Trading Manager

The role

The Manager, Trading will run daily workflows and the trade lifecycle across equities, options, and fixed income. This individual contributor role supports Credit Risk functions and partners with Product and Engineering to design and launch trading capabilities.

What you will do

• Monitor daily order flow, routing, and executions across equities and options
• Review orders and evaluate risk on trades that drop to review
• Manage and work not held orders via algo strategies or RFQ
• Serve as the desk's senior point of contact for advisor questions
• Work fixed income order flow including treasuries, municipals, corporates, and brokered CDs
• Support advisor questions on bond availability, pricing, yield, and order status
• Flag pricing and settlement exceptions on fixed income trades
• Execute liquidations required to satisfy margin calls and debit obligations
• Support enforcing PDT, Good Faith, and Freeride restrictions
• Oversee trade break research and resolution, cancels and rebills, and trade error handling

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience on a trading desk, in trading operations, or in execution services at a broker-dealer or custodian
• Hands-on experience with equity and options order handling, routing, and trade support
• Experience managing trade breaks, corrections, and error accounts
• Working familiarity with margin mechanics, including calls, buying power, and liquidations
• Experience with OMS and routing platforms such as Sterling or equivalent
• Experience with clearing platforms such as FIS Phase 3 or equivalent
• Understanding of RFQ platforms
• Strong Excel skills
• FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 required
• Series 57 required, or must be obtained within 90 days of employment
• Series 24 and Series 4, or willingness to obtain
• Series 52, or willingness to obtain

Nice to have

• Exposure to fixed income order flow and bond market mechanics
• Exposure to fixed income venues and data tools (e.g., Tradeweb, MarketAxess, ICE Bonds, Bloomberg)

Benefits

• Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces
• Competitive total compensation
• Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO)
• 401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting
• 16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• Employee mobility program
• Annual L&D budget allocation
• Company perks program including discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel
• Financial guidance program

About the company

Altruist is transforming the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry by building an AI platform for wealth professionals. They partner with financial advisors nationwide to empower them to grow and deliver outcomes for clients.