Head of Trade Surveillance and Best Execution

Job description

Company Name: tastytrade Role: Head of Trade Surveillance and Best Execution Location: Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 days/week in office) Licensure: FINRA Series 4,7,24, and 63 (or equivalents) Come join a cross-functional team dedicated to protecting clients and the firm by ensuring trades are supervised, fairly executed, and accurately reported. You will own the end-to-end best execution and trade surveillance program for the broker-dealer, helping the business meet regulatory expectations while supporting scalable growth. You will work closely with Trading Desk, Operations, Compliance, Technology, and Finance to design controls, analyze execution quality, and resolve complex trading issues. Your work will turn trading data, venue analytics, and surveillance outputs into clear actions, reports, and process improvements that directly influence senior management decisions. What You’ll Do: - Program Ownership: Lead the best execution program while continuously improving the firm's trade surveillance and best execution frameworks, policies, and procedures including venue analysis, routing reviews, and regular execution quality assessments and reports under FINRA Rule 5310. - Trade Manageme...