Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary offered

About the Role
Validus Risk Management is establishing a new Client Onboarding & Trading Enablement team to strengthen and scale pre-trade capabilities across global markets. This role is ideal for a recent graduate looking to build a strong foundation in financial markets infrastructure and pre-trade controls. The team operates at the front of the trade lifecycle, ensuring clients are fully enabled to trade accurately, efficiently, and in line with regulatory requirements. The quality of this function directly impacts time-to-trade, data integrity, and straight-through processing (STP). As a Graduate Analyst, you will gain exposure across onboarding, static data, product enablement, and market readiness, building a broad understanding of how trading platforms operate.

Experience
Some exposure or interest in financial markets, data management, or client onboarding is advantageous but not essential. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are critical.

About you
Strong analytical and organisational skills with high attention to detail and control awareness. Clear written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work under time pressure and manage multiple tasks effectively. Interest in automation, data analysis, and process improvement. Confidence working across multiple stakeholders and systems. Ability to prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting, or a related discipline. Strong Excel skills including formulas, data manipulation, and reconciliation. Exposure to Python, Alteryx, VBA, Power BI, or similar tools is advantageous but not required.

Key Responsibilities
- Assist in coordinating the end-to-end onboarding process for new clients and counterparties.
- Liaise with internal KYC/AML, tax, credit, and documentation teams to gather required information.
- Track onboarding progress against SLAs and escalate delays appropriately.
- Support client communications related to onboarding requirements and timelines.
- Support collection and review of KYC documentation and work closely with compliance teams to ensure regulatory requirements are met.
- Maintain organised records and audit trails of onboarding documentation.
- Assist with setup and maintenance of client static and reference data across trading and risk systems including legal entity details, LEIs, SSIs, and tax classifications.
- Support change control processes to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- Contribute to maintaining a “golden source” approach to client data.
- Support product eligibility checks to ensure clients are correctly enabled for intended products.
- Assist with market access setup, trading limits, and standing instructions.
- Ensure documentation and system configurations align with product approvals.
- Support pre-trade control checks to ensure clients are ready for trading.
- Assist in identifying data gaps that could impact STP or downstream processing.
- Contribute to initiatives aimed at improving data quality and onboarding efficiency.