Operational Analyst for Trade Support (NAM Portugal)

Job ID: 3296

We are looking for a motivated and service minded person to join our innovative team. This is an opportunity for you to join an interesting and forward-thinking environment, where you will work on solving operational situations with key stakeholders across the world.

In today’s world, change is the one thing you can count on. But whatever the future brings, our customers remain at the heart of everything we do. That’s where you come in. Working with experienced colleagues in an exciting, forward-thinking environment, you’ll contribute to meet our customers’ changing needs. We aim to be motivated and explorative in our approach to innovating better ways of delivering banking services – anytime, anywhere. This means you’ll have many opportunities to learn and grow as you build your career with us. Will you play your part in creating great customer experiences?

Your future responsibilities

You’ll join the Trade Support team that is mainly in charge of supporting Trading/Investments in their daily activity by being responsible for the post-trading related activities as well as the set-up of new clients and markets. We foresee that trade volumes will increase over the next years, new regulation making deadline even more crucial as well as an increase of complexity. We have high aspirations in the post-trade space and are working on implementing new strategic initiatives surrounding the life cycle of a trade across various asset class types - in which you will have an important role.  

What you'll be doing:

• Work closely with the business units to on-board new clients into the trade flow.
• Follow up on market updates and regulation.
• Ensure timely matching of trades in CTM (block and allocation).
• Communicate clearly with the front and back-office teams to ensure operational excellence.
• Identify continuous improvements to optimize the processing of trades as required.
• Stakeholder management.
• Make sure changes and new procedures are documented.
• Participate in projects as required.

Who you are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the four key values that guide us in being at our best. We imagine that you enjoy learning and are motivated to bring your ideas to the table. You’re willing to take initiative, willing to speak up – even when it’s difficult – and committed to empowering others. 

As a person we expect you to: 

• Be able to propose innovative ideas and contribute effectively.
• Be motivated for taking initiative and be able to speak up.
• Have an interest in data/data analytics.
• Be flexible and adaptable.
• Have a keen interest in exploring process improvement and automation.
• Be service minded and have proficient problem solving skills.
• Adjust to evolving responsibilities and take responsibility for developing your own skills.
• Be able to work collaboratively and adjust effectively to a changing environment.

Your experience:

• You have at least 2/3 years’ experience within a financial industry operations where you have been firstly focusing on the setup of clients and the coordination across the value chain.
• You have acquired good market related knowledge preferably in Equities/bonds and FX.
• Knowledge/experience of Equity/Bonds and FX trade processing (matching, mismatch handling etc).
• Proficient in English skills as we are an European asset manager.

It would be ideal (but not a prerequisite):

• Knowledge of CTM, ALERT, SWIFT.
• Previous use of onboarding/client setup platform.
• Previous of Jira.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

​Submit your application no later than 31/03/2026.

At Nordea, we recruit from the widest possible pool and hire the most qualified person for the job. Because diversity enriches us. And once you are on board, you will find that we offer equal opportunities to everyone. So come as you are!

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