Trade Support Specialist
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
- A postgraduate qualification, such as an MBA or a master's degree in finance or economics, is required.
- At least 8 years of trade affirmation or operations experience is required.
- Strong knowledge of Excel is required.
- Effective spoken and written English is required.
- The candidate must be able to escalate issues appropriately.
- The candidate must be able to prioritize under pressure and manage multiple time-sensitive tasks.
- The candidate must build strong working relationships with onshore teams, traders, portfolio managers, and counterparties.
- Deep understanding of assigned products is required.
- Break investigation, root-cause analysis, and strong comprehension of trade capture workflows and the trade lifecycle are required.
- The candidate must be able to design workflow improvements and automation opportunities and partner with Technology.
- Validate trade booking accuracy across T0 affirmation platforms using broker confirmations, electronic feeds, and Order Management Systems.
- Resolve T0 mismatches, discrepancies, and missing trades in collaboration with onshore teams, portfolio managers, traders, and counterparties.
- Ensure books and records reflect executed trade economics.
- Perform daily control checks for completeness, accuracy, duplicate detection, and other booking controls.
- Work closely with Onshore Trade Support, Middle Office, Funds Finance, traders, and portfolio managers.
- Liaise directly with external brokers, counterparties, affirmation platforms, and vendors.
- Identify recurring breaks and broker patterns, and propose workflow enhancements.
- Support automation initiatives using Excel, VBA, Python, SQL, straight-through processing improvements, and platform optimization.
- Serve as the subject-matter expert for the product set and affirmation platforms, overseeing work performed by associates and analysts.
- Lead the daily T0 control process for the assigned asset class, including query and chat management.
- Act as a key escalation point for the onshore team, desks, and counterparties.
- Oversee the daily control environment and ensure a zero-break mindset.
- Participate in new business and product onboarding, projects, and testing.
- Affirm trades on T0 using Prime-Broker Affirmation Systems and Traiana Harmony.
- Book FX spot, forward, swap, non-deliverable forward, vanilla option, and exotic option trades.
- Liaise with traders and portfolio managers to ensure non-USD cash balances are rolled in a timely manner.
- Process daily option expiries.
- Understand settlement systems such as SWIFT and CLS.
- Understand profit-and-loss drivers such as forward points and interest rate differentials.
- Knowledge of Python, SQL, or VBA is desirable.
- Willingness to learn multiple asset classes is desirable.
About the company
Brevan Howard is a global alternative investment management firm focused on global macro strategies. It manages assets for institutional clients such as sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, foundations, and endowments. The company uses a team of over 200 professionals, including 60 portfolio managers, to analyze macroeconomic trends and make investment decisions across asset classes (e.g., currencies, interest rates, equities, and commodities) for clients worldwide. It differentiates itself through its sizable, specialized macro team and wide international presence with offices in London, New York, Geneva, Jersey, Hong Kong, Edinburgh, and Singapore. The goal is to provide institutional investors with access to macro-driven investment strategies and to manage their assets to meet their long-term objectives.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$2.4B
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2002
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Brevan Howard Digital led TrueDAO's $10 million financing in July 2026.
- BH Digital backed Superstate and TRM Labs in 2025, keeping dealflow active.
- Golchin now runs the flagship Master Fund, concentrating proven macro talent.
What critics are saying
- BH Digital lost 29.5% in 2025, its worst year since launch.
- Brevan shut the $1.4 billion FG Fund after weak 2025 macro performance.
- Persistent losses in macro and crypto drive redemptions and break the platform's franchise.
What makes Brevan Howard unique
- Brevan Howard runs a multi-strategy macro platform with 60 portfolio managers across global hubs.
- January 2026 folded Fash Golchin's $1.4 billion fund into the flagship Master Fund.
- Abu Dhabi became its regional headquarters, anchoring Middle East access and talent.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Flexible Work Hours