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Futures Clearing Operations Analyst

Macquarie Group · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
HybridManagement$70k–$100k/yrFull-time

Join Macquarie’s Futures Clearing Operations team and play a critical role supporting a global commodity and financial futures business. This role offers broad exposure across reconciliations, deliveries, expirations, and regulatory reporting in a fast-paced, high-performing environment, with strong opportunities for career advancement based on performance. We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability.

About the role

You will support futures clearing operations across major global exchanges, including CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, ICE US, and ICE Europe, ensuring accurate and timely end-to-end processing. The role focuses on daily reconciliations of positions, trades, equity, fees, and carry brokers, as well as managing deliveries, expirations, and option activity. You will investigate and resolve discrepancies, support regulatory and exchange reporting, and partner with internal technology teams and external vendors to address system issues. In addition, you will contribute to process improvements, system enhancements, and operational risk mitigation within the clearing function.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in commodity futures or futures clearing operations, with a strong understanding of exchange processing and controls
  • Ability to navigate exchange systems and extract, analyze, and reconcile data across positions, trades, equity, and fees
  • Experience with automated reconciliation systems, including maintenance of static and translation tables
  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve breaks on a same-day basis

Benefits

  • 1 wellbeing leave day per year and a minimum of 25 days of annual leave
  • 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
  • 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
  • Benefits and initiatives to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing such as medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account and dependent day care savings account
  • Life insurance, disability, and other insurance plans; 401(k) and short/long term disability
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioral health network with counseling and coaching services
  • Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
  • Recognition and service awards
  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
  • Reimbursement for work from home equipment

Pay

Salary range for this position: $70,000–$100,000/year. Actual base salary may vary based on relevant experience, time in role, peer and market data, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. The successful candidate may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award.

About Commodities and Global Markets

Commodities and Global Markets is a global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution, and logistics solutions to its diverse client base across Commodities, Financial Markets, and Asset Finance.

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