The **Head of Trade Operations** will lead and manage all trade operations, driving strategic initiatives to optimize trading activities by enhancing processes and controls. This role involves overseeing trade execution, developing strong relationships with key stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in trading, strong analytical skills, large plan and platform conversions, and a proven track record of leadership. _Successful candidate to preferably be located near our Newton, MA or Dresher, PA offices - Hybrid. Remote candidates can be considered._ **Responsibilities:** + Oversee the execution of trade transactions, ensuring efficiency and accuracy + Engage and design a process to review and rationalize multiple trading platforms to understand risk as aligned to organizational needs and goals + Ensure safeguarding of the company from risk and exposure through trading activities by performing active, ongoing assessments of processes and controls + Monitor the market and economic indicators to ensure team, process and issues are accounted for and risk mitigation + Build and maintain relationships with brokers, clients, and regulatory bodies + Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal policies; imparting improvements where needed as aligned with organization growth and change + Collaborate with other departments as needed to support overall business goals and risk mitigation + Share knowledge and updates on trading activities and market insights while escalating issues as needed and own resolution of issues + Responsible for protecting and securing all client data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access to and/or improper transmission of information that could result in harm to a client. + Maintain and establish the environment enabling Operations teams to live by the Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day-to-day basis showing your support of our organizational culture. **Supervision** + Leadership of global teams - leaders and their teams (approximately 60 associates) + Partner with leaders to ensure the creation and management of team deliverables, ensuring that quality and production service level objectives are consistently met or exceeded. + Provide balanced feedback to leadership regarding performance and areas of improvement, motivation of team and support of the associate experience and empowerment (regular staff meetings, one/one’s). **Requirements:** + Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or a related field + 15 years of experience in trading in financial services with at least 8-10 years in a leadership role inclusive of leading management teams + Proven understanding of trading systems, financial instruments (i.e., EFT, ETF, SDBA, hedge funds, company stock) and market regulations, NSCC experience, pricing, settlement and custody + Proven analytical skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making + Excellent communication and interpersonal skills + Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced and nimble environment; self-starter with strong performance orientation and manage multiple, competing priorities; deadline and detail-oriented + Ability to build positive working relationships across the organization through collaboration and a mutual commitment to success; ability to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders _Be aware of employment fraud. All email communications from Ascensus or its hiring managers originate from @ascensus.com or @futureplan.com email addresses. We will never ask you for payment or require you to purchase any equipment. If you are suspicious or unsure about validity of a job posting, we strongly encourage you to apply directly through our website._ Ascensus provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, criminal conviction record or any other protected category in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local laws (“Protected Status”).