Fixed Income Operations Manager

A Financial Services Firm based in New York City is seeking an experienced professional to join their team as a Fixed Income Operations Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the processing of fixed income transactions from initial booking through settlement and ongoing servicing
• Manage trade allocations, confirmations, reconciliations, inventory records, and security lifecycle events
• Monitor daily activity and ensure operational issues, trade discrepancies, and settlement exceptions are resolved promptly
• Coordinate with investment, client service, finance, and operations teams to support transaction activity and reporting needs
• Maintain productive relationships with brokers, custodians, counterparties, and other external service providers
• Prepare operational reporting and metrics for internal stakeholders
• Support the implementation of new products, processes, and business initiatives
• Evaluate existing workflows and identify opportunities to strengthen controls, improve efficiency, and reduce manual processes
• Partner with technology teams to document business requirements and enhance internal systems
• Provide guidance and oversight to junior team members while promoting accuracy, accountability, and timely execution

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
• 8–10+ years of financial operations experience, including leadership or team-management responsibilities
• Experience supporting fixed income products, such as government securities, corporate bonds, or interest-rate products
• Strong understanding of transaction processing, settlement, reconciliations, and security lifecycle events
• Demonstrated knowledge of operational risk, controls, and exception management
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, PivotTables, and macros
• Experience with Tableau, Python, SQL, or other data and automation tools is a plus