Apex Group Canada | Assistant Manager, Middle Office

Key responsibilities

• This role requires a regular start time of 7:30 a.m. to support business and operational requirements.
• Execute trade capture activities accurately and in a timely manner across fixed income, FX, money market, and futures products.
• Support automated trade processing on a high-volume OTC bond desk.
• Ensure timely and accurate settlement of trades, including booking, instruction, and coordination of securities and cash movements.
• Liaise daily with portfolio managers, counterparties, prime brokers, custodians, administrators, and internal teams to resolve trade capture and settlement issues.
• Investigate and follow up on trade discrepancies, failed trades, and unmatched instructions, ensuring prompt resolution.
• Monitor same-day and high-value trades with heightened focus on accuracy and prioritization.
• Perform day-start and day-end reconciliations and support month-end close processes.
• Provide daily and forward-looking cash projections to portfolio managers and traders.
• Assist with daily risk reporting, end-of-day reporting, and performance attribution.
• Maintain strong understanding of fund portfolios, allocations, and trading strategies.
• Act as the primary point of contact for Front Office for all trading and settlement-related queries.
• Provide trade support and operational guidance to global trading desks.
• Maintain strong relationships with portfolio managers, traders, brokers, and custodians.
• Ensure adherence to financial controls, policies, and procedures; proactively identify process improvement opportunities.
• Track and analyze failed trades and error trends across counterparties and custodians.
• Prepare Front Office statistics, broker metrics, and participate in broker and service review meetings.
• Support monthly and quarterly client reporting with high accuracy.
• Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game.
• Share open orders, corporate action updates, and portfolio insights with stakeholders.

Skills & qualifications

• Strong understanding of equity, fixed income and derivative products, trade lifecycle, and risk management principles.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Candidates must be available to work this schedule on an ongoing basis.

Apex Group Canada

Apex Group Canada is an employer hiring in India (sector: BFSI / Investments / Insurance). In its own words: "We are your single source financial solution provider."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Toronto.

• Industry: BFSI / Investments / Insurance