弱问:IB的operation部门主要做什么？

djconan1

我了解说主要是backup的，但是具体作些什么？另外需要很强的金融知识吗？

leo214

Operations

Client Services

This type of role requires you to manage the requirements of different internal and external clients and partnerships with colleagues in the front office, CFOs, back office, Market Risk, and Technology. Responsibilities include responding and reacting to urgent electronic trading issues and delivering integrated, seamless and business focused electronic trading services to clients, using efficient technology solutions. As well as supporting the execution desks and clients, you would also be required to manage trade settlements and investigate and resolve any trades which have failed to be processed.

Trade Support/Risk Analysis

You could be providing trade support as a book runner within fixed income. This is a dynamic role since processes are continually improved or reinvented to cope with the ever-changing intricacies of systems, products and markets. You will need particularly strong communication skills as you will be working with colleagues throughout transaction life-cycles in a fast-paced environment. You will be required to produce daily profit and loss figures and positions for the traders and verify any new trades whilst maintaining existing trade portfolios. You will also act as a point of contact for any queries or problems which may arise and strive to deliver reports and/or solutions. Part of your role may also require you to create and consolidate reports for Senior Management including monitoring market risk limits and then implementing new processes.

Project Analyst

Within Operations and Business Services you might tackle a short term project for the internal management consultancy team. As Project Analyst you may be accountable for developing industry initiatives within a business or across businesses, such as electronic trading, prime brokerage or settlement netting. Not only would you become familiar with the intricacies of the operation of the business, you would also fundamentally influence the key drivers in terms of quality, performance and risk. Or you might join our accounting team, undertaking a research project to determine trends and patterns in account balances. Your task would not be complete until you had identified ways to add direct value to our ability to predict the end-of-day account position, and until you had persuaded the team to accept your ideas.

The above is from the career website of JP Morgan.