COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Solutions for Today’s Challenges. Vision for Tomorrow’s Opportunities. Join the Premier Global Boutique: William Blair.

At William Blair, serving our clients starts with the capabilities and collaboration of our team—making our employees our most important asset. Unlike others, we're an independent partnership that is personally committed to our people and clients. What sets us apart is the way we do it—our culture, our values, and our commitment to local communities.

We strive to attract the most qualified, passionate candidates who specialize in investment banking, investment management, private wealth management, and a variety of other business functions.

Currently, our firm has more than 1,900 employees throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

A top priority of ours is talent development, fostering professional and personal growth of our employees. We take pride in empowering our people to bring their best thinking each day so we can deliver the tailored, thoughtful work and problem-solving abilities that our clients have come to expect.

We work tirelessly to create an inclusive culture. Our employees have unique experiences, perspectives and backgrounds to thoughtfully meet the evolving challenges and opportunities facing our global client base amid dynamic market conditions and varying industries, whether technological, economic or geopolitical.

We are equally proud of our long-term partnerships with the communities in which we live and work, a legacy we inherited from our founder more than 85 years ago.

For more information about our firm, log onto williamblair.com.

William Blair Investment Management is committed to building enduring relationships with our clients. We work closely with private and public pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as financial advisors. We are 100% active-employee-owned with broad-based ownership. Our investment teams are solely focused on active management and employ disciplined, analytical research processes across a wide range of strategies, including U.S. equity, non-U.S. equity, emerging markets debt, and multi-asset. William Blair is based in Chicago with global resources providing expertise and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES:

William Blair is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented candidate to join our Trade Operations team as an entry-level Associate. As an integral member of the team, this individual will work with internal and external parties throughout the daily trade process. Specific responsible will include:

• Work with custodians, brokers, trading desk operations, investment accountants and portfolio administrators on trades throughout the daily trade process. Provide support of the trade order management system as well as the associated interface programs. Verify trades settle on time.
• Research and resolve issues to ensure timely settlement.
• Ensure systems accurately reflect daily transactions. Draft and distribute various reports to trade team.
• Resolve system issues utilizing internal support or external vendor resources as appropriate. Respond to user questions and issues in a timely manner, to the satisfaction of the user.
• Respond to questions and issues from the trade team pertaining to trade operations issues. Resolve issues in a timely and accurate manner.
• Execute system user training as needed to ensure users understand the trade operations systems and their functionality and capabilities.
• Perform system maintenance, such as the set up of new accounts and users, addition and removal of data, regulatory changes, etc., and the inclusion of restrictions and hierarchy.
• Maintain procedures manual.
• Provide suggestions for internal policy and procedure improvements.
• Ensure trade support standards, policies and procedures are followed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Finance Accounting or Math majors preferred but not required
• 1-3 years of operations, trading or other industry experience required (internship or full-time)
• Solid problem solving, analytical and comprehension skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Interest in learning WB investment products
• Concern for quality and a high level of detail-orientation
• Highly motivated with a desire to learn; demonstrated initiative and persistence
• Service-oriented and ability to build rapport with internal and external customers
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office products
• Desire to work in a hybrid capacity (2 days in/3 days remote)

To view more information or to apply direct please visit:

https://williamblair.avature.net/careers/JobDetail/Trade-Operations-Associate/4957

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chicago, IL 60606

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