Job Description

Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a Middle Office Analyst, a W2 contract opportunity with one of our largest clients!

This is a W2 contract opportunity, and the candidates should be willing to work on our W2 ONLY, NO C2C.

 
We are seeking a highly motivated Middle Office Analyst with a strong academic background—ideally a master’s in finance—and foundational knowledge of derivatives, risk concepts, and financial products. The team consists of bright, cross‑asset professionals supporting daily P&L, risk, and reconciliation functions.

This role backfills core Middle Office activities while internal SMEs focus on project work. The long-term intention is conversion to full-time, so candidates must demonstrate both capability and interest in a long-term career.

 Key Responsibilities

• Middle Office & Product Control Support
• Perform daily P&L and risk production aligned with Middle Office responsibilities (functions that may sit in Product Control at other banks).
• Conduct back-to-front reconciliations to ensure accuracy across trading, risk, and operations systems.
• Support the PLA (P&L Attribution) process and related product control workflows.
• Validate and analyze trading desk activity across cross‑asset products.
• Investigate breaks, discrepancies, and valuation differences.
• Provide analytical support for risk measures and financial reporting.

Required Qualifications

• Master's in finance strongly preferred (programs with Derivatives, Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, or Mathematical Finance coursework).

Preferred Coursework

• Derivatives
• Options & Futures
• Fixed Income
• Financial Modeling
• Risk Management
• Quantitative Methods
• Statistics / Probability
• Financial Econometrics
• Integration- and calculus-heavy finance courses
• Cross‑asset valuation or trading coursework

Skills & Experience

• Excel expertise (must be robust) – strong formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and ability to manipulate large datasets.
• Strong quantitative comfort; ability to interpret data statistically.
• Understanding of valuation, pricing, and market risk concepts.
• Ability to explain and work with Greeks (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta, Rho) and derivative fundamentals.

Preferred Background

• Middle Office
• Product Control
• Risk Analyst roles
• Strong financial education with derivative exposure

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