Reconciliation Associate, Dividend & Coupon

Jump Trading Jump Trading · Quant · Gift City · Operations

This role focuses on the end-to-end reconciliation of dividend and coupon income across global markets and asset classes, with a goal to scale, mature, and automate these processes. Responsibilities include investigating and resolving breaks, collaborating with internal and external teams, identifying patterns in recurring breaks, documenting procedures, preparing reports, and partnering with technology for process improvements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Investigate and resolve breaks identified through daily dividend and coupon reconciliations.
  2. Collaborate with internal teams and external counterparties globally to research root causes and drive timely resolution of income breaks.
  3. Identify patterns in recurring breaks and provide actionable feedback to improve upstream processes and reduce future exceptions.
  4. Document and formalize procedures to ensure consistency, scalability, and knowledge continuity.
  5. Prepare ad hoc reporting and analysis on break trends, aging, and resolution metrics.

Skills

Required

  • reconciliation
  • corporate actions
  • income processing
  • global market conventions
  • equities
  • equity swaps
  • fixed income products
  • large, complex data sets
  • English communication
  • documentation
  • organizational skills

Nice to have

  • Prior experience at a trading firm, hedge fund, or prime broker
  • Reliable and predictable availability

What the JD emphasized

  • At least 5+ years of experience in reconciliation, corporate actions, income processing, or a related operations function.
  • Strong working knowledge of corporate actions and dividend lifecycles, with emphasis on global market conventions.
  • Deep asset class familiarity across equities, equity swaps, and fixed income products (bonds, credit, rates).