Loans Support Analyst - Contract - Investment Banking - London

*inside IR35 - umbrella*

A leading global financial institution is seeking a Loans Support Analyst to join its Finance & Product Control function on a contract basis. This role focuses on loan trade life cycle accuracy, systems reconciliation, and supporting both Front Office and finance teams within a fast-paced investment banking environment.

Key Responsibilities

Loan Systems Reconciliation

• Manage daily reconciliations between WSO (Wall Street Office) and Murex for loan trades and positions.
• Proactively follow up on outstanding issues and escalate aged breaks where required.
• Ensure life cycle servicing events (eg, paydowns) are accurately captured in WSO.
• Review and validate new trades, ensuring correct booking and downstream processing.

Front-to-Back Coordination

• Liaise with Front Office, Trade Support, Operations, and WSO teams to address restructures, amendments, and booking issues.
• Perform independent calculations of delayed compensation for daily P&L accruals.
• Review settlement and pricing memos, highlighting discrepancies.

Candidate Profile:

Essential Experience & Skills

• Previous experience working in a professional office environment.
• Hands-on experience with WSO is essential, knowledge of Murex highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of secondary loan market products.
• Excellent analytical skills and high attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables).
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple teams

Please apply within for further details - Matt Holmes, Harvey Nash