Trading Operations Specialist: Counterparty & Data

Artisan Partners; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Artisan Partners is seeking a Trade Operations professional to support infrastructure, information and processes enabling our investment teams to trade globally. You will help coordinate and prioritize new relationships, manage counterparty onboarding, and ensure accurate documentation and reporting across relationships.

Responsibilities span counterparty onboarding, custody and brokerage relationships, commission management, and regulatory reporting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant investment management experience in counterparty or documentation administration, investment operations, or trade support.
• Strong knowledge of institutional trading relationships and the roles of counterparties, custodians, prime brokers, and other providers.
• Experience coordinating trading documentation and counterparty onboarding; familiarity with derivatives, prime brokerage, futures, clearing, custody or execution relationships.
• Strong understanding of legal entities, investment fund structures, accounts, KYC, and counterparty reference data.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate establishment and administration of trading relationships with counterparties, custodians, prime brokers, and clearing brokers.
• Serve as central resource for counterparty information and reporting; provide visibility into capabilities and requirements.
• Collaborate with Investment Teams and Trading to prioritize new relationships and capabilities.
• Support new investment products and trading strategies with setup across counterparty, custody, and market access.
• Administer commission management activities, including targets, payments, and soft dollar determinations.
• Administer regulatory, counterparty and market reporting, including 13H reporting.
• Maintain counterparty data; collaborate with Technology and data teams to improve reporting.
• Lead counterparty data initiatives in Snowflake and translate business needs to data requirements.
• Develop understanding of front-to-back trade lifecycle across asset classes to guide projects.

Skills

Counterparty experience

Documentation administration

Investment operations

Data modeling

Excel proficiency

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

Excel

Order management systems

Job description

Artisan Partners is seeking a Trade Operations professional to support infrastructure, information and processes enabling our investment teams to trade globally. You will help coordinate and prioritize new relationships, manage counterparty onboarding, and ensure accurate documentation and reporting across relationships.

Responsibilities span counterparty onboarding, custody and brokerage relationships, commission management, and regulatory reporting.