Trading Associate-Passive

Tidal-Financial-Group; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tidal Financial Group is seeking a highly skilled Trading Associate to manage ETF portfolios and oversee day-to-day ETF trading operations from our Chicago office. You will participate in trade execution, portfolio monitoring, and regulatory reporting while liaising with clients and team members.

The role requires strong analytical skills, a proactive approach, and a solid background in ETF or trading environments.

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 skills; VBA/Bloomberg/Python are a plus.
• Proactive problem solver with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Experience in portfolio monitoring, trade execution, and compliance reporting is a plus.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Proactive problem solving

Attention to detail

Multitasking under deadlines

Education

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

Tools

Excel

VBA

Bloomberg

Python

Job description

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 is seeking a 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 proven track record in 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 functions 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 liaison with clients.


• Provide operational support through portfolio monitoring, trade execution, compliance reporting, and investment thought leadership.


• Work with trading team on the preparation or execution of trades, rebalances, ETF baskets, etc.


• Prepare quarterly portfolio reconciliation and reports to assist in portfolio oversight, compliance reporting, board meetings and regulatory filing updates.


• 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 skills a 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 while maintaining exceptional 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 team environment that has a strong desire to continuously improve workflows, fundamentally understands operational risk, and takes initiative.

The pay range for this role is:

85,000 - 110,000 USD per year (Chicago Office)