Operations Associate or Sr. Associate (Structured Funding) - Guggenheim Treasury Services

Guggenheim Partners • Monroe, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Guggenheim Treasury Services (GTS), a structured financing business within Guggenheim Partners, is seeking an exceptional operations professional to join its team. This individual will play a pivotal role in supporting complex funding transactions, ensuring operational excellence for the business, and partnering closely with front office, risk, finance, and technology teams. The ideal candidate should be: detail-oriented, innovative, and willing to learn; takes ownership of processes and manages time efficiently; and possesses analytical and problem-solving skills. This role is expected to report onsite in the Chicago office at least 4 days per week.

Requirements

• Completion of a Bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in operations, middle office, or treasury functions within financial services is required, ideally with exposure to trading and structured funding.
• Proficiency with trade capture and operational processes, as well as advanced Excel and data analysis tools

Nice To Haves

• General knowledge of products such as repos, securities lending, derivatives, commercial paper, and other funding instruments.
• Operational knowledge in trade lifecycle management, transaction booking, collateral management, and settlement processes.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Play a pivotal role in 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 and risk systems, maintaining consistency across front-to-back platforms.
• Support bespoke financing and liquidity solutions, including repo, securities lending, derivatives, and structured note issuances.
• Assist in creating control frameworks to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and market standards. Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve operational risks.
• Propose 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level