Job Description
Acuity is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Middle Office Specialists for Credit Market Operations team in Bangalore. The ideal candidate will have 5 to 8 years of experience in middle office trade operations. Acting as the strategic and operational link between the Middle and Front Office. The Credit Markets Middle Office Analyst supports new-business onboarding, resolves client and internal requests, mitigates operational risks, and improves efficiency through process and technology enhancements.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Serve as a cross-functional liaison between Global Banking Operations, Global Markets Operations, and the Front Office, ensuring seamless coordination, effective communication, and timely resolution of operational dependencies across business lines.
• Act as the Operations Coordinator for any New Product or New activity, leading operational due-diligence, control assessments, workflow design, and readiness checks to ensure smooth onboarding of new products, trading strategies, and market expansions.
• Function as the primary Operations point of contact for client, Front Office, and business-unit requests by providing timely responses, addressing operational queries, and ensuring high-quality service delivery across the trade lifecycle.
• Identify operational risk incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, implement remediation plans, and escalate issues in accordance with internal risk frameworks, ensuring strong governance and enhanced control environments.
• Monitor, assess, and leverage the Front Office risk-monitoring tool to proactively detect emerging operational risks, highlight anomalies, and support timely mitigation actions.
• Support P&L integrity by investigating booking discrepancies, reconciling trade and position data, and collaborating with Global Banking Operations and Front Office teams to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Demonstrated expertise in Credit and Loan products—including ABS, CLOs, Fund Finance, Syndicated Loans, and Credit Trading—with strong product fluency considered mandatory.
• 5–8 years of experience within Credit Markets Operations and/or Securitization, with working knowledge of underwriting, origination, and syndication workflows for Loans, CDS, and bespoke credit structures, as well as exposure to Billing and Delivery processes.
• Hands-on experience with Credit trading systems such as Summit (for Credit Bonds, Loans, CDS trade capture and risk), with additional familiarity in ClearPar and Loan IQ shall be considered a significant advantage.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities with a record of mitigating operational risk, complemented by strong communication and relationship-management skills to collaborate effectively with Front Office, clients, and cross-functional support teams.
Key competencies
• 5 to 8 years of experience in middle trade operations, with exposure to Fixed Income products
• The position requires the FINRA Series 99 license, which certifies competency in operational areas such as client onboarding, account maintenance, trade settlement, custody of assets, and the completion of regulatory and financial reporting obligations.
• A high level of capital markets business maturity and professionalism
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deliver under pressure.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Detail-oriented with a strong emphasis on accuracy and efficiency.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and with other departments.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
Location: Bangalore/ Gurgaon
