Senior Operations Analyst

THE COMPANY:

Our client is a leading provider of execution and clearing services for exchange traded derivatives and OTC derivatives in the commodities markets.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure trades are input into Trinity from TEO.  This will include a mixture of manual input direct into the back office GUI and using a semi-automated process via the trade capture sheet
• Monitor LMESMART for any mismatches, unmatched and alleged trades.  Liaise with the relevant sales person and trader until such outages have been resolved. Must ensure that priority is given to the MIFIR Inter-office 10 minute matching rules for non-admin trades
• Input Floor blotters into Trade capture sheet and ensure session codes or trade times adhere to the LME Rules
• Import Trades executed on FX platform including where necessary adding the necessary ISIN.  This will include Bullion and FX transactions
• Import Customer FX and Bullion averaging trades as per the Trader’s request from their trading blotter.
• Check and Agree Bullion Confirmations from ISDA Counterpart
• Complete 4 eyes check on all trades input into Trinity to ensure completeness of booking
• Liaising with the Trading Desk to agree positions are correct at set times during the day
• Check Tom Positions by 11:00 each day and chase any outstanding positions with the relevant trade/sales person.   Mercury must also be checked against Trinity to ensure both systems are in line.
• Reconciliation of LME Cash positions including postings into back office systems.
• Reconciliation of LME Initial and Variation Margins to those produce by back office system
• Perform Commodity Position Reporting reconciliation against LME Clear and ensure report is sent to the LME and is accepted with NIL rejections by 08:30
• Perform EMIR reconciliation for UK, once agreed import the files to UK and EU areas within Unavista and ensure all rows are accepted. Any rejections must be resolved
• Perform MIFIR Transaction Reporting function within the DB for both ETD and OTC using the guidance spreadsheet
• Daily reconciliation of Client options for Open Interest and performing the necessary close out in LMEMercury
• Send out the client Margin Calls on a daily basis by 08:30 ensuring we receive adequate responses from either the relevant sales person or the client as to how they will meet their call.
• Daily LME Fee reconciliation Trinity v LME Clear
• Daily IB reconciliation
• Daily Gross Commission income reporting to management
• Inputting and checking fixings used for average price calculations (Commodity prices and FX rates)
• Final pricing of averaging trades
• LME Warrants – Perform Lodges and Withdrawals, Deliveries to and from LME Clear in SWORD
• LME Warrants – Perform Allocation within Trinity and send out invoices to clients where relevant.  Perform an end of say SWORD reconciliation
• Calculate the VM and IM impact for any client requesting for the Business to perform Transfers, Metal Swaps and Financing and send to Risk and Head of Operations for approval before being input into Trinity.
• Input Clearing switches upon customers request and ensure this reduces TOM / Cash position
• Input Give in Clearer trades when instructions have been received and ensure all outages are resolved
• Check to ensure all Trinity control account have zero Positions throughout the day and resolve any outages
• Respond to customer payment requests ensuring any payments do not place a customer on margin call.
• Send all payment requests including the original email to finance
• Treasury – Record all expected payments and receipts on the banking spreadsheet
• Treasury – Prepare the morning email for the liquidity call and participate in the call
• Give up Executor – Where the broker is unknown at the point of execution perform post allocation of trades as per the “CTA’s” instructions ensuring we have a valid g-up agreement for each clearing broker.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Hands on experience in either LME Operations role with direct experience of trade processing, LME matching and position reconciliations.
• Hands on experience within a trading desk environment and working on the LME Trading floor
• Experience with Reconciliations.
• Familiar with common desktop applications such as: Microsoft Excel, Word & Outlook.
• Intermediate level creating and maintaining Excel spreadsheets
• LME Systems such as SMART, SELECT, SWORD & MERCURY
• Good ‘Problem Solving’ skills.

For further information please contact Natalie Antat