ETF End-of-Day Operations & Markets Specialist

Artisan Partners; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Artisan Partners, based in Boston, seeks an ETF Capital Markets & Portfolio Operations Specialist to support lifecycle processes from trade inception to settlement. You will monitor trading activity, AP interactions, basket creation/redemption, and end-of-day close to ensure accurate daily operations.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in fund operations with ETF experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with data interfaces; FINRA Series 7 & 63 licenses are required or must be obtained.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in fund operations, middle office, fund accounting, or capital markets operations.
• 3-5 years of direct ETF operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Support ETF-related operational activity from trade inception through settlement to ensure accurate and timely execution.
• Monitor secondary market trading activity, including ETF liquidity, bid-ask spreads, premiums/discounts, and overall market quality while partnering with external capital markets participants to identify and resolve market dislocations.
• Monitor and oversee ETF basket creation/redemption workflows and Authorized Participant (AP) activity.
• Coordinate end-of-day operational processing, including basket validation, holdings dissemination, reconciliations, and cash balancing.
• Review and validate holdings files, corporate actions, pricing data, and fund-level operational reporting.
• Investigate and resolve operational breaks, reconciliation exceptions, and data discrepancies across internal and external systems.
• Partner closely with fund accounting, custodians, administrators, APs, market makers, and technology teams to support the seamless operation of the ETF ecosystem across both primary and secondary market activity.
• Monitor operational processes and system interfaces to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact production.
• Serve as the primary owner of Artisan's end-of-day CPR process, overseeing the resolution of Trading and Capital Markets-related items to ensure accurate daily close and next-day operational readiness.
• Manage critical model delivery-related deliverables including recurring Russell and Envestnet platform and Morgan Stanley daily trade review.
• Support ETF launches, onboarding activities, and strategic process improvement initiatives while helping enhance operational procedures, controls, and exception-management frameworks that support a scalable operating model.
• Identify opportunities to enhance operational controls, automate manual processes, and improve the efficiency and scalability of ETF-related workflows.

Skills

ETF operations

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

Job description

Artisan Partners, based in Boston, seeks an ETF Capital Markets & Portfolio Operations Specialist to support lifecycle processes from trade inception to settlement. You will monitor trading activity, AP interactions, basket creation/redemption, and end-of-day close to ensure accurate daily operations.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in fund operations with ETF experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with data interfaces; FINRA Series 7 & 63 licenses are required or must be obtained.