Business Manager

Multi-Strategy / Multi-Manager Hedge Fund is seeking a Business Manager to join a systematic trading team managing strategies across equities, futures, and FX. This person will help the team’s internal operations, focusing on team coordination, recruitment support, employee experience, and operational execution; and will work closely with the portfolio manager to improve team efficiency, manage priorities, coordinate internal processes, and create a high-performing and sustainable team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Support the portfolio manager in daily operations, planning, prioritization, and follow-ups.
• Manage team standards and processes, including meetings, action items, timelines, documentation, and cross-functional coordination.
• Coordinate recruiting operations, including candidate tracking, interview scheduling, feedback collection, onboarding logistics, and communication with the firm’s recruiting teams.
• Support employee onboarding, training coordination, team integration, and ongoing employee experience.
• Manage and improve employee workload balance and internal communication.
• Organize team events, offsites, knowledge sharing sessions, and culture building initiatives.
• Assist with headcount planning, seating, equipment, access requests, and other operational needs.
• Build and maintain internal systems, dashboards, trackers, and documentation to improve transparency and execution.
• Partner with the firm’s internal functions such as HR, legal, compliance, finance, technology, and facilities to ensure smooth team operations.
• Take ownership of ad hoc projects to help the team scale effectively.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in STEM, business, or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in finance in a business operations, chief of staff, project management, recruiting operations, strategy, consulting, or trading role.
• Proficiency with GenAI tools and Microsoft Office suite, as well as productivity tools such as Jira or similar.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with technical, research, and business teams.
• Open-minded attitude and willingness to learn new skills and processes.
• Ability to operate independently, identify problems, and proactively communicate and drive solutions.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-performance, startup-like environment.

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