Trade Support & Strategic Projects Analyst

Company Description
Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a family office with approximately $28 billion in net assets under management. The majority of the assets are managed on behalf of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), which was founded by George Soros and is one of the largest charitable foundations in the world. OSF supports civil society groups across the world and promotes justice, human rights, democracy, education, public health, and independent media. SFM has approximately 200 employees and is headquartered in New York with offices in London, Dublin and Hong Kong. The majority of the assets are managed internally, and SFM can invest globally in a wide range of investment strategies and asset classes, including equities, credit, fixed income, macro and private equity.

Position Overview
SFM is looking for a high caliber candidate to join Trade Support supporting our global investment team. The team works closely with our front-office Portfolio Management and Trade Execution teams on day-to-day trading, as well as our Technology team on both tactical and strategic projects. The Trade Support team has a wide range of responsibility encompassing trade capture, corporate actions, option expiries, allocation oversight, and project management. In addition, the team works closely with our out-sourced back-office service provider and administrator on affirmations, settlements, and reconciliations. Specific hands-on experience integrating new technology, building out or enhancing workflows, and leveraging data/metrics to improve inhouse technology is preferred. Prior experience in a fixed income or multi-strat fund is helpful.

Key Relationships

Reports To: The Head of Operations

Other Key
Relationships:

SFM Portfolio Managers
Trading Desk
Front Office & Ops Technology
Treasury
Risk Management
Trading Counterparts
Prime Brokers & Custodians
Administrators
Controllers, Legal & Tax

Responsibilities:
• New Technology Integration – drive the development & onboarding of new Trading, PNL, and Static Data systems to create a best in brand Trading and Operational platform
• Re-engineer our Account Hierarchy and CounterParty Master
• Assist in Trade Capture & Affirmation oversight
• Analyze break trends, recognize system deficiencies, diagnose root causes, and devise solutions that add efficiency and optimize our operations
• Resolve position & cash breaks across providers and our fund administrator
• Oversee & resolve unmatched and failing trades with the Prime Brokers
• Coordinate with key stakeholders on financing queries, ad hoc requests, or trade breaks
• Ensure all corporate actions & life cycle events are processed timely and accurately
• Monitor real-time PnL within systems and investigate issues

Requirements
• 5+ years experience in a Hedge Fund Trade Support role
• Experience interfacing with Business Users, Technology Engineers/Developers, and Counterparties (i.e. Executing Dealers, Prime Brokers, Vendors, etc)
• Knowledge across Equity, Fixed income, OTC derivatives & Futures is helpful
• Experience in trade booking, life-cycle events, and reconciliations
• Strong knowledge of Excel, PowerBI, & ChatGPTi is a plus
• Familiarity working with a Fund Administrator
• Pro-active, driven, & ability to get results
• Excellent communication skills, team player and have high standards of integrity.
• Exceptional attention to detail, ability to multi-task, takes ownership, challenges assumptions

Core Values
In all respects, needs to reflect the following core values:

• Owner’s Mindset
• Humility
• Teamwork
• Curiosity
• Integrity

Anticipated Salary Range
We anticipate the base salary for this role will be in the range of $125,000 – $135,000.

In addition to a base salary, the successful candidate will also be eligible to receive a discretionary year-end bonus.