Middle Office Specialist [NAM Shift]

Who We Are:
Millennium Management is a global investment management firm founded in 1989 that manages approximately $73 billion in assets.  Millennium has more than 2,300 employees with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Over the last 25+ years, our mission has remained constant: to deliver the alternative investment industry’s highest quality returns to our investors, and to maintain a commitment to our principles of integrity, discipline and excellence.

Summary:

• Millennium is seeking a driven and detail-oriented operations specialist to join our Operations team. 

• This position will offer exposure to various markets and the opportunity to work between several teams globally in the firm as well as directly with

• portfolio managers and our Prime Brokers.

• The successful candidate will have the initiative to seek out opportunities to work on strategic projects and be able to manage them through completion, with a focus on process improvement and efficiency.

• They will also be on a small team with broad product exposure to various bond products, including domestic and other non-dollar.
   

Principal Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain relationships with firm counterparties.

• Reconciliation of trading affirmation/confirmation platforms for T0 matching to ensure all breaks are cleared and accounted for on a daily basis.

• Research/Resolve breaks for Rates/Credit/FX/Equity derivative products and escalate to resolve on a daily basis with Millennium trading desk and portfolio managers.

• Work closely with Global Middle Office and Operations.

• Provide a daily report EOD for all outstanding items.

• Onboarding of new brokers on to the T0 matching platforms.
   

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Strong product and working knowledge of either two
  products-Rates, Credit, FX and Equity Derivatives.

• Undergraduate degree in a business-related discipline
  (finance, economics, accounting, etc.)

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with PM’s and brokers.

• Ability to work independently.

• Proficiency with Excel.

• Well- organized, detail- oriented; able to multi-task and keep track of various deadlines.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Working knowledge and experience with CTM.