AVP of Trading
Tidal Financial Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Florida • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $130,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Execute and manage trades across equities and options.
- Execute day-to-day duties in the Trading Operations Team, including but not limited to trade allocation, position settlement, and reconciliation of all trading.
- Utilize Bloomberg or other institutional trading platforms for efficient trade execution.
- Work closely with Prime Brokers and Market Makers to ensure trading best execution and fund efficiencies.
- Stay updated with market trends, economic developments, and trading strategies.
- Accountable for performance and adherence to fund objectives and delivering superior returns against direct competitors.
- Strong familiarity with Microsoft Excel and other Office applications.
- Partner with Investment/Portfolio Management team to continually improve and enhance the trading process and procedures.
- Work closely with our Operations Team to understand their needs and to build solutions that enable them to execute transactions and other operational processes effectively.
- Continually analyzing, reviewing and improving our operations and service as the trading business evolves.
- Interact and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably business or quantitative discipline related, or relevant experience.
- 3-5 years of experience (or more) in trading equities and options with a strong emphasis on option trading.
- Institutional/RIA trading experience.
- Proficiency with Bloomberg or similar institutional trading platforms.
- Strong understanding of financial markets and trading strategies.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Demonstrated history of solving complex problems.
- Proficient with MS Office Suite.
- Very high level of competency in Excel.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
trading equitiestrading optionstrade allocationposition settlementreconciliationfinancial marketstrading strategiesproblem solvingExcelMS Office Suite
Soft Skills
communicationcustomer servicerelationship buildingadaptabilityteam collaborationanalytical thinkingperformance accountabilitystakeholder engagementprocess improvementdynamic environment
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree