Middle Office Operations Analyst

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making.  Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology.  For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide - making them fairer, more transparent, and more efficient. We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.The Role:  As an Analyst in Middle Office, you will directly support our team mission to provide accurate and timely reporting on trading activity and financial metrics, while maintaining strong financial operations controls and data visualizations for our internal customers. You will contribute to our role as an independent control department ensuring P&L accuracy and reconciliation of trades and valuations between trading systems, clearing firms, and account administrators.    Key Responsibilities:  Manage daily reconciliation and reporting of positions, P&L, trading volumes, capital, and other metrics to ensure accuracy and timeliness for business stakeholders.  Research trade breaks in collaboration with the trading desks, clearing counterparties and fund administrator across asset classes (equities, fixed income, futures, options, etc.)  Support maintenance and validation of financial controls and reporting to provide analysis and performance metrics that help trading desks and leadership quickly assess and improve both current and new business initiatives.  Work with the Development teams to help prioritize and identify requirements for reporting and control systems enhancements.  Collect and clean trading and financial data to facilitate analysis and visualizations for internal teams.  Help maintain and reconcile fee and rebate models, brokerage transactions, and ensure subledger accuracy versus the general ledger.  Assist internal audiences in enhancing data flow and reporting accuracy.  Collaborate with trading, technology, accounting, and financial planning and analysis teams on workflow improvements.    Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree in a finance or quantitative discipline.  1-3 years experience in a financial or analytical role.  Experience in Middle Office, Trading Operations, or similar functions is a plus.  Strong ...