Operations Specialist, Futures & Options

The role

This senior role provides critical support to trading desks within the Futures & Options group. You will manage end-to-end post-trade workflows and oversee key operational processes across the trade lifecycle.

What you will do

• Managing end-to-end post-trade workflows for Futures & Options across exchanges
• Performing trade booking, allocations, and give-ups
• Monitoring and resolving unmatched trades, block allocations, and give-up mismatches
• Handling lifecycle events including expiries, exercises, assignments and corporate actions
• Reconciling positions and transactions versus clearing brokers, fund administrators, and internal systems
• Liaising with trading desks, Treasury, Risk, Compliance, and COO teams
• Partnering with brokers, exchanges, and vendors to improve workflows
• Supporting process improvements and automation initiatives

Required qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Futures & Options Operations / Listed Derivatives trade support, from either the buy side or sell side
• Strong knowledge of F&O trade lifecycle, including trade capture, clearing, allocations, give-ups, matching, settlement, expiries, exercises, and assignments
• Hands-on reconciliation experience across positions, cash, fees, and margin
• Strong understanding of clearing and settlement processes
• Exposure to corporate actions and lifecycle events impacting listed derivatives
• Driven and self-motivated to problem solve, streamline workflows, and contribute to automation initiatives

Benefits

• Initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance

About the company

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager. It is a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing.