Operations Associate

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Join our global Operations team as an Operations Analyst in London, supporting the managed account platform and ensuring the integrity of post-trade processes, reconciliations, and external vendor oversight.

Your future role within QRT includes:

• Oversee the third-party vendor platform (Arcesium) FINOP services, ensuring accurate and timely operational delivery
• Perform start-of-day position reconciliations against fund administrators, investigating and resolving breaks promptly
• Conduct T+1 transaction and position reconciliations against prime brokers, identifying and resolving discrepancies
• Manage broker matching processes and ensure alignment across counterparties
• Review and resolve STP trade file exceptions in a timely manner
• Monitor late trade files and follow up with relevant stakeholders to ensure completeness of data
• Manage operational inbox queries, ensuring efficient and accurate resolution
• Support month-end NAV sign-off processes in coordination with fund administrators
• Liaise with external investment managers, prime brokers, fund administrators, and internal teams including Technology and the COO function
• Coordinate the onboarding of new investment managers, including leading calls and managing UAT and parallel testing processes

Your present skillset:

• 3+ years’ experience in an operations or middle office role within a financial institution
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good understanding of multiple asset classes, particularly equities, ETFs, FX, cross-currency swaps, and futures and options; corporate actions knowledge is advantageous
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to work collaboratively across teams
• Experience with the Arcesium platform is advantageous

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.