FX Hedging Analyst

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Your mission

We in Etops are a very intensely cooperating team where every single person takes a complex responsibility for a client and/or projects from A-Z. Everyone in our team is key to our success - individually and as a team. Everyone matters.   
We are looking for a FX Hedging Analyst who will be part of the day-to-day operation of the FX Treasury team, ensuring that currency exposure risk is minimized across funds through foreign currency hedging, monitoring daily FX movements, and providing insight and solutions to FX activity for funds. Working closely with other operations units like Fund Accounting, Investment Controlling and the Centralized Transaction team, the team will form part of the broader Investment Operations. Team members will be responsible for monitoring FX PnL movements and notifying interested stakeholders to facilitate settlement of these amounts and help to add efficiency through expertise. The team member will be responsible for the accuracy of the hedging of funds, reporting on costs and efficiency of hedging, and providing FX data internally for external client reporting. Ultimately the team member will be a point of contact across various internal teams and streamline FX related activity.

Your role and responsibility

In this position you will be responsible for:

• Daily monitoring of FX exposure & ensuring that internal tolerance breaches of FX exposure are investigated & rectified
• Calculate & place periodic rollover forward trades for feeder funds
• Prepare monthly & weekly FX advisory reporting for external client review for funds that do not actively hedge currency
• Conduct ongoing reviews of hedges placed for funds vs the actual exposure
• Provide advice to internal teams on FX hedging & related activities and their impacts
• Assist in ad-hoc deal related FX enquiries
• Assist internal stakeholders across SPD
• Continuous improvement of current procedures & looking to optimise fund performance with accurate information

Other duties as required:

• Supports the training and development of Analysts and Senior Analysts by sharing knowledge and helping to build the skills required for their progression to advanced roles.
• Contributes to the overall success of SPAR’s private markets data universe by ensuring consistent and high-quality delivery across all responsibilities.
• Engages in Expanded Scope Opportunities on a progressive basis as core responsibilities are mastered, enhancing professional growth and expanding expertise.
  
  

Your experience and profile

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Possesses a bachelor’s degree (Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business preferred)
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience preferred (ideally within Private Markets)
• Experience in private markets, particularly private debt, is highly preferred.
• Working knowledge of financial reporting and accounting and demonstrated ability to learn new performance and portfolio reporting systems
• Significant experience with Microsoft Excel

Required Knowledge, skills & Abilities

• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Lateral thinking and being able to conceptualize how fund movements can impact foreign currency exposure
• Experience in fund accounting preferable
• Flexibility within a team and willingness to work as a group to ensure efficiency
• Able to review current priorities and adapt as the needs of the team demand
• Strong communication skills essential
• Proficiency in excel a must
• Interest in global financial markets

Zamestnanecké výhody, benefity:

• Flexible home-office (up to 80% remote work)
• 25 days of paid vacation
• 3 sick days
• 100% salary coverage for the first 3 days of sickness
• 100% coverage of Multisport card
• Lunch allowance fully covered by Etops
• Volunteer Day
• Health Day
• Chill-out gaming zone with PlayStation, foosball and many board games to refresh your brain during your lunch break or after work
• Referral bonus: from 400 EUR
• One-time contribution of 200 EUR on the occasion of a child’s birth, wedding, or milestone (round) birthday
• Occasional breakfasts, snacks and fresh fruit in the workplace
• Massages in the office every month
• Ski weekend, Christmas dinner, wine tasting event twice a year, occasional BBQ on our terrace with a beautiful view of Bratislava
• Exposure to global financial markets and leading international clients
• Hands-on experience with complex financial instruments and fund structures
• Opportunity to learn from industry experts and grow your technical skillset