Trade Operations Specialist
- Type:
- Full Time
- Location(s):
- Minneapolis, MN 55402, United States
- Date Posted:
- Salary:
- Base Pay Range: $85,000/yr - $100,000/yr
- Job Posting End Date:
- 2025-04-14-07:00
- Job ID:
- R250200364
Company Overview:
Winslow Capital is a leading active growth manager with over $30 billion under management in large cap public equity and late stage private equity. Our firm has been investing in transformational growth companies since 1992. We have the stature, assets, resources, experience and expertise to find and understand growth companies across sectors and around the world. Winslow Capital is an independent investment affiliate of Nuveen. For more information, please visit our website at www.winslowcapital.com.
As the Trading Operations Specialist, you will be a key member of the operations and investment teams supporting trade processes, data management, client reporting and portfolio management analytics. Responsibilities include trade calculation and allocation, cash management and program trading, strategy level and client specific guideline management, tax lot assessments and ETF trading processes. This role requires strong Microsoft Excel experience and is primarily responsible for providing support to traders and portfolio managers.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Calculate and allocate trades, maintain client accounts in line with the model account and within client and strategy guidelines, manage client restrictions and proxy positions to ensure all accounts are in compliance and fully invested, ensure trade allocations are accurately entered within all necessary systems and reconciled daily across multiple strategies, control data within various systems to ensure integrity to minimize operational risk.
- Perform daily cash/trade monitoring, account for expected and intraday cash notifications, raise and invest cash as requested by clients, execute program trades as needed
- Validate information in databases including trades, prices and dividends, review data imports from external sources for accuracy, work with multiple sources to ensure accuracy in systems and timely resolution of issues
- Manage commission budget and document all changes, reconcile commissions daily to ensure completeness and accuracy of posted transactions, track and reconcile all soft dollar / CSA trades daily, manage all soft dollar invoices and payments
- Maintain all ETF accounts in line with models, create proxy basket daily for semi-transparent ETF Process creation and redemption orders, reconcile daily, perform tax lot assessments and initiate tax advantaged in-kind processes, manage relationships with Authorized Participants, Custodians and third parties
- Responsible for trade aggregation and trade related reporting, provide commission related reports including soft dollar and client direction, respond timely to data requests
Educational Requirements
- University (Degree) Preferred
Work Experience
- 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred
Physical Requirements
- Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
Career Level
6IC
Required Experience
- 2+ years of accounting or financial operations experience
Preferred Experience
- 3+ years of accounting or financial operations experience
Company Overview
At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.
Benefits and Total Rewards
The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being.
To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.
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