Bank Of America Markets Support Analyst 

United States, New York, New York 

708687290

This job is responsible for providing operational support for securities, loans, exchange traded derivatives and over the counter derivatives across multiple lines of business through the lifecycle of a trade. Key responsibilities include handling trading and operational activities before deadlines, maintaining internal systems and providing operational support to internal partners. Job expectations include maintaining a high degree of accuracy with customers and data to ensure compliance with regulations and policies.

Responsibilities:

• Perform critical operational functions including reconciliations, equity swaps and derivatives lifecycle management, corporate action processing, trade allocations and amendments
• Responsible for the analysis and resolution of a wide variety of complex products that may require special handling or exception reporting
• Manage ad hoc requests from trading, sales and client(s) with tight timelines
• Collaborate across Global Markets teams (ops, trading, sales, risk, credit, COOs, legal, compliance, technology) to resolve issues quickly and minimize risk impact
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities to increase efficiencies, reduce risk and support strategic initiatives
• Partner with global peers in to ensure seamless and consistent global front to back support model and best practices
• Leverage understanding of the performance drivers for the GBAM businesses to create value add analysis and lead strategic insights
• Maintain trading book, instrument, firm and client reference data

Required Qualifications:

• Attention to detail and a control mindset
• Intellectually curious, takes initiative, and operates with urgency
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and MS Office suite
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to multi-tasking and work in a high pressured environment
• Demonstrated ability to drive change and tasks to completion
• Excellent written and verbalcommunication/presentationskills

Desired Qualifications:

• Enthusiastic, keen to learn and quick to gain an understanding of complex issues and concepts
• Understands operational activities related to Trade Support functions
• Bachelor degree or substantially equivalent business experience required
• General knowledge of operational processing and risk control skills including the ability to build well-controlled spreadsheets and source appropriate and meaningful data
• Self-starter with outstanding problem solving skills. Excels at ‘getting things done’ with minimal direction.
• Take responsibility for delivering high quality work
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, team-oriented environment – both work closely with senior members of the team and work independently

Other Qualifications:

• Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions
• Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward
• Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs – is a continuous learner
• Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change.
• Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base
• Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world

Skills:

• Collaboration
• Customer and Client Focus
• Oral Communications
• Prioritization
• Active Listening
• Adaptability
• Business Acumen
• Client Management
• Data Collection and Entry