Post Trade Associate - International Bank

Montréal, QC
Hybrid
Posted Oct 14, 2026
1 position

$92,000–$95,000 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Mid-level · 2+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Office presence: 3 days per week
Seniority: Associate
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Ensure front-office transactions are accurately integrated into back-office systems, verify trades against supporting documents, investigate discrepancies, and perform operational and regulatory controls. Manage non-STP bookings and related operational tasks, support system enhancements and testing, update procedures, and escalate operational risks.

Job details

Post Trade Associate A large international financial institution operating across multiple regions, serving corporate, institutional, and commercial clients. The organization provides services in investment banking, capital markets, structured finance, commercial banking, and international trade within a highly regulated global environment. Position: Post Trade Associate Title: Post Trade Associate Location: Montreal Work model: Hybrid, 2 days remote work allowed, in-office to start for training Type of position: Full time, permanent Salary: 92.5-95k + 10% bonus + 4 weeks vacation. They offer a great benefits package. RRSP matching, you contribute 2% and they contribute 8%. More about the role: In a dynamic and International environment, you will be part of the control and support functions of the operations initiated by the GMD Front Office in Hong Kong and Asia satellites sites within the back office system. Your role will be to facilitate and to smooth the processing of the operations in the processing chains by ensuring an effective and relevant control process of operations. (Global Markets Division = GMD Business Lines: Forex, Credit, Treasury and Interest Rates Derivatives). Operations & Country COOs (OPC) in Hong Kong is made up of four main teams: Financing & Trade Operations (FTO) including Documentary & Guarantee Operations, Credit & Loan Operations Transaction Banking Operations (TBO) covering client account operations Capital Markets Operations (CMO) including Middle Office, Back Office and Transverse Operations functions Asia & Middle-East Operations Projects (AOP) covering CMO, FTO, TBO and Transversal projects Within Capital Markets Operations (CMO), Middle Office teams (CMM) are in charge of controlling the booking of transactions in the bank's Front Office and Back Office tools and managing the life cycle of operations. MO Post Trade team is in charge of the management of the stock and life cycle of Capital Markets transactions within the Back-Office tools for several of the bank's entities (e.g. Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Tokyo). You will develop various skills: knowledge of financial products and financial market environment, effective communication with different stakeholders and problem solving. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Ensure the proper integration of transactions initiated by the Front Office into the Back Office systems of the Bank. Deal checking against trade supporting documents and liaise with internal teams for any trade discrepancy. Investigation related to internal queries (deal searching, request for information, FO-BO reconciliation). Conduct controls related to the integration of operations in respect of local regulations and internal policies. Management of requests from Control / Reconciliation / accounting teams. Management of fixing within back office systems. Booking of non STP operations in the Back Office System according to the documentations. Management of transverse tasks: Brokerage value, Structure Id and other tasks. Transversal responsibilities Assist Line manager to carry out common projects / global initiatives Assist in system enhancement and UAT testing Participation in the drafting and/or updating of operational procedures for the sector. Manage operational risk with a duty to alert Management. Main products processed: Foreign Exchange (FX Spot, FX Swap, FX Forward, FX Option, FXNDF etc.) and Treasury (Deposits, Loans). Rates: Swap, Cap, Floor, FRA (Forward Rate Agreement), Swaption, Interest Rate Future (IRF) Structured Products Communication Key Internal Contacts Back-Office, Front-office, Middle-office, IT departments, Compliance, Legal, Permanent Control, Finance Key External Contacts Service provider’s/relationship managers, agent banks, brokers, Interbank clients, Corporate clients, auditors Systems Used MS Office, Kondor, KEOPS, DISCO, Docstore, CFETS, Calypso CIBOS, OT, Omega, Summit. ROLE REQUIREMENTS: University degree with 4-6 years of experience in a Capital Market Operations or Middle Office environments Degree holder from discipline in business administration, banking or finance-related discipline preferred Knowledge of financial products and understanding of operational risks involved in Fixed Income and FX products Good knowledge of processing framework and regulatory environment will be beneficial Good judgment, alertness and common sense Good analytical, organizational and interpersonal skill Comfortable with multi-tasking and able to work under pressure Fluency in English. Proficient in French or other Asian languages is a plus Versatile with PC tools and applications, e.g. MS Office, VBA Perfectly at ease in a multi-cultural environment

What you’ll do

Requirements

A university degree in business administration, banking, finance, or a related discipline is preferred, along with 4–6 years of experience in capital markets operations or a middle-office environment. Candidates should understand FX and fixed-income products, processing frameworks, and operational risks, and have strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills; English fluency is required, while French or an Asian language is an asset.