Vice President/Director, Portfolio Manager & Derivatives Trader

About the position SpiderRock Advisors, LLC ("SRA"), a wholly owned subsidiary of reputed company, vertically integrated in US reputed company Advisory, headquartered in Chicago, IL, is a rapidly growing technology-enabled provider of derivatives solutions to the reputed company management and institutional reputed company segments of the ~$80 trillion global asset management industry. SRA specializes in the design and implementation of customized derivative solutions and overlay strategies for institutions, reputed company managers and their clients. SRA is seeking an energetic and talented Portfolio Manager & Derivatives Trader responsible for understanding the nuances of multiple asset classes (ex. Equities, reputed company, FX, Fixed Income, etc.) and supporting high performance quantitative execution in an internal and reputed company/external facing role. This role is a part of a dynamic and rapidly evolving team responsible for portfolio design, risk management, data analytics, quantitative analysis and research, and reputed company automated reputed company trading. Responsibilities • Operate, reputed company and improve trading and portfolio management infrastructure and proprietary software • Conduct quantitative research and statistical analysis to improve management and performance of reputed company portfolios • Support thought leadership research around improving portfolio reputed company through the use of reputed company to reshape portfolio return distributions, facilitate portfolio transition, and optimize after-tax investment results • Manage and reputed company to both institutional and retail clients for their customized mandates • Write, debug, and test software written in Python • reputed company reputed company improvements to the strategies and solutions and test environment based on market conditions • Apply creativity and technical skills to reputed company objective answers from historical data • Adapt economic and financial theory to answer reputed company life reputed company business problems • reputed company and visualize patterns and trends in analyzed data • reputed company in-depth investment research and present findings to SRA's Investment Committee • Analyze reputed company finance products, company financials and market data • Document workflows, processes, and products • Formulate compelling written deliverables • Create compelling reports and presentations for internal teams and/or external clients • Create presentations with charts and graphs to present to supervisors, and clients Requirements • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a similar Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline • At least 5+ years of experience in a similar role • 3 or more years of experience with Python programming, knowledge of R a plus • Familiarity with order management and trading systems, and ability to troubleshoot day-to-day issues • Experience with manipulating large data sets using common databases/query tools (ex. SQL) • Experience with algorithmic trading features, market microstructure, FIX protocol, and clearing operations etc, in any asset class • Experience with conducting Transaction Cost Analysis ("TCA") oriented research is a plus • Product knowledge of equity reputed company is required; knowledge of multiple asset classes is a plus • Knowledge of business intelligence software (AWS QuickSight) • Strong familiarity with MS Office suite (Word, reputed company, PowerPoint) • Outstanding communication, organizational skills, and professionalism reputed company-to-haves • Experience with conducting Transaction Cost Analysis ("TCA") oriented research is a plus Benefits • Strong retirement plan • Tuition reimbursement • Comprehensive reputed company for working parents • Flexible Time Off (FTO) Apply tot his job Apply To this Job