Equity Swaps Trade Support Analyst recruitment

UBS is a leading global financial services firm. Our Investment Bank is one of the world’s top global investment banking and securities firms, providing a full spectrum of products to institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, government and hedge funds worldwide.

Experienced Trade Support Analyst required to join our within the GSE (Global Synthetic Equity) SPG Swaps Operations function, specifically the Trade Support team which acts as the first point of contact for the Index, Equity Finance and Single stock (swaps) trading desks. Fundamentally the role involves ensuring the timely and accurate capture of trade data within the risk management system, being the most integral part of the trade process flow. The team has day-to-day interaction with the Front Office, other Operations’ areas, BUC, Credit Risk, Market Risk and IT in solving complex problems.

The successful candidate will be supporting the single stock flow (Portfolio and total return swaps) but in future may have the opportunity to rotate into the other Trade Support teams covering the Index or Equity Finance desks. They will be expected to be very adept at picking up new processes and procedures. Over the first 3 months the candidate will be expected to have a good understanding of the risk management system and the front to back processes for these products enabling competent managing and escalation of risk issues. This will be achieved through on the job training and also educational courses with regard to improving their technical knowledge. Diligence, accuracy, teamwork, risk awareness/understanding and being able to cope in a high pressure environment is important. Ability to effectively time manage is also essential.

Day to day responsibilities will include:

Innovative candidates are encouraged due to the large scope for introducing new ideas to improve the procedures and processes within the team and eliminate waste.

Requirements:

We can offer you an exciting, fast-paced working environment, a culture of mutual respect and teamwork and the opportunity to play a vital role in our growth.

If you would like to work for a global organization where individual contribution counts and where your ambitions and abilities can make a difference, please apply for this position. It starts with you.

UBS is an equal opportunity employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.