Middle Office Specialist

As a Middle Office professional at ThoughtFocus, you will be responsible for daily transaction management, security master creation and management, reference data management, and asset servicing across various asset classes. Your role will involve assisting project POCs in onboarding clients onto the platform from the middle office perspective, defining scope, integrating with clients" OMS, conducting testing, obtaining proper sign-offs, and establishing workflows. You will also handle day-to-day operations, including exceptions resolution and timely responses to various stakeholders. In this position, you will collaborate with client ops teams, investment managers, and data vendors to resolve day-to-day exceptions and develop strategic initiatives. You will consult with internal functions like pricing and trade accounting to address discrepancies and internal queries. Additionally, creating and maintaining documentation of new and existing workflows will be part of your responsibilities. Your hands-on experience should include trade life cycle management, trade booking, trade affirmation, trade reconciliation, and P&L reporting. You should have a strong understanding of financial products such as equities, fixed income, and derivatives like futures, options, and swaps. To excel in this role, you should possess 3-7 years of experience in the financial services industry with a deep knowledge of financial products across asset classes. An MBA and/or CFA qualification is preferred. You should have a comprehensive understanding of the trade life cycle stages, data sources like Refinitiv and Bloomberg, and experience in integrating with different trade execution systems. Strong analytical, critical thinking, and attention to detail skills are essential, along with the ability to take initiative and think independently. Effective communication, organizational skills, and the ability to work under pressure are crucial. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and SQL is required, and experience in VBA/Python is advantageous.,