Trade Support Analyst

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**Job Title**

Trade Support Analyst

**What is the opportunity?**

The Fixed Income Derivative Operations group under RBC Capital Markets is looking to hire a Trade Support Analyst. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring the reasonableness, accuracy, and timeliness booking and direct support of all Fixed Income Derivative, MM/FX, Corporate Treasury trading desks in order to facilitate profitable trading and efficient interaction between the trading and the Operations group. The incumbent will be participating in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and PIV (Post Implementation Verification) cycles for system enhancements, IT infrastructure changes, reconciliation fixes/enhancements, vendor/industry change requests and new business initiatives.

**What will you do?**
- Ensure that all trades are input correctly by Toronto Traders in Infinity and Murex System, and that trades are properly assigned with back office flags for downstream confirmations, rate reset, and payment processing if applicable.
- Responsible for ensuring that all late deals from previous day are verified and booked.
- Verify that all new deals, amendments, cancellations, assignments and buyouts are authorized by the traders in accordance with the banks Standing Order policies.
- Ensure Front Office personnel input and amend trades in a timely and accurate manner in various Capital Markets systems (e.g. Infinity, Murex, MarkitWire, Bloomberg (VCON) and TradeWeb).
- Actively monitor processes and work flows between the trading desks and the Operations Group to ensure smooth flow of tickets/information (including amendments, assignments, allocations, buyouts and cancellations). Identify and recommend changes to improve efficiencies.
- Monitor the Assignment Mail Box and inform traders to respond to request before within time constrained deadlines. Ensure all assignments are completed with notice to parties involved.
- Ensure Hedge Fund Company deals are captured, re‐allocated, and assigned etc., accurately according to clients and traders’ instructions.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies on Toronto / Toronto and London Internal MTM Reconciliation Report.
- Daily review the MarkitWire vs Infinity/Murex reconciliation reports for SWAP, OIS, Basis Swaps, Fixed/Fixed Swaps, FRA, Cap/Floor, Swaption, ZCIS. Also to review the Clearing reconciliation reports (CME, LCH and JPM If discrepancy is identified), it will be investigated and resolved in the timely manner.
- Optimize and maintain departmental reconciliations e.g. identify issues, requirements, matching rules, custom fields etc. for mitigating risk, adding new products and/or improving processing efficiency in Intellimatch Trade Type Reconciliations and Xceptor.
- Participate in System enhancement/Change request/new business initiatives UAT, identify/troubleshoot issues/bugs and assist with JIRA logging, business requirement documentation, testing and PIV’s.
- Establish strong working relationship with FICC IT, Operations Engineering and OPS partners - collaborate across the organization

**What do you need to succeed?**

**Must‐have**
- High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, ability to learn quickly and handle high volume.
- Work effectively and reliably under pressure with mínimal supervision.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal.
- Excellent PC skills and attention to details.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, including presentation skills.
- Detailed understanding and working knowledge of Capital Markets operational functions, processes and organizational structure.
- Experience with User Acceptance Testing preferably in Infinity and Murex system for Interest Rate Derivatives Trade Lifecycle.
- Relevant industry experience with an emphasis on Interest Rate Derivatives products and market practices
- Naturally analytical with the ability to think outside the box while identifying issues and suggesting solutions.

**Nice‐to‐have**
- Experience/working knowledge of Fixed Income Derivatives products and ISDA terminology.
- Strong understanding of risk concepts and risk management practices.
- Solid working knowledge of various Systems: Murex, Infinity, Swaps Wire/Markit Wire, Bloomberg & TradeWeb.

**What’s in it for you?**

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