TradingOperationsLeadSpecialist

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures. **THE ROLE** Using a foundational understanding of related disciplines, the individual independently covers assigned desk(s), leveraging deep investment and operational expertise to support trading and investment teams. Responsibilities include managing key middle-office functions such as trade matching, handling sell-side inquiries, ensuring trading system data integrity, preparing reports, overseeing document preparation, and conducting internal control reviews to mitigate process risk. The position involves solving complex problems, working with minimal guidance, and may include leading projects or ongoing activities. **WHAT YOU WILL DO** * Proactively introduces innovative approaches when performing trade date matching of equity, fixed income and derivative trades utilizing CTM, Heliograph, and other industry applications. Manages matching MFS trade details with the counterparty on trade date working with various US and Non-US brokers. * To support client-aligned solution, sets priority of inquiries into their trading desk coverage from sell side broker operations and sales offices, MFS Operations (trade settlements, pricing, and performance groups) and MFS Compliance. * Provides insights and evidence supporting controls during the preparation and review of Director of Trading reporting and other risk mitigation reporting packages on a daily, monthly, quarterly and semiannual basis to identify, rectify, and escalate anomalies. * Demonstrating adaptability and intellectual curiosity, seeks opportunities for self and