Capital Markets Operations Analyst
Western Alliance Bancorporation, Westlake Village, CA, United States
Overview
Job Title:
Capital Markets Operations Analyst
Location:
CA - Westlake Village
The Capital Markets Operations Analyst owns key post-trade processes supporting mortgage backed securities (MBS), whole loan sales, and related hedging activity. This role is critical to ensuring accurate trade capture, pooling, settlement, and reconciliation while maintaining strong internal controls and regulatory compliance. The analyst partners closely with Traders, Financial Engineering, Accounting, agency counterparts, dealer counterparties, and custodians to ensure timely and accurate execution across the full trade lifecycle, including the creation and delivery of GNMA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac securities. This role offers hands-on exposure to securitization, agency execution, and capital markets risk within a large, bank-owned mortgage platform.
Responsibilities
Aggregate and pool eligible loans into GNMA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac securities in accordance with agency guidelines
Own post-trade processing for MBS, mortgage-related derivatives (including TBAs, futures, and swaps), and whole loan transactions, including trade capture validation, position management, settlement, and reconciliation
Prepare, validate, and submit pool and delivery data to agencies and custodians
Maintain accurate loan and security position records and investigate data breaks, settlement fails, and other operational discrepancies across the trade lifecycle
Ensure compliance with SOX controls, documentation standards, and internal audit requirements
Partner with internal teams to resolve exceptions and improve operational processes
Support securitization data preparation by monitoring data quality, completeness, and lineage
Support margin/collateral processes as needed, including coordinating with counterparties and internal teams
Qualifications
3+ years of related experience
Bachelor's degree in related field required
Entry level knowledge of residential mortgage industry in Correspondent or Retail Lending, including sales, operations, capital markets and/or other residential mortgage products and services
Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
SQL experience preferred
Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills
Compensation Salary range for new hires is generally $100,000.00 - $123,000.00 for Westlake Village, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned.
Notes Benefits and additional information are provided by the employer as part of the compensation package.
EEO and Accessibility AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company. Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Equal employment opportunity statement: Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will respond to inquiries regarding reasonable accommodations in the application process.
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Capital Markets Operations Analyst
Location:
CA - Westlake Village
The Capital Markets Operations Analyst owns key post-trade processes supporting mortgage backed securities (MBS), whole loan sales, and related hedging activity. This role is critical to ensuring accurate trade capture, pooling, settlement, and reconciliation while maintaining strong internal controls and regulatory compliance. The analyst partners closely with Traders, Financial Engineering, Accounting, agency counterparts, dealer counterparties, and custodians to ensure timely and accurate execution across the full trade lifecycle, including the creation and delivery of GNMA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac securities. This role offers hands-on exposure to securitization, agency execution, and capital markets risk within a large, bank-owned mortgage platform.
Responsibilities
Aggregate and pool eligible loans into GNMA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac securities in accordance with agency guidelines
Own post-trade processing for MBS, mortgage-related derivatives (including TBAs, futures, and swaps), and whole loan transactions, including trade capture validation, position management, settlement, and reconciliation
Prepare, validate, and submit pool and delivery data to agencies and custodians
Maintain accurate loan and security position records and investigate data breaks, settlement fails, and other operational discrepancies across the trade lifecycle
Ensure compliance with SOX controls, documentation standards, and internal audit requirements
Partner with internal teams to resolve exceptions and improve operational processes
Support securitization data preparation by monitoring data quality, completeness, and lineage
Support margin/collateral processes as needed, including coordinating with counterparties and internal teams
Qualifications
3+ years of related experience
Bachelor's degree in related field required
Entry level knowledge of residential mortgage industry in Correspondent or Retail Lending, including sales, operations, capital markets and/or other residential mortgage products and services
Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
SQL experience preferred
Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills
Compensation Salary range for new hires is generally $100,000.00 - $123,000.00 for Westlake Village, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned.
Notes Benefits and additional information are provided by the employer as part of the compensation package.
EEO and Accessibility AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company. Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Equal employment opportunity statement: Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will respond to inquiries regarding reasonable accommodations in the application process.
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