Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Analyst, Structured Equity Middle Office to join our Financial Markets Operations team in London.
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of the trade lifecycle for complex structured equity and derivative transactions, working at the centre of our Front Office, Product Control, Finance, Technology, Risk and Compliance network. You will play a critical role in ensuring transactions are captured accurately, operational risks are effectively controlled and complex trade issues are resolved before they create financial, regulatory or client impact.
The role offers broad exposure to structured and vanilla Financial Markets products, including equity derivatives, convertible bonds, FX, listed futures and options, and interest-rate derivatives. You will also contribute to new-product launches, booking-model improvements, automation and the continued evolution of our global Financial Markets operating model.
Key Responsibilities
Trade Management and Lifecycle Control
• Trade capture, coordination and lifecycle management of structured and vanilla Financial Markets transactions to maintain complete and reliable transaction records. Products include but not limited to: Equity Derivatives, FX, listed Futures/ Options, Convertible Bond, IR Derivatives.
• Process trade amendments, resets, exercises, novations, terminations and other lifecycle events to ensure timely processing and appropriate control evidence.
• Resolve trade exceptions and reconciliation breaks by coordinating investigation, remediation and escalation across Front Office, Product Control and operations teams.
• Maintain effective controls across electronic and manual trade-processing channels, including relevant confirmation, execution and matching platforms.
Product, Risk and P&L Control
• Apply product, risk and P&L knowledge to identify unusual transaction outcomes, unexplained movements and control exceptions requiring investigation.
• Review trade and position information to detect booking errors, valuation dependencies and lifecycle discrepancies before financial or client impact occurs.
• Coordinate with Front Office, Product Control and Finance to resolve issues affecting positions, P&L attribution and downstream financial information.
• Ensure control responses are proportionate to the complexity and risk characteristics of FX, rates, credit, commodities, equities, money-market and structured products.
Service Delivery and Hub Oversight
• Drive global alignment and consistency of processes under effective Follow the Sun support.
• Monitor service levels, operational errors and recurring exceptions to identify gaps requiring escalation, remediation or additional control.
• Review incident reports, root-cause analysis and mitigation plans to ensure corrective actions are sustainable, scalable and completed within agreed timelines.
• Adapt global operating standards where legitimate local-market or regulatory requirements exist, while minimising unsupported non-standard processes.
Operational Risk, Governance and Regulatory Compliance
• Identify, assess and escalate operational risks arising from trade processing, outsourced services, regulatory reporting and changes to Financial Markets processes.
• Maintain compliance with the Operational Risk Framework, desk operating instructions, change-management requirements and applicable Group and country policies.
• Represent Middle Office Operations in internal, external and regulatory reviews by providing clear control evidence and coordinating timely remediation of findings.
• Oversee service-level reviews, business continuity testing and relevant outsourcing governance to confirm that operational arrangements remain effective and resilient.
Business Enablement and Operational Readiness
• Assess operational readiness for new products, markets, booking models and strategic Financial Markets initiatives before implementation.
• Define processing, control, capacity and service requirements with Front Office, Technology, Risk, Compliance and downstream operations teams.
• Identify operational dependencies and implementation risks early enough to support informed go-live decisions and effective post-implementation monitoring.
• Ensure new or changed processes are supported by appropriate procedures, ownership, training, controls and escalation routes.
Operating Model and Continuous Improvement
• Contribute to global operating standards and target operating model development by identifying opportunities for simplification, standardisation and automation.
• Partner with Technology to improve workflow, data quality and exception management across the transaction lifecycle.
• Influence booking-model improvements with Front Office and control partners to reduce manual intervention, duplicated processing and operational risk.
• Evaluate vendor services and operational arrangements to improve service quality, control effectiveness and lifecycle costs.
Skills and Experience
- Strong knowledge of structured equity products, particularly equity derivatives, and their end-to-end trade lifecycle.
- Sound understanding of trade capture, confirmations, settlements, positions, valuations, risk and P&L dependencies.
- Demonstrated ability to investigate complex trade exceptions, reconciliation breaks and operational incidents.
- Strong risk awareness, with the judgement to identify, assess and escalate control concerns promptly.
- Experience working with Front Office, Product Control, Finance, Technology, Risk, Compliance and geographically dispersed Operations teams.
- Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the confidence to act as a central point of contact for complex operational matters.
- A continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to challenge existing processes and drive practical improvements in efficiency, control and risk reduction.
- Experience supporting new-product approvals, booking-model changes, technology implementations or operational transformation initiatives.
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced Financial Markets environment.
- Resilience, adaptability and a strong sense of ownership when managing time-sensitive or high-risk issues.
Qualifications
- At least five years of relevant experience supporting equity derivatives and managing their associated trade lifecycle.
- Practical experience with Financial Markets systems such as FINIQ, APEX or Murex is highly desirable.
- Previous experience within a regulated banking, financial-services or capital-markets environment.
- Experience operating within a global or regional Middle Office function, ideally under a Follow the Sun service model.
- A degree or equivalent professional experience in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Engineering or another relevant discipline would be advantageous.
- Relevant professional qualifications in financial markets, operations, risk or project management would be beneficial, but are not essential.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, with the ability to analyse operational information and communicate findings clearly.
- Fluency in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills
About Standard Chartered
We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.
Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.
What We Offer
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
- In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global employee assistance programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and self-help toolkits.
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning.
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