Operations Control Specialist

Millennium•New York, NY

3d•$160,000 - $250,000

About The Position

We are building a specialized team within Operations focused on designing and implementing controls and analytics for trade surveillance and trade processing. The Data Analytics Specialist will combine technical skills and business knowledge to build control metrics, dashboards, and automated checks on surveillance and trade data. This role offers exposure to products across multiple asset classes, trading platforms, exchange symbology, and global markets. You will be responsible for designing and running health checks on trade flows, validating that trades are sent, captured, and reported correctly, and ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of critical data. The position sits within Operations / Middle Office, working closely with Compliance and Technology.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in the financial industry, ideally in Operations, Middle Office, Risk, or Surveillance/Compliance analytics.
Strong SQL skills (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL, T‑SQL) and experience working with large, complex datasets.
Programming experience in Python (or a similar language) for data analysis, automation, and scripting.
Familiarity with institutional trading workflows and trading / surveillance technology (e.g., order management systems, trade reporting, or surveillance platforms).
Experience with data visualization, reporting, and analytics tools used to build dashboards and control reporting.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; able to diagnose data and process issues and propose practical solutions.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex data and technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working with cross‑functional teams (Operations, Compliance, Technology, Front Office).
Highly organized self‑starter with the ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks, and take end‑to‑end ownership.
Detail‑oriented and proactive in identifying, investigating, and resolving data or process issues.
Basic to intermediate understanding of financial instruments and products across asset classes.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and automate reconciliations and health checks across large trade and surveillance datasets (e.g., OMS and upstream/downstream systems).
Build monitoring dashboards and control indicators (metrics/KPIs) to validate that trades are correctly generated, routed, and reported.
Develop and maintain data quality checks (completeness, accuracy, timeliness) and automated exception reporting for trade and alert data.
Partner with Technology on system migrations and application redesign, defining control requirements and validating outcomes through testing and analytics.
Support data governance efforts by identifying data issues, documenting data lineage, and contributing to standards for critical trade and surveillance data.
Design and automate reporting using data analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to reduce manual processes and improve transparency.
Collaborate with Operations, Compliance, and Middle Office stakeholders to understand workflows, refine control logic, and address issues identified by analytics.