Manager, Trading

LPL Financial•San Diego, CA

1d•$79,928 - $133,282

About The Position

The Trading Manager supervises and supports staff responsible for providing trading and system support to LPL advisors using rebalancing, model management, and block trading capabilities. The Manager is expected to demonstrate strong business judgment, knowledge of daily trading operations, and an understanding of department policies, procedures, systems, and regulatory requirements. This role is also responsible for creating a collaborative team environment, developing employees, managing competing priorities, and building strong relationships with internal and external business partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or 5+ years of financial services experience, preferably in Trading
3+ years of client service, trading operations, or financial technology support experience
Previous leadership, team lead, coaching, or people management experience
Series 7 required
Series 24 required
Registration in all required U.S. states and territories upon hire
Knowledge of trading regulations and requirements
Written and verbal communication skills
Problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills
Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently
Ability to identify trends, anticipate risk, and exercise sound judgment when escalating critical issues
Ability to build sustainable relationships with employees, internal departments, and external partners

Nice To Haves

Experience leading teams that support trading, rebalancing, model management, CRM, or financial services platforms
Experience with Jira, agile project management, and QA/UAT testing
Experience leading technology releases, platform implementations, or advisor onboarding initiatives
Experience with operational controls, risk management, and process improvement
Microsoft Office skills
Experience with Beta, Thomson ONE, Microsoft Dynamics, ClientWorks, CWR, or ModelHub is a plus

Responsibilities

Leads, develops, and supports trading staff responsible for advisor support, model management, rebalancing, block trading, testing, training, and onboarding activities.
Supports employee development through regular coaching, feedback, career planning, cross-training, and development opportunities.
Holds regular meetings with direct reports and provides timely feedback on performance, development, and team expectations.
Delegates responsibilities that help employees strengthen communication, leadership, technical, and critical-thinking skills.
Oversees daily workflows to ensure service expectations are met, escalations are addressed, and required operational processes are completed.
Manages team capacity and priorities across advisor support, platform testing, onboarding, demonstrations, training, and project work.
Develops and maintains relationships with internal and external business partners.
Coordinates the onboarding and training of new and existing team members and communicates changes to systems, processes, and procedures.
Supports advisor onboarding and conversion-related readiness, training, issue management, and post-conversion support.
Recognizes operational, regulatory, client, and platform risk and escalates issues to senior leadership as needed.
Drives operational excellence through continuous process improvement and effective use of team resources.
Reviews policies, procedures, and controls to identify risk and ensure appropriate controls are in place.
Partners with Technology and Product teams on system issues, requirements, platform readiness, and production support.
Leads or oversees UAT and business validation efforts supporting technology releases and platform enhancements.
Supports senior leadership with complex escalations from advisors, clients, employees, and internal business partners.
Ensures escalated trading and system issues are accurately researched, reviewed, and resolved.
Monitors trends across advisor contacts, system issues, operational workflows, and team capacity to identify potential risks or improvement opportunities.
Supports cross-functional initiatives related to rebalancing, model management, advisor adoption, and trading platform strategy.
Additional responsibilities or duties may be assigned as needed.