Fractional Head Trader – Advisor Network

🕒 July 17

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $250 - $500 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🔴 Lead

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Arootah

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11 - 50 employees

💸 Finance

💼 Consulting

🧘 Wellness

Finance • Consulting • Wellness

Arootah is a comprehensive solution provider for the alternative investment industry, offering a wide array of services tailored to different stages of alternative investment management. They specialize in advisory services, talent acquisition, development, and executive coaching to help firms achieve peak performance. Arootah employs a process-driven approach combined with cutting-edge technology and expert guidance to deliver transformative experiences to their clients. Their services also extend to corporate wellness and health coaching, emphasizing a holistic approach to business and personal development. With a strong foundation in the intersection of finance, technology, and wellness, Arootah empowers firms and individuals to unlock their full potential.

📋 Description

• Provide expert advice to alternative asset firm and family office clients • Conduct best-practice reviews and develop realistic, effective action plans • Break goals into actionable steps and advise on vendor selection and oversight • Create and implement policies, procedures, and control measures • Evaluate client progress using KPIs and scoring matrices • Manage and oversee all day-to-day trading desk operations, including sell-side relationships, trade commission negotiations, trade lifecycle, and trading personnel • Develop and implement trade execution policies across asset classes, including financing, settlement, capital requirements, regulatory compliance, and exchange rules • Manage trades from inception through post-trade analysis, including trade construction, pre-trade analysis, execution, communication, and settlement • Oversee trading positions, risk management, and profitable trading operations in partnership with Portfolio and Risk Managers • Design trade architecture, trading policies and procedures, broker evaluation, and trading record keeping • Assist Portfolio Managers with rebalancing, cash management, asset allocation, and risk management oversight • Manage trading rotations, strategies, and performance metrics for trading personnel • Evaluate software and liquidity-sourcing methods across asset classes, including high-frequency trading, algorithms, electronic crossing networks, and AI trading programs • Analyze transaction cost models and portfolio construction to support idea generation and process improvements • Communicate market insights through verbal and written thought pieces to the investment team

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field • 10+ years of prior experience as a Head Trader or Director of Trading at an Alternative Asset Firm or Family Office with high order flow • In-depth understanding of global markets, exchanges, and regulatory environments • Strong understanding of risk management and escalation • Familiarity with compliance and risk management policies for best execution and fair allocation • Knowledge of conventional or proprietary OMS, EMS, and TCA research • Strong programming skills; Python preferred • Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI • Knowledge of statistics/econometrics • Experience working with large third-party and proprietary datasets • Master’s Degree and/or CFA strongly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Alt-industry-only engagements with hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices • Access to project-based advisor opportunities as client needs arise • Engagements with alternative asset firms and family offices