Wells Fargo is seeking a Institutional Investment Operations Associate
In this role, you will:
- Monitoring real-time trade activity, exceptions, and cancels/corrects for trading desks. Example: Blotter checks, T0 queue monitoring and real time resolution, Markitwire trade affirmation & dispute resolution & FINRA TRACE monitoring.
- Performing key trade life cycle functions such as Trade affirmations, allocations & Trade validation, producing key metrics & varied reporting.
- Resolution of trade fails and management of RTTM (Real time trade matching) trade exceptions
- Investigation & resolution of trade & position exceptions from FOBO(Front office to Back office) reconciliations, Internal & external reconciliations for OTC & Listed Derivative asset class
- Perform daily Profit and Loss reporting, attribution reporting, analysis of Pnl breaks between systems
- Perform daily reconciliation of Profit and Loss with finance and system of record
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of derivative products, particularly on Fixed income and Mortgage Securities.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
- Effective organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
- Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement and risk control development
- Collaborate with all business partners and various departments, create efficiencies and mitigate risk for team and organization
- Interpret and develop policies and procedures for functions with low to moderate complexity
- Demonstrates a high degree of reliability, integrity, and trustworthiness in all areas, foster teamwork
Required Qualifications:
- 6+ months of Institutional Investment Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of Fixed income, Mortgage Securities, and derivative products
- The ideal candidate should have a good understanding of how capital markets work within a trading environment in either a middle office/risk role and/or equivalent experience in supporting a derivative trading desk.
- Candidate should understand Daily P&L attribution, Excellent knowledge of financial products Bonds, OTC & Listed derivative products, Structured notes etc.
- Analysts should have strong numerical and analytical skills, strong articulation and out-of-box thinking.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and time constraints
- Strong communication skills
- Willing to work in US shift.
Posting End Date:
29 Jul 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
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Skills Required
- 6+ months of Institutional Investment Operations experience or equivalent (work experience, training, military experience, education)
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of Fixed Income, Mortgage Securities, and derivative products
- Understanding of capital markets within a trading environment and supporting derivative trading desks (middle office/risk experience)
- Knowledge of daily P&L attribution and reconciliation between systems
- Strong numerical and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills
- Willingness to work US shift
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