Trading Operations Analyst

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future. Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. You will be working with strategies that are at the forefront of machine learning and statistical trading. The strategies have been carefully designed to generate non-correlated returns. Our firm and its strategies are the product of many years of meticulous research and craftsmanship, and you will lead the way in bringing them to investors. In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

This role will assist with the administration and execution of financial transactions between Voleon and its counterparties, responsible for performing regular reconciliations, preparing internal reports, and managing some routine accounting tasks. You will be part of the Fund Operations team and will work closely with the Fund Accounting team. You will report to the Fund Finance Director while collaborating with talented colleagues across fund accounting, research, and trading. This role is a means to make a difference: you will be a member of our daily middle office operations and have the potential to work on high-impact fund launches.

Responsibilities

• Review daily cash and position reconciliations and resolve breaks with the appropriate parties, including brokers, traders, prime brokers, and fund administrator
• Work with the Fund Accounting Team to ensure all activity is properly recorded and documented, including collaboration on the monthly NAV process
• Provide day-to-day operations support for the Trading Desk
• Report daily P&L estimates
• Corporate Actions processing
• Support fund-related projects including broker onboardings and account setups

Requirements

• 1-3+ years of finance experience, ideally in a middle office operation role or a fund accounting role at a hedge fund, prime broker, or fund administrator
• Ability to work from 7am PST
• Advanced abilities in Microsoft Excel
• Experience working with or the ability to learn enterprise-level accounting software
• Experience working with engineers to automate manual processes (preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Business, or Finance
• Authorization to work in the United States