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Senior Trade Quality Analyst
2025-08-19 Natixis Investment Managers San Francisco,CAThe Senior Trade Risk Analyst is an experienced trade analyst with detailed knowledge of the managed accounts business, specifically in separately managed accounts and overlay management. The Senior Trade Risk Analyst is responsible for the oversight of the daily audit, review, and verification of trading department responsibilities. This individual's primary role is to ensure that all instructions from model providers, clients, and other parties are being completed in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner. This person should be extremely detailed oriented and serve as a role model to other Trade Analysts.
What you'll do:
Model Change Trading Review
- Verify investment actions from model providers are being responded to
- Verify all model change activity has been performed accurately
- Verify model only programs have been updated accurately
- Verify and audit trade details from investment actions (ticker, weight, and side)
- Monitor and review investment action working prices
Account Specific Trading Review
- Verify new accounts and styles changes have been traded
- Verify withdrawals and deposits have been processed and liquidations have taken place
- Tax Harvesting – monitor, process, and verify all requested losses/gains have been traded accurately
- Ensure accounts are being reviewed and traded for position/sleeve/allocation drift
Model Reconciliation and Review
- Management of the weekly reconciliation of SMA models and Portal models
- Make drift adjustment recommendations and verify changes are made timely and accurately
- Collaboratively support daily departmental functions in a lead capacity
- Contribute to general risk management and process/procedural improvements
- Support and help reinforce a team-based environment with focus around policy and procedural adherence
What you'll bring:
- Bachelor's degree required. Graduate degree and/or CFA or other professional designation desirable.
- 3-5 years' experience with SMA/UMA/portfolio management
- Experience with multiple trade order systems including Vestmark, APL, etc.
- Experience with market data platforms (Bloomberg, FactSet, etc.)
- Attention to detail, strong communication, presentation and organizational skills.
- High level of accuracy, risk awareness and ensurance of procedural adherence.
- Team player with a professional and positive demeanor.
- Ability to prioritize and execute multiple responsibilities.
Who we are:
We put the best interests of our clients, employees, communities, and environment first in everything we do. We're dedicated to fostering a culture of collaboration, diversity, and inclusion that supports employee growth. We believe this creates equal opportunities for our employees — and better outcomes for our clients and communities. We offer a robust benefits package designed to integrate life and work and to support our employees. Benefits include, but are not limited to; comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401k plan, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment program, wellness benefits and volunteer programs*.
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In accordance with the California salary transparency law, the expected annual base salary for this San Francisco, CA, United States-based position is $55,000.00 - $95,000.00. Actual annual base salaries may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, and other job-related factors. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include discretionary bonuses and other Natixis sponsored benefit programs.
Natixis Investment Managers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other terms, conditions and privileges of employment on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by law.
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*Benefits eligibility is for permanent employees of Natixis Investment Managers. Interns, contractors and temporary workers are not eligible for benefits.