Job title: Operations Analyst- OTC derivatives
Company: ProViso Consulting
Job description: Candidate profile details:
- Degree/Certifications Required: nice to CSC CHS, CFA
- Years of experience: 3 plus years
- Reason for request/why opened: volumes
- Interaction with Stakeholders: fair amount
- Project Scope: BAU
- Team Size: 5 to 6 people.
- Personality Style/Team Culture:
- Ownership mentality, team oriented, Can adapt easily. Strong interpersonal skills.
- Selling Points of Position: long term contract, great team environment.
Best Vs Average Candidate:
- Product knowledge- OTC confirmation.
- Industry experience- ISDA
- Trade life cycle knowledge
- Confirmation processes- drafting, matching.
Summary of day to day responsibilities:
- The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely generation, review, and execution of trade confirmations for Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives.
Position Summary:
- We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive OTC Confirmations Analyst to join our Operations team.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely generation, review, and execution of trade confirmations for Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives.
- This role requires a strong understanding of OTC products, the ISDA framework, and the end-to-end trade lifecycle, as well as close coordination with front office, legal, counterparties, and other internal teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and dispatch trade confirmations for a broad range of OTC derivative products (e.g., equity derivatives, credit derivatives, interest rate swaps).
- Ensure timely affirmation and matching of trades in accordance with regulatory timelines and internal SLAs.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies between internal trade records and counterparty details.
- Work closely with traders, legal, and external counterparties to resolve confirmation breaks or disputes.
- Maintain knowledge and application of ISDA Master Agreements and Confirmation templates.
- Reconcile trade bookings and ensure alignment across trading, middle office, and confirmation systems.
- Utilize Python or similar programming skills to support automation initiatives, enhance reconciliation processes and optimize data workflows.
- Support internal audits, regulatory reporting, and control processes.
- Contribute to ongoing improvements in process automation and control enhancements.
- Monitor outstanding confirmations and escalate issues where appropriate.
Required Experience and Skills:
- 3+ years of experience in an operations or middle office role, with direct exposure to OTC derivatives.
- Strong knowledge of the full trade lifecycle, from trade execution to settlement.
- Solid understanding of ISDA Master Agreements, and product-specific confirmation language.
- Hands-on experience with confirmation platforms (e.g., MarkitWire, DTCC, or similar).
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements (e.g., EMIR, Dodd-Frank) affecting OTC derivatives.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications; experience with trade capture systems is a plus.
Must have:
- 3 plus years- middle office/ OTC derivatives and confirmations
- Full trade lifecycle
- ISDA knowledge
- Python exp
Nice To Have:
Job Details13410Contract1 yearToronto
Expected salary:
Location: Toronto, ON
Job date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:09:03 GMT
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