Senior Trading and Operations Application Strategist

Allspring Global Investments; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

In-office 4 days/week

Job summary

Allspring Global Investments in Boston is seeking a Sr. Trading Systems Application Strategist with deep OMS/EMS integration experience to support trading workflows and market data interfaces.

The role focuses on pre-trade and post-trade compliance, working with the compliance team to monitor surveillance and ensure proper controls across the lifecycle. The position requires solving complex cross-system challenges from trade capture to settlement, optimizing processes, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Experience designing and supporting OMS/EMS trading workflows.
• Strong understanding of front-to-back transaction lifecycle.
• Ability to partner with compliance to monitor trades.
• Hybrid work readiness for in-office collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between trading desks, operations, compliance, and IT for OMS initiatives.
• Analyze and document trading lifecycle workflows and gaps.
• Ensure downstream impacts on middle/back office processes are accounted for.
• Troubleshoot integration issues between trading systems and downstream systems.
• Manage technology backlog and prioritize work with the tech team.
• Collaborate with traders, PMs, operations, and compliance to gather requirements.
• Lead testing, validation, and deployment of updates.
• Support day-to-day trading operations and align with regulatory requirements.

Skills

OMS trading workflows

EMS integration

Trading application interfaces

Trade compliance

Front-to-back workflows

Tools

EMS system

Market data platforms

Trade surveillance systems

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and solutions-oriented Sr. Trading Systems Application Strategist with expertise in order management system (OMS) trading workflows and interfacing trading applications such as execution management systems (EMS), electronic trading venues, and market data platforms. This role carries meaningful responsibility for pre-trade and post-trade compliance, partnering closely with the compliance team on trade surveillance and monitoring systems to ensure trading activity is properly controlled, flagged, and reviewed across the transaction lifecycle. The role also requires a strong understanding of full front-to-back workflows, including how trading activity integrates with middle and back office systems for trade capture, confirmation, settlement, and reconciliation.

Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and solutions-oriented Sr. Trading Systems Application Strategist with expertise in order management system (OMS) trading workflows and interfacing trading applications such as execution management systems (EMS), electronic trading venues, and market data platforms. This role carries meaningful responsibility for pre-trade and post-trade compliance, partnering closely with the compliance team on trade surveillance and monitoring systems to ensure trading activity is properly controlled, flagged, and reviewed across the transaction lifecycle. The role also requires a strong understanding of full front-to-back workflows, including how trading activity integrates with middle and back office systems for trade capture, confirmation, settlement, and reconciliation.

This role is critical to supporting our trading technology roadmap, day-to-day trading operations, and strategic initiatives across the firm. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills to analyze, optimize, and support workflows within the transaction lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

We currently operate in a hybrid working model, whereby you will be required to work in-office 4 days per week.

Location(s): Charlotte, NC, Milwaukee, WI, or Boston, MA

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between trading desks, operations, compliance, and IT for all order management system (OMS) and integrated trading application initiatives, applying critical thinking to bridge technical and business needs.
• Analyze and document trading lifecycle workflows, including integrated applications supporting the order management and execution systems, identifying gaps and proposing effective, scalable solutions.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of full front-to-back workflows, ensuring trading system design and change decisions account for downstream impacts on middle and back office processes such as trade capture, allocation, confirmation/affirmation, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Partner with middle and back office teams to troubleshoot and resolve integration issues between trading systems and downstream systems (e.g., accounting, custody, settlement platforms), ensuring clean, timely straight-through processing (STP).
• Manage the technology backlog for trading systems, supporting grooming, prioritization, and readiness of work items in partnership with the technology team.
• Collaborate with traders, portfolio managers, operations, and compliance teams to gather requirements and translate them into practical, efficient system solutions.
• Lead testing, validation, and deployment of updates and enhancements, proactively identifying potential issues and resolving them before implementation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to trade execution, compliance alerts, and data integration, leveraging strong analytical skills to diagnose root causes.
• Partner with the compliance