Trade Operations Associate

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MIO Partners Inc. (MIO) is a global, world-class investment and advisory institution with a decades-long track record of performance for our clients through multiple market cycles. Our team of approximately 250 people provides asset management and advisory services to current and former McKinsey employees. We manage more than $20 billion in assets across public and private markets. We are headquartered in New York City, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia; West Palm Beach, Florida; Germany; Hong Kong; Singapore; Spain; and the UK. We provide objective advice on long-term wealth building and create distinctive investment products that deliver value relative to market-based benchmarks. We operate two core lines of business: (i) our advisory team provides advice, wealth planning, and retirement services to approximately 2500 individual clients, and (ii) our investments business consists of alpha-seeking alternative investment strategies across public and private markets. A defining characteristic of our business is our perfect alignment with our clients. Our extraordinary mandate as a boutique investment and advisory firm, grounded in a core set of principles, enables us to create unique products and services while keeping our clients' interests front and center. Much of our success can be attributed to our insatiable intellectual curiosity. We seek to hire individuals who are passionate about our mission and values, and who always strive toward excellence. We care about fostering a culture of continual improvement, as individuals and as an organization, and are excited to work with individuals who have a similar growth mindset. We are proud to have a culture that promotes the highest ethical standards and investor-focused values, alongside a commitment to diversity and inclusivity and a highly collaborative work environment. MIO (and related entities) is an independent, indirect, and wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company. Position MIO Partners is seeking a Trade Operations Associate to join the Finance team and support the firm's trade operations infrastructure and daily processes. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate capture, confirmation, daily pricing, margin processing, and ongoing monitoring of trading activity within the Portfolio Management System (Orchestrade). The individual will work closely with Trade Operations colleagues and collaborate across Investments, Risk Operations, Finance, and Technology teams to support day-to-day operational processes and strategic infrastructure initiatives. In addition to core operational responsibilities, this role will play an active part in enhancing and optimizing the firm's trade operations infrastructure, including designing and developing improvements to the portfolio management system and related workflows. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and solutions-driven, with a strong understanding of trade lifecycle management across listed and OTC products. Over time, the successful candidate will have opportunities to expand their responsibilities and contribute more broadly across the team and organization. Primary responsibilities Input and validate listed and OTC trades within the Portfolio Management System (Orchestrade) Ensuring accurate downstream trade and position flows to Arcesium Process post-trade workflows for OTC and listed securities Review, reconcile, and confirm OTC derivative transactions Reconcile trades with counterparties, custodians, and prime brokers Manage and resolve trade exceptions in coordination with traders, fund administrators, custodians, and counterparties Perform position and PnL reconciliations across internal and external systems Monitor and process all trade lifecycle events Oversee and support the daily pricing and valuation process Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues within the PMS and related trade operations infrastructure Set up and maintain new books, securities, counterparties, and user access within the PMS Investigate and resolve complex pricing issues, including analysis of curves, volatility surfaces, and market data flows Process internal book transfers and related operational activities Assist with onboarding new brokers, trading platforms, counterparties, and operational systems Partner with Technology and other Operations colleagues on process improvements, automation initiatives, and system enhancements Desired background 5-10 years of experience in a trade support, middle office, or operations role at a hedge fund, fund administrator, investment manager, or other institutional trading environment Strong experience supporting OTC derivatives products, including interest rate swaps and equity-linked swaps, with a thorough understanding of post-trade processing and trade lifecycle management Experience with portfolio management systems is required; familiarity with Orchestrade is strongly preferred. Exposure to Geneva and/or Arcesium is a plus, but

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