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NSB Omega is searching for a Trade Analyst for our MAJOR Oil & Gas Client in Houston, TX.
Assignment Description
The Trade Analyst helps the trade team make confident business decisions by ensuring that positions and physical movements are accurately captured across our system and workflow. The Trade Analyst works with Trading, Scheduling, Commercial Business Services, and Risk to improve deal entry accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
- Enter trader deals for the US trading desk. Confirm daily trades with trader recaps and broker confirmations to ensure trades are accurately captured and recorded into the company’s trading system.
- Monitor internal transactions involving the US Trading team and ensure in-house deals are entered promptly when required.
- Work to identify and resolve pricing, volume, and contractual discrepancies. Timely address issues identified in the Discrepancy Error Workbench, coordinating with Trading and Scheduling to resolve.
- Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
- Associated degree
- Proficient in Excel
- Familiarity with trade capture systems used by the organization (S4, Trade66)
- 1 or more years of experience in Commercial or Commercial Support Function
- Detail-oriented with emphasis on accuracy and continual improvement
- Ability to perform under pressure with daily deadlines and deliverables
- Analytical skills to derive and explain anomalies in data
- Documentation skills to record and report on findings to the business
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven written & verbal communication abilities
- Ability to work with and be part of several different teams in an open trade floor environment
Duration
1 Year (With Possibility of Extension)
Location
Houston, TX
NSB Omega is searching for a Trade Analyst for our MAJOR Oil & Gas Client in Houston, TX.
Assignment Description
The Trade Analyst helps the trade team make confident business decisions by ensuring that positions and physical movements are accurately captured across our system and workflow. The Trade Analyst works with Trading, Scheduling, Commercial Business Services, and Risk to improve deal entry accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
- Enter trader deals for the US trading desk. Confirm daily trades with trader recaps and broker confirmations to ensure trades are accurately captured and recorded into the company’s trading system.
- Monitor internal transactions involving the US Trading team and ensure in-house deals are entered promptly when required.
- Work to identify and resolve pricing, volume, and contractual discrepancies. Timely address issues identified in the Discrepancy Error Workbench, coordinating with Trading and Scheduling to resolve.
- Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
- Associated degree
- Proficient in Excel
- Familiarity with trade capture systems used by the organization (S4, Trade66)
- 1 or more years of experience in Commercial or Commercial Support Function
- Detail-oriented with emphasis on accuracy and continual improvement
- Ability to perform under pressure with daily deadlines and deliverables
- Analytical skills to derive and explain anomalies in data
- Documentation skills to record and report on findings to the business
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven written & verbal communication abilities
- Ability to work with and be part of several different teams in an open trade floor environment
Duration
1 Year (With Possibility of Extension)
Location
Houston, TX
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in trade operations analyst jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related business field
- Hands-on experience with trade lifecycle processes including confirmation, clearing, and settlement
- Proficiency with order management systems and financial data platforms
- Strong skills in Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and reconciliation modeling
- Familiarity with regulatory reporting frameworks such as Dodd-Frank or EMIR
- Experience with trade reconciliation and resolving settlement exceptions or breaks
Tips for Your Trade Operations Analyst Job Search
Tailor your resume to settlement workflows
Trade operations roles live and die on process accuracy. Highlight your experience with trade lifecycle stages like confirmation, clearing, and settlement rather than listing generic finance skills. Recruiters scan for these terms first, so put them above the fold.
Certify your knowledge of trade instruments
If you've handled equities, fixed income, FX, or derivatives, name the asset class explicitly on your resume. Certifications like the SIE or Series 99 signal regulatory familiarity and make your application stand out against candidates with similar years of experience.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists trade operations analyst openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by back-office versus middle-office scope
These two functions look similar on job boards but require different skill emphases. Back-office roles focus on reconciliation and settlement, while middle-office roles lean into risk and exposure reporting. Read the job description carefully and pitch your resume to whichever side of that line the role sits on.
Prep for systems-based interview questions
Interviewers for trade operations roles routinely ask about your experience with order management systems and reconciliation platforms. Walk through a specific workflow you owned, naming the tools you used, the exception types you resolved, and the volume you processed.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base salary
Trade operations roles at banks and asset managers often carry performance bonuses tied to accuracy metrics and project delivery. Ask directly about how bonus targets are structured and when reviews happen so you're comparing offers on the same terms.
Trade Operations Analyst Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most trade operations analysts?
The most active employers for trade operations analysts right now are JPMorganChase, Northrop Grumman, and MUFG, and the most openings are in Illinois, Texas, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial services firms, asset managers, and commodities trading companies consistently post the highest volume of these roles.
How many trade operations analyst jobs are remote?
About 72% of trade operations analyst openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though availability varies significantly by employer type. Regulatory reporting, reconciliation, and data quality functions are most frequently offered with remote or hybrid flexibility, while roles tied to real-time trading desk support tend to require on-site presence.
How do you become a trade operations analyst?
Start with a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field. Build familiarity with trade lifecycle concepts through coursework or entry-level roles in banking or brokerage operations. Learn the core tools used in the industry, including order management systems and reconciliation platforms. Certifications covering securities regulations strengthen your candidacy. From there, target junior operations or settlements roles to build direct experience with trade processing workflows.
Can I get a trade operations analyst job without direct experience?
Yes, employers in this space regularly hire candidates from adjacent roles in banking operations, accounting, or financial data analysis. Emphasize transferable skills like reconciliation, attention to detail, and comfort with structured financial data. Demonstrating familiarity with trade instruments and transaction workflows, even through coursework or simulations, helps close the experience gap. Many firms also hire directly from operations associate or analyst rotational programs.
What does the trade operations analyst interview process look like?
Most processes run three to four stages. An initial recruiter screen assesses your background and familiarity with trade operations fundamentals. A technical round follows, where you'll be asked to walk through trade lifecycle stages, describe how you've handled settlement breaks, or work through a reconciliation scenario. Final rounds typically involve a hiring manager conversation focused on process ownership and stakeholder communication, sometimes including a take-home exercise involving transaction data.
Where can I find and apply to trade operations analyst jobs?
You can find and apply to trade operations analyst jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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