Middle Office Analyst Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of middle office analyst. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for critical thinking around risk reporting processes, quantification, and analysis of commodity exposure and forward price movements for TGPNA’s multi-products trading activities.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Strong proficiency with SQL and/or VBA
• Excellent Excel skills & Basic VBA knowledge
• Prior work experience involving direct interaction with Traders / Front Office
• Familiarity with job functions and processes in derivatives trading
• Middle Office works closely with Technology and other Operation Teams
• Accounting specialist
• Treasury Analyst
• External auditor

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the middle office analyst position.

Previously, I was responsible for support to Front Office in the process of booking of new derivative transactions.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Multi-tasking requests from several clients while providing superior client service
• Pro-active approach to generating solutions to day to day and longer term technical problems
• Knowledge of corporate loan and/or CLO asset classes
• Identifying and driving improvements to existing processes
• Proactive, assertive and will take ownership of business functions and processes
• Strong analytical and research capabilities
• Solid knowledge/experience in banking operations
• Result oriented, deadline driven, self-motivated

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the middle office analyst position.

Previously, I was responsible for critical thinking around risk reporting processes, quantification, and analysis of commodity exposure and forward price movements for multi-products trading activities.

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

• Knowledge of Post Trade Execution/Matching/Settlement functions
• Knowledge of legacy and/or strategic Middle Office application stack
• Prior work experience with tools like Jira, MPP
• Will require excellent working knowledge of the all applicable trading systems utilized by the various FICC departments
• Due diligence and high attention to detail are paramount
• Knowledge of the LSTA standards
• Experience with ClearPar
• Detail-oriented and organized with excellent communication and client service skills

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the middle office analyst position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for investment recommendations and trading ideas on an ongoing basis for country under coverage including USD sovereign, local bond and foreign exchange markets.

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

• Detailed knowledge and experience of systems functionality core to oil trading or other physical commodities
• Deep understanding of the data flows between systems upstream and downstream of the Middle Office applications
• Experience of the full software delivery lifecycle and exposure to Agile development environments
• Experience in toolsets for handling requirements, for example, JIRA, SharePoint, HP Quality Centre, Microsoft TFS
• Deep understanding of business process, in particular relating to Commodity Risk/Product Control
• Foundation or ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis
• Knowledge in post trade processing and settlements
• Sound understanding and knowledge of Treasury, Treasury Accounting (including IFRS topics) and related matters

I am excited to be applying for the position of middle office analyst. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for consultancy service & expert advice to clients on Trade products - involves the TFS or Doc Trade Specialists if necessary.

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

• Basic understanding of vanilla financial products (equities most important, corporate bonds, US treasuries, options)
• Detail oriented, self-driven, focused, trustworthy, motivated team player
• Microsoft Excel intermediate to advanced user (macros, pivot tables and formulas)
• Basic understanding of syndicated bank loans, fixed income securities, securitization, trading or mutual funds
• Strong background in Commodity Finance
• Develop a good understanding of the key risk and liquidity metrics and model scenarios used by a financial institution to manage its interest rate risk and liquidity exposure
• Stay connected to changes in the industry and the regulatory landscape as they apply to liquidity and interest rate risk
• Interact with senior executives and external regulators on a frequent basis