Specialty Finance Trade Administrator

About the role

The Specialty Finance Trade Administrator supports the end-to-end trade and transaction lifecycle for a portfolio focused on structured private credit facilities and whole loan portfolios. The role coordinates Portfolio Managers, Traders, Deal Team Origination Members, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Prime Brokers, Custodians, Agent Banks, service providers and Brokers so that trading and private deal activity is recorded accurately across systems and records.

Key responsibilities

• Support trading account and security master set-up activities.
• Validate the completeness and accuracy of transaction booking across trading, operations and finance, including public securities, private deal closings and post-close events.
• Coordinate trade administration for whole loan acquisitions: loan onboarding, data validation, trade capture, allocation, funding coordination, documentation review and settlement with originator platforms and internal stakeholders.
• Work with the deal team on private asset transactions near close: capture deal economics, confirm system set-up and ensure accurate booking.
• Coordinate with brokers (public) and agent banks/counterparties (private) on execution details, corrections and documentation.
• Reconcile trade capture between OMS/EMS, broker confirmations, matching platforms and accounting books, and escalate fails and aged exceptions with remediation plans.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree; Finance, Accounting or Economics majors preferred.
• 4-7+ years of experience in trade administration, middle office or fund operations, ideally supporting an investment desk.
• Exposure to trade support for public securities and/or private credit/specialty finance transactions.
• Experience coordinating complex private deal closes, including documentation tracking, funding/wire coordination and post-close processing.
• Excellent communication skills, highly organized, disciplined escalation practices and a control-oriented approach.
• Right to work in the United States without sponsorship; hybrid with at least three days per week in the office.

Required skills

• Strong OMS/EMS proficiency and trade lifecycle knowledge across multiple asset classes.
• Advanced Excel skills, including reconciliations and large datasets.
• Experience with agent bank / loan administration platforms.
• Preferred: CFA and/or CAIA, Aladdin, Bloomberg, Arcesium, Snowflake/SQL, and familiarity with fund administrator and shadow NAV validation processes.

What we offer

• Salary range of $110,000-$130,000, with eligibility for a discretionary bonus.
• Paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, retirement, life insurance and other benefits.