Vice President - Global Business Management, Prime Brokerage

About the role

The VP Trading Business Management TDS represents the Executive Managing Director (EMD) or executive desk head, enabling smooth day-to-day business operations and supporting the execution of business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day business operations, working closely with all relevant stakeholders to ensure projects, initiatives and processes address both immediate business needs as well as long-term strategic priorities.
• Represent the EMD or executive desk head on all matters related to business strategy.
• Consolidate desk needs and objectives into a strategic view with a clear set of priorities that can be easily communicated and understood.
• Seek to identify critical intersection points to ensure business practices and decisions fully consider end-to-end perspectives globally.
• Partner with the VP, Business Programs to ensure colleague experience is appropriately captured as part of business strategy.
• Lead the performance planning process for the EMD or executive desk head.
• Assist in setting comprehensive goals for measuring performance, growth and colleague experience.
• Partner with Finance to ensure measurement is consistent with and complementary to segment-level scorecard practices.
• Ensure both cash and P&L view (management reporting and Front Office flash) is understood and managed.
• Review and approve all project and FCP funding vehicle allocations.
• Manage and track all revenue and cost sharing agreements as well as expense allocations to the business.
• Develop workflows that are built for scale, efficiency and sustainability, with a focus on aligning product development across trading platforms and simplifying global distribution channels.
• Collaborate with business manager colleagues to ensure cross-business consistency and efficiency of process delivery and execution, ensuring that best practices are identified and leveraged.
• Provide business insight and input as required for presentations to senior management, Board, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• As required, represent the EMD or executive desk head in key industry forums that support knowledge sharing, relationship management and brand building.

Requirements

Leads and manages the Trader business management functional area and overall operation of a diverse group in an area of moderate risk, complexity or scope.

Ensures an integrated approach with other business management areas, broader organization, and enterprise as appropriate.

Deep knowledge and understanding of businesses / technology, and organizational practices/ disciplines.

Focuses on short to medium-term issues (e.g. 6-12 months).

Generally reports to a Senior Manager or above.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Business (Accounting or Finance) or Mathematics/Economics.
• Series 7 and 63.
• 5-7 years of related experience.
• Sound to advanced knowledge of external competition, industry and/or market trends in relation to own function / business.
• Ability to provide guidance on Business Management matters and respond to inquiries from business unit staff.
• Detail oriented and possesses problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision and establish priorities.
• Proficient in interpersonal communication (both oral and written), and have the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management.

Skills

• Deep desk- and product-specific knowledge, including prior experience working on a trading desk or in a complementary role.
• Strong knowledge of TDS, across front office and infrastructure, including on governance practices and policies, new product process and change management.
• Proactive, energetic and entrepreneurial leadership style.
• Excel in operating in a constantly changing environment.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, relationship building, consulting, teamwork and leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively manage numerous projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical thinking and ability to analyze trends with data and key metrics to propose recommendations.
• Experience in navigating complex projects in a large organization including technology innovation or regulatory with ability to communicate impact / influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholder groups.

Benefits

TD Securities offers a wide range of benefits including:

• Total Rewards Package: base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards, health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition.

Pay

$200,000 - $200,000 USD

Schedule

Full-time