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Guggenheim Partners · 4 hours ago

Senior Operations Specialist, Director

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$100K/yr - $200K/yr

8+ years exp

Guggenheim Partners is a diversified financial services firm, and they are seeking an exceptional Senior Operations professional to join its team as a Director. The role involves overseeing complex funding transactions, ensuring operational excellence, and collaborating with various teams to drive efficiency and mitigate risk.

FinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Oversee the full lifecycle of trading and structured funding transactions, from trade capture and affirmation through settlement, collateral, and reconciliations

Ensure accurate and timely booking of transactions into trade capture, risk, and accounting systems, maintaining consistency across front-to-back platforms

Support bespoke financing and liquidity solutions, including repo, securities lending, derivatives, and structured note issuances

Maintain robust control frameworks to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and market standards. Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve operational risks

Lead initiatives to streamline workflows, automate processes, and enhance operational resiliency across funding and trading businesses

Collaborate with traders, structurers, treasury, legal, compliance, and technology teams to enable smooth execution of complex transactions

Ensure accuracy and timeliness in regulatory submissions, disclosures, and funding-related reporting

Provide guidance to junior team members, fostering professional growth and promoting a culture of accountability and excellence

Qualification

Trade Lifecycle ManagementStructured Funding OperationsRegulatory Reporting & ComplianceTransaction BookingProcess OptimizationAdvanced ExcelAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsOrganizational Skills

Required

Completion of a bachelor's degree is required

Minimum of 8 years of experience in operations, middle office, or treasury functions within financial services, ideally with exposure to trading and structured funding

Strong knowledge of products such as repos, securities lending, derivatives, commercial paper, and other funding instruments

Proven expertise in trade lifecycle management, transaction booking into both trade capture and accounting systems, collateral management, and settlement processes

Solid understanding of regulatory requirements, and comfort operating in a regulated environment

Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail

Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to influence and partner across teams

Proficiency with trade capture and accounting systems, as well as advanced Excel and data analysis tools

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Company

Guggenheim Partners

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Guggenheim Partners is a diversified financial services firm, offers investment management and banking, and insurance services.

Founded in 1999

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.guggenheimpartners.com

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