COO- Operations & Technology Manager-Financial Ser...

Leading alternative asset manager with a range of institutional and private clients operating in Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific. With established offices in Chicago and New York, they are now looking to build upon their Boston office. Our client specializes in managing equities, commodities & currencies. The firm employs a quantitative style of managing portfolios.

Manage all operational aspects for the US, including the following:

Operations and Technology
• Manage relationships with systems administrators, technology vendors, telecom
• Manage evaluations of providers of trading, accounting, risk management, valuation systems versus ‘build it ourselves’
• Business continuity plan
• Real estate and office

Fund operations
• Daily NAV, performance attribution, reconciliation, trade errors, settlement
• Fund cash management
• Monthly reporting to clients
• Margin reports, counterparty reports
• Manage relationship with brokers, administrator, auditor
• Fund audit

Fund infrastructure
• Cayman, Luxembourg structures, US feeders
• Legal

Prime brokerage
• Dealer credit relationship
• Control, monitor dealer credit

Finance
• Budgeting
• Coordinate finance with head office
• Company Audit

Compliance
• Establish procedures, compliance manual for institutional level due diligence
• Internal control manual
• Regulators (SEC, Cayman…), ADV

HR
• Coordinate payroll, benefits etc. with head office
• Lead collecting and screening of resumes, work with recruiters