Trade Ops Associate

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Trade Ops Associate will handle counterparty settlement requests, collaborate with various teams to deliver on client expectations, and ensure trade and inventory reconciliation across different systems. They will monitor daily inventory needs, provide inputs to compliance and risk teams, and adhere to established trade operations processes for regulatory compliance. Additionally, they will liaise with Accounting, perform reconciliations, and improve reconciliation processes. The role requires superb self-management skills, experience in a fast-paced environment, and a desire to become an expert on digital assets. The candidate will be the first point of contact for trade settlements and operations, with exposure to a wide range of functions in a complex and dynamic market, requiring the ability to multitask and prioritize day-to-day functions.

Must have:

4 - 8 years of experience in a trading firm or investment bank.
Superb self-management skills, with a focus on organization.
Experience working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
Any Graduate
Desire to become an expert on digital assets.

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Job Details

Who are we?

FalconX is a pioneering team of operators, investors, and builders committed to revolutionizing institutional access to the crypto markets. Operating at the intersection of traditional finance and  cutting-edge technology, FalconX addresses the industry's foremost challenges: Navigating the digital asset market can be complex and fragmented, with limited products and services that support trading strategies, structures, and liquidity found in conventional financial markets. As a comprehensive solution for all digital asset strategies from start to scale, FalconX operates as the connective tissue empowering clients with seamless navigation through the ever- evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Responsibilities

Handle all incoming counterparty settlement requests within a pre-agreed timeframe. Act as a point of contact for a portfolio of counterparties. Track towards assigned KPIs for trade operations.
Work in concert with Trading Desk, Product, and Customer Success teams to understand and deliver on their expectations with regards to serving clients.
Ensure trades, transfers and inventory reconciliation happens across different internal subsystems and external systems - banks, custodians, etc.
Monitor daily inventory needs for - settlement, lending & borrowing activity- and liaise directly with Treasury Management.
Provide inputs to compliance and risk teams to design pragmatic controls in this environment of changing regulatory landscape.
Adhere to established trade operations processes designed for regulatory compliance.
Liaise with Accounting and ensure proper trade and settlement data is provided to them on a timely basis.
Perform reconciliations between internal systems and external to ensure data integrity, identify breaks and resolve them by working with relevant teams.
Improve reconciliation processes, provide inputs in making them robust or/and identify gaps in current reconciliations so that there is completeness.

Requirements

4 - 8 years of experience in a trading firm, hedge fund or Investment Bank
Superb self-management skills - you love organizing your work with the help of checklists and measuring your progress.
Previous experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure environment
Any Graduate
Desire to become an expert on digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum

You will be required to gain an understanding of the broader responsibilities of cryptocurrency trade operations and the life cycle of institutional trading. You should strive to be the first point of contact for trade settlements and operations. You will have exposure to a wide range of functions in a complex and dynamic market. The ability to multitask and prioritize will be key, combined with the management of critical day-to-day functions.

Job Location: Bangalore

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