Trade Operations Specialist

This position lies at the heart of the administrative management of the investment department primarily focusing on trading, operations and problem solving. You will be responsible for taking care of investment portfolios. This means managing cash flows, executing trades, ensuring successful settlement, implementing new portfolios and maintaining databases and connections with our outside trading and platform providers.

Daily responsibilities

·         Upload trade files to third party brokers for execution daily

·         Create executed Bond trade files and upload to respective platforms

·         Troubleshoot any failed or unaffirmed trades as notified by Brokers

·         Address overdrafts as created by executed trades as notified by client banks

·         Works on projects as needed to support the portfolio management team.

Job Requirements

This is a technical job. It involves managing complex systems and integrating platforms to create scalable investment management processes. It requires efficiently processing volumes of data and making decisions in the best interest of clients. Every work day requires analysis, problem solving and taking action. This is also a communications job. It requires collaborating with the portfolio management team and the rest of the investment and administrative team.  This is a Chicago based role.

Skills

·         Ability to analyze and make decisions

·         Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

·         Ability to communicate with coworkers, clients and business partners

·         Ability to operate as a team member

·         Numerical skills ranging from basic math to interpreting data

·         Computer skills including proficiency in computer software programs and applications such as Excel, Word, as well as OMS and other financial management platforms, etc.

Education

·         Four-year college degree

·         Experience working with Bloomberg and other financial software

Our firm is growing fast. We are looking for someone with energy, intellectual curiosity and ambition to join our team and contribute to our continued success.