Senior Trading Systems Strategist: OMS/EMS & Compliance

Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC seeks a Sr. Trading Systems Application Strategist to optimize OMS/EMS workflows, support pre-trade and post-trade compliance, and collaborate with compliance, IT, and operations across front-to-back trade lifecycle.

The role requires 5+ years with major OMS, Charles River experience, and strong analytical and communication skills. This is a hybrid role in Milwaukee/Charlotte with in-office four days a week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with a major order management system (e.g., Bloomberg AIM, Charles River, Aladdin, or similar) in a business systems or application support role.
• Charles River experience required.
• Direct experience supporting pre-trade compliance rule configuration and post-trade compliance monitoring or trade surveillance systems within an asset management or broker-dealer environment.
• Proven ability to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills in high-pressure, dynamic trading environments.
• Strong understanding of investment management operations, trading workflows, and compliance processes, including regulatory requirements governing trade surveillance and monitoring.
• Working knowledge of integration between trading systems and middle and back office systems and workflows (e.g., trade capture, allocations, confirmation/affirmation, settlement, reconciliation).
• Experience with the FIX protocol, market data feeds, and integration with upstream/downstream trading systems.
• Experience with electronic trading venues and platforms (e.g., Tradeweb, MarketAxess, MTS, or similar).
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between trading desks, operations, compliance, and IT for OMS and integrated trading application initiatives, bridging technical and business needs.
• Analyze and document trading lifecycle workflows, including integrated applications supporting OMS/EMS, and identify gaps with scalable solutions.
• Maintain knowledge of full front-to-back workflows and ensure design decisions account for downstream impacts on middle/back office processes.
• Partner with middle/back office teams to troubleshoot integration issues between trading systems and downstream systems to ensure clean STP.
• Manage the technology backlog for trading systems in collaboration with the technology team.
• Collaborate with traders, PMs, operations, and compliance teams to gather requirements and translate them into practical system solutions.
• Lead testing, validation, and deployment of updates and enhancements, identifying issues proactively.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to trade execution, compliance alerts, and data integration, diagnosing root causes.
• Configure and administer pre-trade compliance rules within the OMS to prevent trading violations.
• Own the application-side support of post-trade compliance monitoring and trade surveillance systems.
• Investigate and remediate compliance alert breaks and surveillance exceptions with compliance to refine rule logic.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams for workflow changes, upgrades, and patches with minimal disruption.
• Partner with the tech team on Agile ceremonies as the business-side SME for trading systems.
• Maintain documentation of configurations, workflows, and change requests.
• Monitor industry, market structure, and regulatory developments affecting trading workflows.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Bloomberg AIM

Charles River

Aladdin

JIRA

SQL

Job description

Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC seeks a Sr. Trading Systems Application Strategist to optimize OMS/EMS workflows, support pre-trade and post-trade compliance, and collaborate with compliance, IT, and operations across front-to-back trade lifecycle.

The role requires 5+ years with major OMS, Charles River experience, and strong analytical and communication skills. This is a hybrid role in Milwaukee/Charlotte with in-office four days a week.