Structured Products Middle Office Analyst

Structured Products Middle Office Analyst (x2)   Join MARGO in the UK (London)   MARGO is a tech-native consultancy delivering high value-added IT expertise to the financial services industry. We operate in complex Front Office environments where trading activity relies on highly available, performant and resilient production systems. Our consultants work at the intersection of trading, development and infrastructure teams to ensure that critical platforms run reliably under real-time market constraints. Joining MARGO means working in demanding production environments, while benefiting from a human-sized structure, close follow-up and tailored training paths.  

Business Context

You will work within the Structured Products Middle Office (SPMO) team, sitting directly within the Product Control department inside Global Markets Operations at a Tier-1 Investment Bank.

Operating as an independent second-level control function, Product Control is responsible for monitoring transaction representation, Front-to-Back workflows from Front Office to Post-Trade systems, and enforcing valuation and operational risk controls. The team supports complex, high-value desks including Structured Credit, Rates, Fixed Income, Global Macro IR, and FXLM products.

We are hiring for two distinct operational profiles to manage deal stock throughout its lifetime and ensure high operational integrity across live flows.

Role Overview

The Structured Products Middle Office Analyst ensures that complex transactions across Fixed Income, Credit, Rates, and FX derivatives are booked accurately, conformed to legal documentation terms, and properly controlled throughout their lifecycle.

Depending on your core specialization, you will either drive reconciliations and break resolution (Profile 1) or manage trade lifecycle execution and operational investigations (Profile 2).

Role 1: Reconciliations & Break Investigation Specialist

Focus: Control-driven operational accounting, financial break resolution, ledger flows, and root-cause analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform daily hands-on investigation and resolution of Nostro breaks, Cash breaks, and General Ledger / Accounting breaks across complex derivative perimeters.

• Reconcile suspense accounts, balance sheet items, and P&L ledgers to ensure Front-to-Back data integrity.

• Execute Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on recurring operational exceptions to improve control framework efficiency.

• Maintain active oversight of Product Control 2nd-level control checks, escalating valuation or risk exceptions within agreed SLAs.

Role 2: Trade Lifecycle & Operational Investigations Specialist

Focus: Front-Office facing Middle Office trade support, lifecycle execution, and post-trade settlement investigations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and execute complex structured product lifecycle events: fixing inputs, exotic payoff calculations, coupon payments, auto-call triggers, barrier events, unwinds, and maturities.

• Act as the direct daily operational interface between Front Office (Traders / Structuring), Middle Office, Back Office, and external counterparties.

• Investigate and resolve post-trade issues, including payment failures, SWIFT delivery breaks, trade representation discrepancies, and settlement issues.

• Oversee deal stock representation in core booking systems to ensure full alignment with legal documentation

Required Experience & Skills

Essential

• Investment Banking Seating: Material hands-on experience working directly within a Middle Office, Product Control, or Trade Support function inside an Investment Bank.

• Product Depth: Strong theoretical and working knowledge of Structured Credit, Rates, Fixed Income, FX, and exotic derivatives.

• Control Mindset: Detailed understanding of operational risk frameworks, 2nd-level controls, and Front-to-Back workflow chains.

• System Expertise: Proven experience utilizing standard enterprise CIB platforms (Murex, Summit, Calypso, TLM, or SmartStream).

• Communication & Resilience: Ability to work under pressure, meet strict market SLAs, prioritize workload, and articulate technical issues to Front Office traders and senior stakeholders.

• Core Trade Booking & Lifecycle Engines: Murex (MX3), Summit, Calypso. 

Why Join MARGO   ·        Access to demanding Front Office trading environments ·        Strong focus on production ownership and system reliability ·        Highly technical roles close to live trading activity ·        Human-sized consultancy with close support and tailored training ·        Long-term career opportunities across production, engineering and development   Please note - We do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.   Interested? Motivated? Apply on our website or at staff.uk@margo.com