Trade Operations Analyst

Operations Analyst & Trader

Jennifer Fukumae with Robert Half Finance & Accounting is partnering with a quantitative, market-neutral hedge fund that leverages cutting-edge machine learning and crowdsourced predictions from experts worldwide. The team is small, collaborative, and deeply technical, offering the opportunity to work at the intersection of quantitative trading, operations, and emerging technologies like AI and crypto.

The firm is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Operations Analyst & Trader to join the team. This hybrid role is ideal for someone who wants to dive deep into both operational processes and the quantitative trading domain. The successful candidate will support and optimize daily trading operations while also contributing to accounting and finance functions.

Responsibilities:

• Trade Operations: Oversee OMS relationships, run tri-party reconciliations, and process corporate actions across multiple product types to ensure seamless daily trading execution.
• Accounting: Manage daily cash, position, and corporate action reconciliations with administrators and prime brokers; support NAV sign-off, annual audits, and fund tax preparations.
• Trading: Act as trading team backup by allocating instructions to executing brokers/prime brokers and analyzing trade breaks.
• Operational Efficiency: Improve processes, optimize trading workflows, reduce risk, ensure compliance, and manage margin requirements with prime brokers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with data science, engineering, compliance, and other teams to align on operational and trading needs.

Requirements:

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in trade support, fund accounting, investment operations, or a similar capacity within financial services.
• Background collaborating with trading desks, prime brokers, and handling reconciliation workflows.
• Familiarity with core accounting concepts and working knowledge of financial products, including equities, derivatives, and alternative/private investments.
• Proven experience managing equity corporate actions and securities symbology.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to prioritize and adapt in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable working across teams and with external partners.
• Proficiency with financial technology platforms and order/trade management systems.
• Problem-solver with a highly analytical mindset, capable of identifying inefficiencies, resolving breaks, and enhancing operational processes.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive base salary + potential carry.
• Full medical (Blue Shield PPO), dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Unlimited PTO and commuter benefits.

Why Join:

• Opportunity to build in an exciting and growing space at the intersection of crypto and AI/machine learning.
• Exposure to both operations and trading—a path to broader trading responsibilities.
• Work directly with the founders of the firm in a flat, entrepreneurial team.
• Collaborative environment with cutting-edge quantitative strategies.