Middle Office Specialist

Responsibilities

• Crypto Settlements: Manage the settlement process for digital assets; this involves direct communication with counterparties to agree on settlement figures and coordinating the settlement of assets
• Operational Risk Management: Maintain an extreme level of attention to detail to mitigate risks, ensuring zero errors in high-value transactions that directly impact the firm's PnL.
• Inventory management: Working closely with the traders to ensure inventory is being distributed for maximum efficiency across our trading venues
• Trade Lifecycle Management: Manage end-to-end middle office operations for equities (single stocks and ETFs), options, futures, and FX. Be able to execute complex reconciliations, settlements, and the management of corporate actions and dividends.
• New Initiatives & Process Development: Assist in the design, creation, implementation and improvement of robust operational workflows and controls
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Trading, Finance, Compliance, and Legal teams to identify and act on regulatory implications across multiple products
• Adhoc tasks: Answering trade queries internally and externally

Hard skills requirements

• BSc in business/finance/quantitative subjects
• 3+ years of experience in Middle Office/Trade Operations function in a financial services company with high-volume and complex operations (multiple products, multiple geographies, financial regulations); experience in an hft/market making business is a significant advantage
• Excellent Excel skills
• Proven experience in process improvement
• Strong interest in trading and a curiosity about blockchain, crypto, and DeFi

Strong Preference to have:

• Experience with databases/SQL/reading and writing simple Python scripts would be a significant advantage
• Deep practical knowledge of traditional financial instruments, including equities, options, futures, and FX
• Series 99 license
• Professional crypto experience

Other Requirements

• Have an owner mentality: take ownership of tasks and projects.
• A drive to understand the business beyond own role to add value to the overall business.
• Keen to get involved with the different areas of Middle Office; you should be comfortable working in a very non-hierarchical organization without necessarily having direct reports.
• Determined, ambitious yet humble, willing to work hard and learn on the way.
• Like meritocracy and being judged by what you deliver.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset; prepared to work non-standard working hours when necessary (since we are a pivotal player in the crypto markets that don’t stop 24/7).
• Like working in the team collaborative environment.

Here is why you should join our dynamic team

• Opportunity to work at the world's leading algorithmic trading firm in digital assets.
• Engaging projects offering accelerated responsibilities and ownership growth compared to traditional finance environments.
• A vibrant working culture with team events, celebrations and company wide team building events.
• A cool office in the heart of New York City which often hosts some of the leading industry events.
• Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet with a startup vibe, collaborative and entrepreneurial.
• A performance-based compensation with a significant earning upside alongside standard perks like private medical insurance

Note

• Please ensure you are eligible to work in the US, at the moment Wintermute USA is unfortunately not able to sponsor US visas; if visa is a consideration for you, feel free to apply to the UK or Singapore offices where we offer visas and potential longer term reallocation to the US.