2026 Transaction Operations Analyst

Overview
Chatham Financial is a global financial advisory and technology firm specializing in debt and derivatives solutions. We partner with leading real estate, private equity, infrastructure, and corporate clients to help them manage financial risk and make more informed capital markets decisions. With a strong focus on client service, technical excellence, and long-term partnerships, Chatham combines deep expertise with a collaborative, people-centered culture.

Launch Your Career as a Future Expert

At Chatham, an analyst role is more than a first job — it's the foundation of a career built on expertise, trust, and impact. You'll bring clarity to complexity, deliver insights that drive action, and interact directly with senior decision-makers.

Chatham's Financial Risk Advisory team is experiencing continued growth in interest rate and foreign currency (FX) hedging activity. To support this momentum, we're hiring Transaction Operations Analysts to play a key role in the smooth execution and documentation of hedging transactions. This role is critical to delivering timely operational excellence while continuously improving efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across our operations.

You'll contribute at the intersection of client service, transaction management, and documentation—coordinating with internal teams, clients, and counterparty banks to help execute financial hedges that mitigate risk for our clients.

What You'll Do

• Build subject matter expertise in derivative operations—including onboarding, trade documentation, trade capture, reporting, and regulatory workflows.
• Deliver timely, accurate transaction support to internal teams and clients.
• Enter and manage transaction details and documentation within Chatham's proprietary platform.
• Confirm and validate trade economics to ensure accuracy at execution and post-trade.
• Monitor and report on key operational workflows, including documentation status, deal pipelines, client communications, and deadlines.
• Collaborate with our central operations team to meet compliance requirements, including Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) protocols.
• Review loan agreements to extract and interpret economic terms relevant to hedge structuring.
• Collaborate with central regulatory team to help clients meet regulatory compliance requirements (i.e. EMIR, Dodd-Frank) and serve as a resource on derivatives regulation from a process perspective.
• Become a trusted partner for internal stakeholders, clients, and counterparty banks.

What You'll Experience
Early Exposure to High-Impact Work - From day one, you'll contribute to real client engagements. Your work will support strategic decisions for some of the most prominent names in global finance, giving you a front-row seat to real-world financial decision-making.

Mentorship That Builds Mastery - You'll learn through hands-on work, mentorship, team-based collaboration, and structured feedback. You'll also complete six firmwide courses led by senior leaders, giving you both deep expertise and a broad business perspective—laying a strong foundation to become a trusted advisor.

A Platform for Long-Term Growth - As your expertise grows, so will your impact. You'll take on more responsibility and contribute to thought leadership. The skills you develop here will set you up for long-term success—at Chatham or beyond.

Shaping the Future of Finance - You'll gain exposure to the technologies behind our solutions. Through rotations, cross-functional learning, and hands-on experience with product development, you'll see how tech and data are reshaping financial services.

Who Thrives Here

Required
Chatham fosters an entrepreneurial culture that values teamwork, innovation, and continuous learning. We're looking for individuals who are natural problem-solvers, eager to grow, and aligned with our core values. While no specific prior experience or certification is required, strong candidates will demonstrate:

• The ability to learn existing processes quickly while identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Strong organizational skills and a proactive, curious mindset.
• Attention to detail and consistent accuracy in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort with numbers and the ability to learn financial terminology quickly.
• A collaborative, flexible approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
• Proficiency in Excel (preferred, not required).

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program with an expected graduation date of June/July 2026
• Working toward a BA/BS in a relevant field (e.g., finance, economics, math, engineering, or computer science).
• Second Class Upper or higher strongly preferred.
• Previous relevant internship experience is a plus.
• Willingness to work onsite in your assigned office.

About Chatham Financial
Chatham Financial is the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm. A leader in debt and derivative solutions, Chatham provides clients with access to in-depth knowledge, innovative tools, and an incomparable team of over 750 employees to help mitigate risks associated with interest rate, foreign currency, and commodity exposures. Founded in 1991, Chatham serves more than 3,500 companies across a wide range of industries — handling over $1.5 trillion in transaction volume annually and helping businesses maximize their value in the capital markets, every day. To learn more, visit

Chatham Financial is an equal opportunity employer.