About the Role
Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP is seeking an experienced Operations professional to support the firm’s EMEA business across a broad range of asset classes. This role requires a detail-oriented and control-focused individual who can independently manage operational workflows, oversee reconciliations and exception management, and partner closely with various internal and external teams.
Responsibilities
- Support operational processes across equities, fixed income, credit, structured products, repos, and OTC derivatives.
- Oversee trade lifecycle events including trade capture, settlements, financing activity, reconciliations, and lifecycle processing.
- Manage asset servicing activities including corporate actions, coupon/dividend payments, restructurings, PIK elections, DWAC activity, and physical settlements/re-registrations.
- Coordinate with custodians, transfer agents, prime brokers, counterparties, and internal stakeholders including treasury, finance, technology, and trading teams to resolve operational issues and exceptions.
- Supervise daily cash, position, and transaction reconciliations and ensure timely escalation and resolution of breaks.
- Assist with operational controls, audit support, month-end processes, and process improvement initiatives.
- Contribute to automation and AI-driven operational efficiency initiatives.
- Utilize Geneva and other OMS/PMS platforms to support operational reporting and workflow management.
Requirements
- 4–5 years of operations experience within hedge funds, asset management, investment banking, or prime brokerage.
- Strong knowledge of equities and equity asset servicing.
- Strong knowledge of credit and structured products.
- Strong knowledge of repo financing.
- Strong knowledge of OTC swaps and derivatives.
- Strong knowledge of corporate actions and physical settlements.
- Experience supporting EMEA markets and settlement conventions preferred.
- Experience with Geneva strongly preferred.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Technology-oriented mindset with interest in automation, workflow optimization, and AI-enabled operational processes.
- Deliver consistent, accurate, organized and client-ready work, and juggle multiple projects effectively.
- Show strong analytical reasoning and curiosity; be thoughtful in consistently generating ideas and making improvements; have a solution mindset when faced with problems.
- Demonstrate an understanding of client / stakeholder needs and deliver appropriate solutions that align with the department's priorities.
- Be an effective, organized and clear communicator in both written and verbal format; present information simply, including complex and technical content.
- Ask for and offer honest and constructive feedback, demonstrate an openness to feedback, and willingness to learn and look for the opportunity to further develop.
- Hold self and others accountable to the Firm’s Business Principles and Core Values; understand and follow regulatory / risk policies and requirements related to role; protect confidential information; know when to escalate.
Skills
- Excel
- SQL
- Python
- Power BI
- Automation tools
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- CPA - preferred
About the Company
- Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP is a global investment management firm.
- Founded in 1983, Davidson Kempner is headquartered in New York and has offices in Philadelphia, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Mumbai and Abu Dhabi.
- Our Firm invests globally and opportunistically across the capital structure, in a variety of credit and equity strategies as well as real assets.
- We apply our multi-dimensional, research-driven investment process to evaluate and execute a diverse range of transactions across asset classes, geographies and market cycles.
- We target complex, global situations where our experience and expertise can unlock value.
- We bring together exceptional people from different disciplines and backgrounds who are energized by the challenges of navigating complexity.
- We look for people who demonstrate exceptional critical thinking skills, innate curiosity, creativity and embrace diverse viewpoints to calibrate their decisions.
- These differentiators make our people successful beyond a specific job at Davidson Kempner – but throughout their journey with us over many years.
