Father Gabriel Richard High School - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Director of Trading Operations

Father Gabriel Richard High School - Ann Arbor, Michigan

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Dallas • Texas • United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own the end-to-end trading function, including strategy, execution, rebalancing methodology, risk management, and operational oversight
  • Establish and govern the firm's rebalancing and trading architecture, ensuring accuracy, resilience, and scalability across custodians, portfolio systems, and internal tools
  • Set standards for data integrity, model governance, exception management, and post-trade validation
  • Serve as the senior escalation point for complex trading issues, systemic risks, and vendor relationships
  • Partner with Engineering and Product to define the trading and rebalancing roadmap, including automation, integrations, and build-vs-buy decisions
  • Act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on trading-related decisions impacting scale, cost, and client experience
  • Collaborate with Compliance to ensure trading practices, systems, and controls align with both RIA and broker-dealer requirements
  • Define capacity models, performance metrics, and control frameworks to support sustained growth and regulatory rigor
  • Build and lead a high-performing trading organization, with clear ownership, accountability, and development pathways
  • Drive broker-dealer readiness initiatives across trading supervision, regulatory controls, and compliance frameworks

Requirements

  • Extensive experience leading trading or portfolio implementation functions within an RIA, broker-dealer, or technology-enabled wealth platform
  • Demonstrated ownership of multi-custodian trading programs and rebalancing technology in a high-growth environment
  • Strong command of portfolio construction, rebalancing methodologies, and trading risk controls
  • Proven ability to operate at the intersection of technology, data, and financial operations
  • Experience operating within a dual-registered or broker-dealer environment, with a strong understanding of trading supervision, controls, and regulatory obligations
  • Executive presence, sound judgment, and comfort making decisions with material firm-level impact
  • Required to hold appropriate FINRA registrations to support broker-dealer trading activities, including Series 7, Series 66, and Series 9/10 or 24
Benefits
  • Full health benefits + 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
  • Unlimited PTO

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
trading functionrebalancing methodologyrisk managementdata integritymodel governanceexception managementpost-trade validationportfolio constructiontrading risk controlscapacity models
Soft skills
strategic advisorexecutive presencesound judgmentownershipaccountabilitycollaborationleadershipdecision-makingcommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
FINRA registrationsSeries 7Series 66Series 9Series 10Series 24