Orla Rose Associates
Senior Trade Support & Settlements Analyst
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Senior Trade Support & Settlements Analyst
Location: London
Working pattern: Predominantly office-based
Hours: 7:30am–5:30pm
The Opportunity
We are working with a leading London-based brokerage looking to appoint an experienced Senior Trade Support & Settlements Analyst.
This is a broad, hands-on position supporting the firm’s Sales & Trading, Market Making and Corporate Finance teams. You will help ensure trades are captured, confirmed and settled correctly throughout the equity order lifecycle.
Alongside day-to-day trade support and settlements, you will take responsibility for front-office platform administration, FIX and RSP connectivity, system testing, reconciliations and process improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer the Fidessa front-office trading platform.
- Support users across order execution, trade capture, market making, RSP, position keeping, dividends and corporate transactions.
- Administer and test inbound and outbound FIX order and RSP connectivity.
- Test Fidessa and back-office platform upgrades and enhancements.
- Identify opportunities to improve controls, processes and operational efficiency.
- Ensure trades are accurately captured with the correct taxes and levies.
- Manage trade allocations and confirmations through email, CTM and AMS.
- Investigate and resolve trade exceptions, unmatched items and settlement failures.
- Maintain counterparty and instrument static data.
- Reconcile positions and P&L between front and back-office systems.
- Liaise directly with clients regarding unmatched and failing trades.
- Manage user access and market-data permissions across front-office systems.
- Escalate operational, regulatory or compliance issues when required.
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Skills and Experience
- A minimum of 5–7 years’ experience within financial services.
- Strong experience across trade support, settlements or brokerage operations.
- Detailed, hands-on knowledge of Fidessa.
- A working knowledge of back-office settlement platforms and CTM.
- Strong understanding of the full equity order and settlement lifecycle.
- Good knowledge of financial markets and relevant products.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management ability.
- High attention to detail and the ability to manage competing deadlines.
- A proactive and collaborative approach suited to a small, busy team.
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Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established brokerage in a varied role offering exposure across the complete equity trade lifecycle.
You will work closely with front-office teams, take ownership of key trading systems and play an important role in improving the firm’s operational processes and controls.
To find out more, please contact:
Danny Brady
danny.brady@orlaroseassociates.co.uk
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