Orla Rose Associates
Trading Assistant
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Trading Assistant
London | Global Brokerage | Front Office Exposure
Get Closer to the Trading Desk
If you're currently working in Trade Support, Middle Office or Operations and want to move closer to the trading floor, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. We're recruiting a Trading Assistant to join the London office of a leading global brokerage. You'll work directly alongside experienced traders, supporting live trading activity every day across multiple asset classes in a fast-paced, institutional environment.
This isn't a traditional operations role where you're removed from the action. You'll sit close to the trading desk, become involved in the day-to-day flow of the markets and gain exposure that few operational roles can offer.
For someone with ambitions of progressing onto a trading desk in the future, this is an exceptional platform to build your career.
What You'll Be Working On
You'll support trading activity across a range of institutional products including:
- Interest Rate Swaps (IRS)
- Foreign Exchange (FX)
- Fixed Income / Bonds
- Listed Derivatives (Futures & Options)
Working closely with traders, clients, banks and prime brokers, you'll gain exposure to the complete trade lifecycle while developing an excellent understanding of how global financial markets operate.
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The Role
As a Trading Assistant you'll become a key member of the desk, responsible for ensuring trades flow accurately from execution through to settlement while supporting traders in real time.
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the trading desk with live trade capture and trade lifecycle management
- Monitoring trade flow from execution through to settlement
- Reconciling and allocating trades across IRS, FX, Bonds and Listed Derivatives
- Investigating and resolving trade discrepancies
- Working directly with institutional clients on allocations and settlement queries
- Liaising with banks, custodians, counterparties and prime brokers
- Assisting with cash, funding and position management
- Monitoring contract expiries and lifecycle events
- Helping improve operational workflows and trading desk efficiency
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who is ambitious, commercially aware and eager to build a long-term career within financial markets.
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You'll ideally have:
- At least 1 year's experience in Trade Support, Middle Office or Operations
- Exposure to one or more of the following products:
- Interest Rate Swaps (IRS)
- FX
- Bonds
- Futures & Options
- Experience supporting institutional trading activity
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- A proactive attitude and desire to work in a fast-moving trading environment
Why Apply?
This is far more than another operations role.
You'll be:
- Working directly alongside experienced traders every day
- Gaining genuine front-office exposure
- Learning multiple institutional asset classes
- Building relationships with traders, banks, brokers and institutional clients
- Developing an exceptional understanding of global financial markets
- Joining a business where your contribution has a direct impact on the trading desk
If you're looking for a role that offers genuine progression and a clear pathway towards the front office, opportunities like this don't come around often.
Apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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