Financial Analyst OTC

Location: Chicago, IL,

Industry: Finance & Investment

Company: Leading risk management company with widest range of benchmark futures and options products available on any exchange View company name

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Job Description

We serve the risk management needs of customers around the globe. We provide the widest range of benchmark futures and options products available on any exchange, covering all major asset classes, including interest rates, equities, FX, commodities, and alternative investments such as weather and real estate. Our vision is one of ongoing global growth, innovative product development, continually enhanced technology and the highest level of service available on any exchange.

Job Description:
Position will specialize on projects related to OTC initiatives including but not limited to credit default swaps, OTC FX, and gold as margin collateral. Daily work will require firm maintenance and set-up in our ONA system and monitoring bank fees in bank/custody accounts dedicated for 30.7 activity, approval of currency movements affecting all of these specialized accounts. Risk Management skills will be utilized to monitor all collateral programs which support OTC activity. This position combines many different aspects of the Clearing House including risk management, systems, financial, and trading operations knowledge. This cross section knowledge base will provide a new hire with a composite view of clearing and how it operates in the OTC environment.

Requirements:
- Person must have a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting.
- Candidate must have excellent research and quantitative skills.
- As there will be multiple projects going on simultaneously, organizational skills must be solid.
- Person must be able to interact with programmers, firm personnel, mutual fund companies and banks on a daily basis.
- Experience with banking relationships, OTC and/or Prime Broker experience.
- We require a candidate with significant experience with OTC and Prime Brokerage collateral programs, issues and processing.
- We expect this candidate to be the Financial Unit subject matter expert on collateral pertaining to OTC products and clients.