AVP, FX & Derivatives Operations Lead

The Assistant Vice President, Derivatives & FX Operations Lead will be a member of the Trade Operations team within Nuveen Global Investment Operations. The candidate will act as a senior lead analyst on the team and will be responsible for supporting our investment team by ensuring accurate and timely trade support of Foreign Exchange (FX) and derivatives trades within Nuveen's order management, accounting, and collateral management systems. In addition to supporting production trading, the candidate will work closely with Nuveen's Equity and Fixed Income investment teams, Technology teams, and critical business partners such as State Street to advance Nuveen's strategic initiatives and implement process improvements to scale and support the growth of the business. The Derivatives & FX Operations Lead will be responsible ensuring timely and accurate communication of trade activity to necessary downstream stakeholders as well as cash and underlying securities related to derivatives trading.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Oversee FX and derivatives trade management activity, identifying high-risk issues and resolving trade breaks through Nuveen's strategic outsourced operations partners.
• Oversee FX and derivatives trade processing, analytics, and reporting within proprietary derivatives risk and analytics platform, supporting investments and risk management teams.
• Closely collaborate with Trading, Technology, and Operations to support strategic initiatives through business analysis, development, testing, and implementation.
• Incorporate a risk management mindset, focused on identifying and mitigating operational risk through continued process improvement and enhanced operational controls. Develop standard operating procedures and remediation plans to address operational risk.
• Oversee and support FX trading, hedging, and administrative operational activity for FX trading and investment teams. Partner with FX trading and investment teams to improve processes, data, and infrastructure used to support the monitoring, maintenance, and execution of FX mandates.
• Responds and oversees routine and complex inquiries from clients, custodians, and brokers to ensure timely and accurate processing of transactions and resolve and research errors or requests that have been escalated.
• Acts as a liaison and subject matter expert within the assigned business unit to front office, counterparties, vendors, & internal teams.
• Demonstrates a risk and control mindset through adherence to compliance and regulatory requirements; ensures process and audit documentation is always current.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvements that enhance efficiency and effectiveness across the trade operations lifecycle and deliver positive internal and external client impacts.
  
  

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required
  
  

Work Experience

• 5 Years Required; 7 Years Preferred
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
  
  

Career Level

8IC

Required Skills

• 3 years of experience working in investment/trading operations
• 3 years of experience supporting FX trading and/or Derivatives
  
  

Preferred Skills

• 3 or more years of experience supporting derivatives trading
• 3 or more years of experience in asset management
• Experience with or strong understanding of various derivatives instruments across equity, fixed income, FX, and credit asset classes.
• Strong knowledge of derivatives trade lifecycle and support across bilateral, listed, and cleared derivatives trading workflows.
• Knowledge of order management systems and/or electronic trading systems to support derivatives and FX trading.
  
  

Related Skills

Business Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Business Process Understanding, Collaboration, Consultative Communication, Negotiation, Nuveen Products/Services Acumen, Organizational Savviness, Project Management, Vendor / Partner Management

Anticipated Posting End Date:

2025-04-11

Base Pay Range: $109,500/yr. - $151,000/yr.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Its affiliates offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information about the firm please visit our website at www.Nuveen.com

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Preferred Skills

• 3 or more years of experience supporting derivatives trading
• 3 or more years of experience in asset management
• Experience with or strong understanding of various derivatives instruments across equity, fixed income, FX, and credit asset classes.
• Strong knowledge of derivatives trade lifecycle and support across bilateral, listed, and cleared derivatives trading workflows.
• Knowledge of order management systems and/or electronic trading systems to support derivatives and FX trading.