Senior Analyst, Trade Desk Support

AIMCo • Toronto, ON

1d • CA$92,000 - CA$115,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Analyst, Trade Desk Support provides front-line operational and support services to investment trading teams, ensuring timely and accurate execution, settlement readiness, and issue resolution across global markets. This role serves as a key liaison between traders and portfolio managers, operations, technology, and external counterparties to support daily trading activity, operational accuracy, and effective coordination across internal teams. This role sits close to the trading desk and requires the ideal candidate to be detail-oriented, calm under pressure, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, market-driven environment with high expectations for accuracy, responsiveness, and risk awareness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in trade support, trading operations, middle office, or a related investment operations role.
• Working knowledge of capital markets and trade lifecycles; Understanding of settlement processes, market conventions, and operational risk controls.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Clear and confident communication with front-office and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond quickly to issues as they arise.
• Experience supporting trading activities in a time-sensitive environment.
• Strong proficiency in Excel; experience with data reconciliation and issue analysis.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Familiarity with asset classes relevant to the desk (e.g., equities, FX, rates, credit).
• Exposure to regulatory frameworks and best execution requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with trading, order management, or portfolio management systems is an asset.
• Progress toward or completion of relevant certifications (e.g., CFA, CPA, FRM) is an asset

Responsibilities

• Provide real-time support to the trading desk across multiple asset classes (equities, fixed income, derivatives and fx).
• Assist with trade capture, booking, validation, and lifecycle management to ensure accurate and timely processing to help minimize the risk of settlement failure.
• Triage, investigate, and resolve issues independently where possible; escalate appropriately when required
• Monitor daily trading activity, reconcile positions, cash and investigate discrepancies.
• Coordinate with operations, middle office, compliance, risk, and technology teams to resolve trade-related issues.
• Coordinate with external service providers to resolve incidents efficiently
• Support pre- and post-trade processes, including trade confirmations, allocations, settlements, and trade cost analysis
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, regulatory requirements, and trading policies.
• Assist traders with ad hoc reporting, market data queries, and system troubleshooting.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and improve controls.
• Identify root causes of recurring issues and recommend process or control improvements; Contribute to ongoing enhancement of trade support workflows, controls, and automation
• Co-ordinate with technology, OMS & EMS vendors to support new product launches, broker onboarding, system enhancements, and user acceptance testing as required
• Communicate clearly and professionally in time-sensitive situations, including market disruptions or system incidents.

Benefits

• inclusive, modern workplace where well-being is prioritized
• colleagues are enabled to do their best work
• purpose-driven, high-achiever excited by the prospect of working in a dynamic industry

What This Job Offers

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