Trade Support Associate Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for trade support associate, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for equity and fixed income trade support services for Northern Trust’s Securities Lending program.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Comfortable in diverse situations
• Good knowledge of derivatives products
• Demonstrated initiative and ownership of issue resolution
• Exposure to Prime Brokerage / hedge funds industry / derivatives products / Margin or Collateral preferred
• Good interpersonal skills with the confidence to deal with senior internal clients & join a team of experienced professionals
• Product knowledge across equities and derivatives essential
• Computer literate and familiar with most packages and Excel skills an advantage
• Manual processing of trades and trade exception management

I would like to submit my application for the trade support associate opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for fixed Income trade support services for Northern Trust’s Securities Lending program.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Self-starter, highly motivated and driven
• Will execute short term fx rolls and repos and gain valuable trading experience
• Strong Excel and VBA, Python skills
• Strong knowledge and understanding of products such as cash equities, equity and index options, equity and index futures, convertible debentures, ETFs, and warrants, processes and controls
• Experience of leading/supporting new business or market initiatives, from analysis through to execution
• Essential in a close team where each member will cover another in their absence
• Knowledge of loan transfer documentation and loan settlements preferred but not essential
• Strong communication skills both oral and written, has confidence speaking to external clients

I am excited to be applying for the position of trade support associate. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for industry leadership and advocacy engagement for clearing related regulatory initiatives, engaging ISDA, FIA, global regulatory bodies and other industry associations.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Knowledge of Trade settlements & reconciliation
• Knowledge of swift and payment function
• Good Knowledge of Reconciliation between product systems and General Ledger
• Relevant work experience within Fixed Income products and related fields
• Fixed Income Securities process, risk management and related regulatory expertise
• Previous managerial/leadership experience managing a small team would be an advantage
• Understanding of Equity and/or Fixed Income markets from trade execution through to settlement
• Knowledge of current regulatory and market initiatives impacting Asset Management would be an advantage

I am excited to be applying for the position of trade support associate. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for guidance for the Exception Pricing Approval process for securities-based lending products in accordance with Pricing Exception Guidelines.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Demonstrable solid understanding of cash, loan and derivative instruments and market dynamics preferably to include credit as an asset class
• Previous experience of Trade support preferred
• Experience dealing with Sales & Trading (demanding internal stakeholders)
• An awareness of the current regulatory environment (EMIR, CFTC and MIFIDII)
• At least six months of experience in domestic or international bond settlements and/or Euroclear
• Knowledge of securities market
• Understanding of payments and reconciliations
• Detail oriented with excellent numerical/analytical skills

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the trade support associate position.

Previously, I was responsible for regulatory support, guidance and expertise to internal groups to ensure that all applicable regulatory requirements are considered and appropriately incorporated into development programs and that products (primary care) are developed in compliance with appropriate regulations and guidelines.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Attention to detail and control orientated
• Investment Banking/Financial Services background, including FX, FX Options, Rates products
• Experience of Financial Regulations an advantage
• Basic knowledge of fund accounting/booking for Pension and Toshin funds
• Able to network with internal stakeholder community to foster relationships across locations
• MS Word, Excel, Power Point are necessary
• Basic knowledge of Asset Management business
• MS ACCESS, MS Excel Macro