Trading Operations Specialist

Key Responsibilities

Trade & Platform Operations

• Monitor trading platforms to ensure uptime and execution quality

• Oversee trade flow, execution, and pricing in real time

• Identify and escalate execution issues, slippage anomalies, or pricing gaps

• Manage trading sessions, market openings/closings, and instrument configurations

Liquidity & Pricing

• Monitor liquidity feeds and ensure competitive spreads and depth

• Liaise with liquidity providers to resolve pricing or execution issues

• Analyze spread widening, latency, and execution quality (markouts, slippage)

• Assist in optimizing routing and aggregation settings

Risk & Exposure Monitoring

• Monitor client positions, exposure, and overall risk in real time

• Support hedging strategies and execution of risk mitigation actions

• Identify unusual trading activity or potential abuse (e.g., arbitrage, latency exploitation)

Trade Lifecycle Management

• Handle trade adjustments, corrections, and dispute investigations

• Ensure accuracy of trade records and reconciliation

Incident Management

• Act as first responder for trading-related incidents

• Investigate platform issues, outages, or abnormal market behavior

• Coordinate with tech teams and external providers to resolve issues quickly

Requirements

Experience & Skills

• 2+ years experience in trading operations, dealing desk, or brokerage environment

• Strong understanding of FX, CFDs, or crypto markets

• Familiarity with trading platforms

• Python scripting skills — ability to write and maintain automation scripts for monitoring, data extraction, reconciliation, and routine operational tasks.

• SQL skills — writing queries (joins, aggregations, window functions) against trading and client databases for investigation, reporting, and anomaly detection.

Soft Skills

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure

• Problem-solving mindset with quick decision-making ability

• Excellent communication skills

Working Conditions

• Shift-based role (aligned with global market hours)

• On-call availability for critical incidents may be required

KPIs / Success Metrics

• Platform uptime and execution quality

• Spread competitiveness and liquidity performance

• Incident response time and resolution efficiency

• Accuracy of trade handling and reporting