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Crescent Capital

Associate, Trading

Crescent Capital, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079

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The Associate will be responsible for performing various trade and closing related tasks for high yield bonds and syndicated bank loan trades while working with the trading desk and counterparties throughout the trade life cycle.

Essential Functions

Complete daily position, trade, and cash reconciliations. Present data to trading desks and work closely with portfolio administration, back-office groups, trustees/custodians, agent banks, and trade counterparties

Manage, communicate and present corporate actions and amendments to relevant parties while managing a log sheet with past actions

Responsible for T+0 trade tie outs and confirm process for HY Bonds

Responsible for T+1 trade tie outs and confirm process in ClearPar. This includes fund sub allocations, management of affiliate letters, and review of trade confirms, and transfer documents

Escalate trade-related issues appropriately and in a timely manner to traders

Responsible for data management in Everest and other downstream systems, which may include facility and trade capture for private portfolios

Maintain new account checklists, KYC process and fund onboarding with trading counterparties

Complete liquidity checklists

Complete or assist in the completion of monthly, quarterly, ad-hoc reports for institutional clients

Work on ad-hoc projects/presentations as determined by senior investment professionals

Understanding industry initiatives including implementation (i.e. documentation, industry standards, etc.)

Suggest and develop new processes to mitigate risk and increase controls

Qualifications and Requirements

Bachelor degree in finance, accounting, economics or similar concentration is required

0-3 years of experience in a trading assistant/loan closer role

Proficiency and accuracy in use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and Bloomberg Ability to create formulas and use other features in Excel (e.g., pivot tables) to analyze and interpret data

Work experience in the middle office with trade settlement

Knowledge of syndicated bank loans, High Yield Bonds and CLOs a plus

Responsive, friendly, professional and proactive communication approach

High level of initiative and self-motivation; results-oriented

Exposure to ClearPar or other bank loan closing systems, various agency sites and Bloomberg

Deadline-driven and highly organized with exceptional attention to detail

Ability to quickly learn new concepts and multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment

Benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $70,000-$85,000

Crescent's salary ranges are determined by role, duration of direct experience, and internal and external pay equity considerations

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