Job Title: GBM - Control Operations - Analyst
Duration: 6 months
Location: Salt Lake City, UT , 84101

Summary: 

• Operations is a dynamic, multi-faceted division that partners with all parts of the firm to provide banking, securities, and asset management services to clients around the world.
• In addition, Operations provides essential risk management and controls to preserve and enhance the firm's assets and its reputation.
• For every new product launched and every trade executed, it is Operations that develops and manages the processes and controls that enable business flow.

 Job Duties:

• Deliver banking, sales and trading and asset management capabilities to clients around the world.
• Provide essential risk management and control, preserving and enhancing the Firm's assets and its reputation.
• Manage the risk of multiple functions that span the life cycle of a trade, including oversight of regulatory obligations, payment controls, and exceptions workflow such as ledger reconciliations.
• Partner with Technology to design, build, and operate effective controls in a Straight-through Processing (STP) environment.
• Provide control design expertise and implement the control framework as part of new business/activities and migration to strategic architecture.
• Foster relationships across multiple areas within the Firm including trading desks, operations, technology, legal and compliance departments, and global groups.

Preferred Skills:

• Highly collaborative, flexible, and team-focused with ability to interact effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Previous experience in Operations or a related field a bonus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Effective problem solving and critical thinking skills along with the ability to use discretion and good judgment.
• Competency with MS Suite, especially Excel and the ability to learn multiple programs quickly.
• Capability to prioritize and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly organized individual with attention to detail and excellent follow-through skills.
• Ability to balance tactical and strategic thinking.
• Project management skills.
• Experience with change management or process improvement is a bonus.
• Experience with ledger or other securities reconciliations is a bonus.
• Risk frameworks including regulatory obligations, payments controls, and ledger reconciliation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel including working with macros, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and IF/AND formulas.
• Working in a Straight-through Processing (STP) environment.
• Working with the overall trade booking lifecycle including Pre-Trade, Trade Execution, Trade Clearing, Trade Settlement, and the final stage of Position and Risk Management.
• Business analytics tools including Tableau or Alteryx.

Must Haves:

• Bachelor's degree required.

 

About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
 
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
 
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer. 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $23.00/hr.