Trading Associate - Active

Tidal Financial Group; Villa Park (IL); Presencial; USD 80.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Tidal Financial Group is seeking a Trading Associate to support ETF portfolios, execute trades, and monitor risk within established guidelines. You will work closely with the ETF Portfolio Management team to ensure accurate trade execution and timely reporting.

Applicants should have a math/finance degree and at least 3 years in ETF trading or related roles, plus strong Excel skills; VBA and Bloomberg experience are a plus. Chicago-area candidates preferred for an on-site role.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, finance, accounting, economics, or related field.
• Minimum 3+ years’ experience, preferably with an ETF or trading background.
• Strong Excel skills; VBA/Bloomberg/Python et al. are a plus.
• Must be a proactive problem solver and dedicated hard worker, capable of tackling challenges efficiently.
• Must excel at managing multiple deadlines and tasks simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

Responsabilidades

• Be a key member of the firm’s portfolio management team, taking an active role in managing portfolios and acting as a liaison with clients.
• Provide operational support through portfolio monitoring, trade execution, compliance reporting, and investment thought leadership.
• Perform day-to-day portfolio reconciliation.
• Work with trading team on the preparation or execution of trades, rebalances, ETF baskets, etc.
• Understand firm’s policies and procedures for overall compliance and portfolio management, identifying improvements, as applicable.

Conocimientos

ETF trading

Portfolio management

Trade execution

Excel

VBA

Bloomberg

Python

Educación

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, finance, accounting, economics, or related fields

Herramientas

Bloomberg Terminal

Descripción del empleo

The Tidal Financial Group is a leading ETF investment technology platform dedicated to creating, operating, and growing ETFs. We combine expertise and innovative partnership approaches to offer comprehensive, value-generating ETF solutions.

Our platform offers best-in-class strategic guidance, product planning, trust and fund services, legal support, operations support, marketing and research, and sales and distribution services.

About The Role

Tidal isseekinga highly skilled Trading Associate responsible for the implementation and management of various Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) portfolios. This role requires a deep understanding of financial markets, strong analytical skills, and a proventrack recordin managing portfolios within relevant risk-reward frameworks.

The ETF Portfolio Management team provides portfolio management and execution services for ETF issuers. The firm manages both active and index-based portfolios and covers most major global asset classes. This position will closely be involved with day-to-day portfolio management and trading of exchange traded products.

What You’ll Do

• Be a key member of the firm’s portfolio management team, taking an active role in managing portfolios and acting as a liaison with clients.
• Provide operational support through portfolio monitoring, trade execution, compliance reporting, and investment thought leadership.
• Perform day-to-day portfolio reconciliation.
• Work with trading team on the preparation or execution of trades, rebalances, ETF baskets, etc.
• Understand firm’s policies and procedures for overall compliance and portfolio management, identifying improvements, as applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, finance, accounting, economics, or related fields
• Minimum 3+ years’ experience, preferably with an ETF or trading background
• Strong excel skillsa must, VBA/Bloomberg/Python/etc. a plus
• Must be a proactive problem solver and dedicated hard worker, capable of tackling challenges efficiently.
• Must excel at managing multiple deadlines and tasks simultaneously whilemaintainingexceptional attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proximity to Chicago and New York preferred
• Basic Bloomberg command knowledge
• Exposure to investment compliance guideline monitoring and updating
• Effective communicator that works well in a teamenvironment thathasa strong desireto continuously improve workflows, fundamentallyunderstandsoperational risk, and takes initiative.

The Pay Range For This Role Is

80,000 - 110,000 USD per year(Chicago Office)