Middle Officer Support Trading Equity

Job summary

Summary:

Candidate will join Capital Markets Operations (CMO), which has global responsibility for all operational support functions (MO and BO) dedicated to market activities. Within CMO, the Markets Middle Offices (CMM) are responsible for controlling the booking of transactions in CACIB's Front Office and Back Office tools and for managing the transaction lifecycle.

The Capital Markets Middle Office scope includes:

Trading & Sales Support Middle Office
Collateral Middle Office
Securitization Middle Office
FO to BO Processing & Reconciliation Middle Office
Fees & Brokerage Middle Office

Tasks And Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of a Middle Officer in Equity Trading Support fall within the scope of providing support for Strategic Equity Trading, Equity Investment Solutions, and Global Repo and Indexing activities.

This includes the following activities:

Corporate Investment Solutions
Convertible Bonds
Equity Investment Solutions
Equity Finance and Delta One

1) Level 1 & 2 Controls

Control of transaction modeling initiated by the Front Office in the SOPHIS FO application
Control and validation of deals before issuance, by linking the order book and term sheet (System: Sophis)
Monitoring and validation of invoices
Liaison between the Front Office, Operations (MO/BO/Cross-functional), and IT Support
Monitoring of Front Office to Back Office breaks reported by other teams in the chain
Participation and support for continuous improvement and process optimization projects (specifications, user testing, process documentation) in collaboration with project teams, IT teams, and management

2) Data. Reference Data, and Lifecycle

Monitoring and management of the market data reference data (Stocks, indices, proprietary indices, Third Parties, calendars) with internal or external providers)
Monitoring and control of the reference data for listed Derivatives products (Options and futures)
Coordination with BO payment teams for margin call settlements
Tracking, calculation, and validation of events impacting the lifecycle of a structured product (coupons, Corporate Actions, early partial closure, early exercise, maturity, notional changes, etc.)
Maintaining on-call duty before market opening and after closing to ensure accurate reflection of market information in our systems
Modeling and booking of Corporate Actions in the Front Office system

Candidate Criteria

+3 yrs experience in MO Equity trading support
Prior experience with Equity Derivatives market products is required: Mandatory theoretical and operational knowledge of Equity Derivatives (Vanilla and Structured)

Candidate criteria
Minimal education level
Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Level of minimal experience
3-5 years

Experience

Working Experience Required:

+5 years
Required skills

Competencies Required:

Client relationship management
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Solution- and customer-oriented mindset
Proactivity
Organizational skills, methodical approach, rigor, and priority management
Active listening and ability to step back
Capacity to cooperate and propose improvements (preferred)
Technical skills required

Technical Skills Required:

Experience with Equity products
Strong knowledge of Excel (functions, macros, VBA)
Good knowledge of Office tools (Word, Excel, VBA)
Analytical skills
English fluent; French is a plus

Technical Skills Desired:

Knowledge of Sophis
Languages
English