Derivative Operations Analyst

Summary: Athene is a company dedicated to providing more for its customers and financial professionals. The Derivative Operations Analyst will be responsible for supporting derivative middle-office trade functions, managing data, and ensuring legal compliance while collaborating with various internal and external partners. Responsibilities: - Work closely with Derivative Portfolio Management, Derivative Trading, Legal, Treasury, and Investment Accounting to support end-to-end trade processing and data management for a variety of derivative products - Work closely with foreign and domestic investment banks to manage settlements associated with derivative trade events, margin requirements, cash management, and collateral - Perform data management functions to ensure appropriate flow of data into internal trade execution and booking platforms, and downstream to accounting, reporting, and other partner platforms - Review and reconcile trade bookings and legal trade documentation to ensure trades flow correctly for confirmation or to downstream systems - Lead all aspects of third-party providers, analyzing sophisticated issues, and coordinating with them to resolve any issues which arise - Handle legal-document trading agreements; understanding differences among ISDAs, CSAs, MCAs and associated agreements across different legal entities and trading partners - Develop and enhance a culture of prudent risk management within the team, and wider organization - Depending on experience, this role may have an additional focus on FX/Swap pre and post-trade activity, which includes managing FX affirmations and settlements via third-party applications such as CLS TradeMonitor and/or GTSS Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree (in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field) or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience required - 1+ year of investment operations experience, preferred - Expert knowledge of Excel required - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Superb work ethic, highly detail-oriented, well-organized, assertive, self-motivated, and able to effectively prioritize in a fast-paced environment Preferred Qualifications: - Knowledge of and prior experience with Derivative post-trade workflows, preferred - Experience using MarkitWire/MTM, triResolve, Acadia, PAM/PFI, and/or GTSS, preferred - VBA/SQL experience a plus Required Skills: Derivative post-trade workflows, MarkitWire/MTM, Excel Important Skills: VBA, SQL, Investment operations experience Nice-to-Have Skills: Self-motivated Benefits: Discretionary bonus plan, Variable sales incentive