Trader

Level Four Group seeks a seasoned Capital Management Trader to join its asset management team in Dallas, onsite. The role encompasses all aspects of securities trading, portfolio operations, onboarding key accounts, and supporting proprietary investment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee complete trade lifecycle across multiple strategies, including pre-trade analysis, order execution, post-trade review, allocations, and settlement with multiple brokers and custodians; ensure accurate settlement and resolve discrepancies.
• Utilize order management systems and trading strategies to uphold best execution standards.
• Maintain adherence to best execution policies through broker due diligence, broker evaluation, execution performance measurement, and meticulous trading record keeping.
• Administer proprietary equity and asset allocation models within the asset allocation framework, coordinating workflow in Orion and Salesforce to assign models and complete trades as required.
• Oversee soft dollar balances and broker relationships to capture trading activity and minimize hard-dollar expenses; monitor the commission budget and payments to third-party broker dealers.
• Support portfolio managers during rebalancing and allocations, serving as the central resource for investment houses to supply research to PMs; assemble needed research and leverage relationships to access reports.
• Develop and maintain procedures and documentation for trading and operations best practices, leveraging technology to improve efficiency across the trade and reconciliation workflow.
• Conduct tax analysis and ensure error-free implementation during transitions of multi-million-dollar portfolios into LFCM.
• Oversee the GIPS verification process, including model assignments, account closures, and collaboration with custodians and regulators to ensure data accuracy.
• Contribute to firm-wide projects focused on operational efficiencies and process improvements.
• Coordinate with the Advisory Service Operations team for new account onboarding to confirm readiness before trading.
• Additional duties as required.

Requirements

• Five to ten years of equity trading experience with strong knowledge of trading systems.
• Previous experience in a financial services office or broker-dealer environment.
• Understanding of equity and fixed income markets and related securities.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Self-motivated with strong organizational abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Experience with trading platforms including OMS or EMS such as Black Diamond, EMSX, Realtick, and Eze Software.
• Bachelor's Degree.
• Experience with Salesforce.
• Experience with Black Diamond.
• Experience with RJ.
• Experience with Fidelity.
• Experience with Schwab.
• FINRA securities licenses: Series 65 and Series 7.

Technologies

• Orion
• Salesforce
• Microsoft Office
• OMS
• EMS
• Black Diamond
• EMSX
• Realtick
• Eze Software
• RJ
• Fidelity
• Schwab

Benefits

• Casual work environment
• Generous paid time off
• Flexible work schedule
• Great benefits
• And more