Structuring Specialist

Structuring Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Structuring Specialist to join a highly respected and forward-thinking financial institution based in London. This role offers you the chance to work at the heart of the ETF industry, supporting a diverse range of products and collaborating with knowledgeable teams across the business.

You will play a pivotal part in ensuring operational efficiency, accuracy, and compliance within a supportive and inclusive environment that values your expertise and encourages professional growth. With flexible working opportunities and access to ongoing training, this is the perfect setting for someone who is passionate about ETFs and eager to make a meaningful impact in a well-established organisation.

What you'll do:

The successful candidate will leverage their experience in related roles to join a highly capable team managing the operations of approximately $30bn in assets under management in over 250 Exchange Traded Products, across a range of asset classes (including equities, commodities, crypto, FX, etc.) and structures (including physically / synthetically backed ETNs and ETFs).

Beyond ensuring the products are performing as intended, the Operations team play a huge role in designing new and innovative products, new product launches, and in driving efficiencies in the product complex through streamlining business processes, automation and effective service provider management.

• Day to day management and/or close oversight of the daily operations of the European product set. This includes overseeing tracking error, validating pricing of various instruments, collateral calculations, and ensuring that accurate information is being disseminated to the market.
• Lead project management & business analysis for various projects including new product launches, product enhancements, and other operational initiatives
• Assisting with product design and structuring, setting up new operational frameworks and business processes internally and with external counterparties
• Managing relationships with key partners (investment managers, administrators, custodians etc.) and liaising with others (exchanges, index providers etc.) as relevant throughout products' life cycle and as issues come up
• Driving efficiencies in the product complex through evaluation of existing business processes, best practices, automation and/or vendor management
• Monitoring operational risk and counterparty risk across the platform, devising and executing plans to reduce risk
• Be an escalation point for issues - troubleshooting issues as wide as portfolio management, issues at any point of the creations/redemptions process, ETP prices or NAVs, information disseminated to the market (e.g., PCFs, index files), drawing on knowledge, experience and excellent judgement
• Be an escalation to resolve complex problems related to prices and NAVs, including NAVs and any key operations information related to the ETF and ETN platforms benchmark index data, PCFs, underlying security pricing for funds, FX rates, collateral, accrued interest, dividends and tracking error.
• Build relationships across internal (product development, portfolio managers, research, finance, legal and compliance) and external (administrators, transfer agents, custodians, designated brokers and approved participants, exchanges, external auditors and data providers) counterparties

What you bring:

• Degree level education, ideally in quantitative subject - mathematics, finance, physics, computer science, engineering etc.
• 7+ years' experience in relevant roles in financial/crypto operations, fund accounting, portfolio management, trade support or product structuring
• Demonstrated ability to understand highly complex products and apply quantitative techniques as part of oversight, including basic financial math (returns / standard deviations, compounding etc.)
• Superior proficiency in Excel is a must, with an ability to analyse large financial data sets in Excel using pivot tables, array functions (index, match, vlookup etc.) etc.
• ETF experience - highly desirable
• Experience with operations of futures, total return swaps and/or structured products - highly desirable
• Experience in managing a team/people, setting objectives and performance evaluations - Desirable
• Experience with crypto operations -desirable
• Breadth of asset class experience (commodities, equities, fixed Income, FX) - desirable

Personal attributes:

• Reliable, diligent, with exceptional attention to detail
• Able to work under tight time frames and balance multiple priorities without compromising accuracy or deadlines
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, team-based environment with a high degree of individual autonomy
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills

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