor holdings and to ensure accurate implementation of investment opportunities.
  • Collaborate with departments/teams across the firm, including global investment support, compliance and others to assist with and drive process and strategic improvements for new account setup, account transitions, security setup and compliance rule tracking.
  • Deepen understanding and streamline processing of client guidelines, investment management constraints, compliance constraints, client flows and quantitative factors that may be helpful to portfolio construction.
  • Represent the portfolio management team on investment technology and investment operations project teams to improve workflow and technology efficiency.
  • Develop a solid understanding of the investment strategies, trading patterns and styles and portfolio

    workflows for the designated investment teams in order to enable excellent and tailored support to the portfolio management team, and to best support the principal responsibilities herein described.
  • Use DTCC CTM as the primary matching platform to confirm all daily trading activity, including Cash (Equity and Fixed Income) and Derivative securities. Is responsible for all trade date matching duties on the day the trades are executed to ensure Straight Through Processing. Familiarity with the FX matching platform TradeNexus (GTSS) would be beneficial as would knowledge of electronic execution platforms such as Tradeweb, MarketAxess, Bloomberg EMSX, Virtu Wheel, FXALL, FXCONNECT.
  • Assumes additional responsibilities as required.

* The standard working hours for this position are approximately 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in the financial services industry
  • 5-6+ years of related investment and trading operations experience.
  • Proven expertise in equity, fixed income and derivative security types.
  • Significant knowledge of equity security types.
  • Established ability to efficiently utilize resources and communicate with others both verbally and in writing.
  • Proven analytical skills and ability to develop creative solutions to meet business needs.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities in collaboration with others and independently and effectively in a demanding environment.
  • Strict attention to detail and accuracy required.

#LI-HYBRID

At MFS, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply - you might be just the right candidate for this role or others.

What we offer:

At MFS, we view our employees as family — and like you, we want our family happy and healthy. That's why we provide competitive benefits programs and family-friendly policies which support the work-life balance needs of our employees.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

Please submit your job application at MFS Careers page. https://mfs.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MFS-Careers/job/Singapore/Trading-Operations-Lead-Specialist_MFS-231264

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