Senior Trade Operations Analyst (contract)

About the Role

BNY is seeking a Senior Trade Operations Analyst to support the review, processing, and reconciliation of physical trade settlement activities. This role is responsible for reviewing cash, position, and market value sheets, coordinating access to required applications, identifying and escalating discrepancies, and ensuring daily and monthly tasks are completed accurately and on time. The ideal candidate will bring strong trade settlements or operations experience, excellent attention to detail, sound decision-making skills, and the ability to work effectively in a structured, highly controlled environment handling physical certificates. This role is based in Jersey City, NJ and requires 5 days onsite per week.

Responsibilities

• Review and process physical settlement transactions, including trades involving physical certificates and related documentation.
• Read, comprehend, and interpret various settlement and certificate documents to determine requirements and ensure proper handling.
• Gather required information from multiple applications and internal contacts to complete market value reconciliations and related control processes.
• Review cash, position, and market value sheets, identify discrepancies, and escalate issues to senior team members immediately.
• Ensure all daily and monthly responsibilities are completed on time while maintaining peer checks across team processes.
• Work closely with client service representatives, reconciliation teams, controllers, and senior managers to resolve questions and obtain required information.
• Bring fresh ideas to improve workflows, reduce manual effort, and identify opportunities to enhance processes using digital and AI-enabled tools.
• Help ensure team members have access to the applications required to perform their responsibilities effectively.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in trade settlements, securities operations, or related financial services operations roles.
• Strong understanding of trade flow, trade processing, and settlement operations.
• Experience working with physical certificates and/or documentation-heavy operational processes.
• Proven ability to identify discrepancies, exercise sound judgment, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in a control-focused environment.
• Experience coordinating across multiple stakeholders and teams to complete operational tasks.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in business, finance, or a related field.

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with bonds, stock powers, incumbency certificates, or similar financial documentation.
• Experience supporting market value reconciliations, cash and position reviews, or similar control functions.
• Exposure to process improvement, workflow enhancement, or automation initiatives using AI.

Why Join Us

This role offers the opportunity to join a specialized physical settlements team performing critical operational work within BNY. It is an excellent opportunity for an experienced operations professional who enjoys detail-oriented work, stakeholder coordination, and process improvement in a collaborative environment. BNY is recognized as a top destination for innovators and champions of inclusion, where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent.

Recent awards include:

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Pay

Pay rate range: 36 - 45 USD hourly.

This posting is for a contract assignment with Tundra Technical Solutions to provide services to Bank of New York (BNY). Candidates selected for this role will be engaged as contractors for the specified duration of the project.

Benefits

Optional benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits via Tundra Technical Solutions.