Vice President Fixed income Middle Office - Hedge Fund
Phaxis · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
HybridFinanceFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure timely and accurate trade capture across systems
- Partner directly with traders and portfolio managers to support trade flow and resolve issues
- Monitor trade matching/affirmation and validate key economic details
- Manage post-trade activity including amendments, lifecycle events, and exception handling
- Collaborate with internal teams (front office, operations, technology) and external counterparties
- Support trade allocation, confirmation, and settlement processes
- Engage with custodians and counterparties on events and discrepancies
- Escalate and resolve breaks impacting trading or reporting
- Help maintain accurate risk and position data across platforms
- Serve as a control point for trade integrity and operational risk
- Identify inefficiencies and work with technology teams to implement automation
- Contribute to strengthening workflows, controls, and documentation
- Support intraday and end-of-day P&L reporting accuracy
- Analyze P&L drivers, including market movements and trading activity
- Affiliate in daily P&L validation and pricing review
Qualifications
- ~4+ years of experience in financial services, ideally within middle office or trade support
- Strong exposure to fixed income products (rates and derivatives preferred)
- Solid understanding of the end-to-end trade lifecycle
- Experience interacting directly with trading desks and external counterparties
- Familiarity with P&L reporting and valuation processes
- Proficiency in Excel and market data tools (e.g., Bloomberg)
- Interest in automation and process improvement; Python or similar skills are a plus
- Strong communication skills and ability to operate in a front office-facing environment