About the role
<p>The Middle Office Team at IMC is seeking a Mid-Office Operations Manager; in this dynamic role, you'll drive trade reconciliation and settlement accuracy, swiftly resolve discrepancies, and ensure seamless trade flow across platforms in collaboration with trading and IT teams. As a senior member of the team, you'll serve as a subject matter expert and lead by example; mentoring junior analysts, sharing institutional knowledge, and setting the standard for operational excellence. You'll play a critical part in overseeing the full trade lifecycle, managing accounts, and calculating P&amp;L, all while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and automation in a fast-paced environment.</p> <p><strong><u>Key Accountabilities</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Perform detailed intraday and next-day trade reconciliation, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across all activity</li> <li>Calculate and reconcile daily P&amp;L; manage monthly invoice reconciliation with exchanges, clearing firms, and other counterparties</li> <li>Identify, escalate, and resolve daily trade and settlement breaks; conduct thorough root cause analysis and drive timely corrections at the clearing firm level</li> <li>Own the full understanding of the trade lifecycle, from execution through final settlement, including all associated fees and regulatory considerations</li> <li>Serve as an escalation point for complex operational inquiries related to trade flow, data integrity, and settlement issues</li> <li>Act as a subject matter expert and go-to resource for the team, providing guidance and direction on non-standard or high-priority situations</li> <li>Mentor junior analysts, providing ongoing coaching, knowledge transfer, and performance support to foster a high-performing team culture</li> <li>Liaise between clearing firms and trading operations; oversee the execution of position, trade, and cash transfers</li> <li>Engage regularly with Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Legal teams to ensure alignment on critical operational, regulatory, and risk-related matters</li> <li>Drive cross-departmental initiatives to develop solutions that improve quality, efficiency, and scalability across support functions</li> <li>Monitor high-level account balances and margin/collateral requirements in conjunction with the Risk team</li> <li>Manage and analyze large, complex datasets; develop ad hoc and recurring reports to support operational and business needs</li> <li>Champion an automation-first mindset, proactively identifying inefficiencies and leading initiatives to streamline and improve processes</li> <li>Quickly assess and adopt new tools, procedures, and structures, continuously evaluating opportunities for operational enhancement</li> </ul> <p>