Traditional and Hedge Fund Investment Management Job Opportunities
1. Sector: Traditional Fund Managers and Hedge Fund Managers
Rockwood Search seeks multiple investment management, hedge fund and capital markets professionals for
a variety of roles within fund managers, third party administrators, investment banks, vendors and
management consulting firms.
Qualified, interested parties should email a resume (in Word or PDF) and *indicate the specific
position(s) applied for in the subject line* to Dan Ogden, Managing Director at Rockwood Search
at dan.ogden@rockwood-search.com.
All inquiries treated confidentially
All positions are in the NYC area, all require at least a bachelor’s degree and the experience
stated below.
Reconciliation Manager
$6 billion fund manager seeks Reconciliation Manager with
• 5-10 years cash and position reconciliation experience at a hedge fund, TPA or prime broker AND
• Exposure to US and European equity/options/futures/options on futures/basket swaps/swaps AND
• Exposure to f/x spots and forwards, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, swaptions AND
• Strong understanding of P&L issues related to dividend, market value, cash, position and OTE
differences and all correcting entries AND
• Good working knowledge of either Electra STaARS or Advent Geneva AND
• 2-4 years of management or supervisory experience in all of the above
Reconciliation Specialist also sought for this manager – 3 years of experience (excluding
management) as above
Interest Rate Swaps operations
$Multi-billion, established fund seeks 2-5 year pro with strong rate reconciliation experience (LIBOR, Fed
Funds, etc.) and good school/grades.
Fixed Income Trade Support
$Multi-billion traditional manager seeks to enhance their OTC derivative trading in fixed income through the
hire of a Fixed Income Trade Support professional with
• 5 or more years of OTC derivative trade support/reconciliation/settlement experience from the buy-
side or from a prime broker or custodian servicing the buy side
• Superior working knowledge of fixed income derivative product trade flows with the ability to
provide entry to settlement narratives
• Strong derivatives trading technology skills
Institutional Client Service Manager
Globally recognized, large traditional manager seeks a Manager for their Client Service Administration group
with
• 7 or more years of direct client service management within institutional asset management
managing 10 or more people
• 10 or more years of industry experience within asset management and/or brokerage
• Escalated issue tracking and resolution within account opening, client reporting, billing, regulatory
mailings, client documentation and contract obligations, etc; must have acted as a change agent to
increase efficiency and reduce escalations.
• Strong technology, people, time and process management experience
• MBA highly preferred
• Supervisory licenses highly preferred
Director of Due Diligence
$Multi-billion, name brand traditional manager seeks a Due Diligence Director to position their products on
third party platforms with
• 10+ years of traditional asset management due diligence and marketing experience
• Strong familiarity with multiple retail brokerage and third party management platforms
2. • Very strong working knowledge of asset management products, services and performance as well as
variable annuities and defined contribution plans
• Strong industry contacts
• CFA highly preferred
• MBA highly preferred
CLO Operations Analyst
$Multi-billion, prestigious fund manager seeks a CLO operations analyst with
• 5 years of bank debt operations experience minimally, with CLO experience being highly preferred
• Experience with daily cash and weekly 3-way reconciliations
• Strong VPM experience
Treasury Analyst
$Multi-billion quant manager seeks Treasury Analyst to help manage daily liquidity/borrowing needs.
• 2-4 years of experience at a hedge fund assisting in managing liquidity through the monitoring,
movement, margining, borrowing, investing and reporting of capital, cash and margin
• Strong communications skills demonstrated in prior liaison work with trading counterparties, banks,
brokerages and attorneys
• Experience executing f/x hedges
• Advanced Excel user (will be tested)
• At least a 3.5 undergraduate GPA from a top 100 school; MBA’s preferred
Portfolio Accountant
$Multi-billion traditional manager seeks experienced international equity fund accountant with
• 3-5 years portfolio accounting experience at a buy-side firm or prime/custodian/TPA supporting
buy-side clients
• Strong exposure to international equities
• Strong portfolio accounting technology experience (Eagle, Portia, Geneva, Pace, Axys, etc.)
Experienced Equity Trade Support Associate
$10+ billion traditional manager focusing on global equities seeks experienced, desk-based global equity
trade support associate with
• 2-4 years buy-side global equity trade support experience
• Solid working knowledge of Bloomberg, Advent Moxy or Advent Axys, Omgeo CTM
• Strong quantitative skills
• Strong Excel skills
• Some execution experience helpful
Experienced, multi-product execution trader
Model-driven manager with several billion in AUM seeks an experienced hedge fund execution trader with
• 5+ year experience in the high volume quantitative trading of equities, f/x and futures via electronic
exchanges, floor brokers and upstairs trading desks for a hedge fund or large asset manager
• Strong technological familiarity with automated trading and order routing systems to the point of
being able to make viable improvement suggestions
• Excellent academic credentials (700 math SAT or higher, 3.5 GPA or higher from a US News tier 1
school); MBA highly preferred
• Flexible schedule required for extended hours or international trading
Sorry, no brokers – only experienced execution traders from competing funds