Trade Operations Associate

Quantinno Capital Management, established in 2018 by alumni from some of the world’s largest investment firms, is an asset manager specializing in innovative tax-aware investment strategies. Leveraging expertise in quantitative investment approaches, Quantinno offers tailored solutions for taxable investors. Quantinno currently manages over $50 billion in assets on behalf of some of the largest Family Offices, Multi-Family Offices, and Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) in the country.

Primary Responsibilities

This individual will play a critical role in supporting front-to-back trade execution, ensuring smooth and accurate trade processing, and facilitating seamless interaction between trading, portfolio management, counterparties, and custodians. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, brings a mindset of continuous process improvement, and is passionate about markets and operations.

Trade Support, Execution & Tax-Aware Oversight

• Monitor daily trade activity across SMA accounts with a focus on tax-loss harvesting strategies
• Partner closely with Portfolio Managers to validate tax-aware trade intent, execution timing, and booking accuracy
• Validate trade accuracy in the OMS and downstream systems, resolving discrepancies in real time
• Monitor Portfolios for discrepancies in leverage and margin to prevent Margin Calls
• Act as a control point between trading, operations, and counterparties to ensure data integrity
• Support high-volume, systematic trading driven by TLH rebalancing and harvesting events
  
  

Settlement, Reconciliation & Tax Lot Integrity

• Ensure timely and accurate settlement of trades by coordinating with custodians, brokers, prime brokers, and counterparties
• Perform daily reconciliations across trades, positions, cash balances, and tax lots at the account level
• Investigate and resolve settlement breaks, trade mismatches, and tax lot discrepancies
• Manage in-kind security flows (IN / OUT) via DTCC, ensuring accurate tax lot preservation
  
  

Tax Loss Harvesting Operations & Controls

• Support daily and periodic tax loss harvesting workflows, including identification, execution support, and post-trade validation
• Monitor wash sale rules, holding periods, and replacement security tracking in coordination with PMs and Compliance
  
  

Operational Efficiency, Automation & Data

• Identify opportunities to automate TLH-related workflows, reconciliations, and exception management
• Collaborate with Technology teams to build and maintain dashboards and tools tracking tax lots, realized losses, and wash sale flags
  
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Trading, Portfolio Management, Compliance, Technology, and Client Service Operations teams
• Assist with onboarding new SMA accounts, including tax settings, restrictions, and system configuration
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field
• 4 years of experience in Trading Operations, Middle Office, or Fund Operations at a Hedge Fund or Asset Manager, with a focus on SMAs
• Strong understanding of the full trade lifecycle and post-trade processes across multiple asset classes
• Experience with Exchange traded US Equities and experience processing mandatory corporate actions in shadow accounting systems (splits, mergers, spinoffs, ROC dividends, CVR's, etc.).
• Hands-on experience working with Prime Brokers and Fund Administrators on daily reconciliations (Holdings, Cash, Tax Lots) utilizing Custodial Portals
• Proven ability to manage settlement, reconciliation, and operational breaks under tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail, analytical mindset, and ability to manage time-sensitive workflows
• Strong work ethic with a desire to learn and contribute as much as possible
  
  

Preferred

• Familiarity with Eze OMS and tax lot–level reconciliation tools
• Experience processing Fund Expenses on a monthly / Quarterly basis
• Experience supporting systematic or rules-based TLH strategies at scale
• Experience processing in-kind security movements via DTCC
  
  

The salary range for this role will be between $120,000 and $150,000 per year. This position is onsite located in New York, NY. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, health/dental/vision insurance, Paid Time Off, 401(k) and other benefits eligible to employees. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.