A hedge fund in New York is seeking to hire an experienced trading operations specialist to directly support two portfolio managers in a newly established systematic strategy. This is the inaugural operations hire, providing direct support to the PMs, and you will be responsible for building the processes from the ground up to facilitate thousands of trades each day. This role is heavily project-based, and you will need to demonstrate prior experience in managing processes from A to B to C to D.
The successful candidate will have:
• 7+ years of trade operations experience, ideally within a boutique buy-side environment where you've had experience building out operational processes;
• Fixed Income or Derivatives product knowledge would be preferred;
• A technical toolkit in either Python or SQL would be beneficial;
• Experience in project management and delivering change;
• Highly collaborative; able to build relationships with finance, operations, quant, tech and trading teams;
• Outstanding communication skills; ability to respond rapidly, and analytically, to situations as they arise;
• Interest in / passion for the markets;
• A strong academic pedigree from a top university;
• CFA beneficial;
• Strong risk management and controls experience;
• Prior experience with Enfusion OMS would be beneficial;
For a confidential discussion, please apply with your CV.
