WFBI CIB Capital Markets Middle Office Associate

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Capital Markets Middle Office Associate to join our EMEA Middle Office team in Dublin.
This role sits within a high-performing cross asset-class Middle Office function supporting Front Office trading and sales teams across Rates, FX, Credit, Repo, and Treasury products. The team plays a critical role in ensuring the accurate execution, validation, enrichment, settlement readiness, and reporting of trading activity while maintaining a strong control environment.
As a key partner to Front Office, Risk, Finance, Compliance, Technology, and Operations teams, you will help manage operational risk, drive process improvements, and support strategic initiatives across a global operating model. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented professional to gain broad exposure across capital markets products while contributing to a collaborative and fast-paced environment.
In this role, you will:

• Provide comprehensive trade support to trading and sales teams across multiple asset classes, ensuring activities are processed accurately and in accordance with established controls.
• Validate and enrich trade activity to ensure timely settlement and reporting.
• Produce and analyse intraday risk and P&L reporting, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
• Monitor trading exception reports, operational queues, and trade-related issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Support front-to-back trade lifecycle processes, including reconciliations, settlements, payments, liquidity management, and funding activities.
• Partner with Risk, Product Control, Technology, and Operations teams to resolve exceptions and strengthen operational controls.
• Participate in system enhancements, testing initiatives, and strategic projects that improve efficiency and scalability.
• Maintain and enhance governance documentation, procedures, and operational controls.
• Act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams to support change initiatives and process improvements.
• Identify operational issues, perform root cause analysis, and escalate matters appropriately.
• Contribute to a collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement, transparency, and effective risk management.

Required Qualifications:

• Middle Office experience supporting FX, Rates, Fixed Income Securities, Repo, Treasury, or OTC Derivatives products.
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle and associated operational processes.
• Knowledge of settlement practices and market infrastructure, including DTC, Euroclear, Fedwire, and Clearstream.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple regions and business functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with large datasets.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced trading environment while meeting critical deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining a robust control framework.
• Proven ability to take ownership of issues, drive initiatives to completion, and deliver results.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative approach to building strong working relationships across teams.

Desired Attributes:

• Experience supporting multiple capital markets asset classes.
• Knowledge of operational risk and control frameworks within investment banking or financial markets operations.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to process improvement, automation, or change management initiatives.
• A collaborative team player who values transparency, accountability, and delivering exceptional outcomes for clients and business partners.

Posting End Date:
10 Sep 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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