Financial Operations Associate, Corporate Actions
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics Physics and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries push through them and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness creativity intellectual honesty and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design develop and deploy technologies that change our world fund start-ups across industries and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced corporate actions and dividends professional to join our Financial Operations team in Chicago or New York. Youll join a growing team scaling Jumps Financial Operations function with a meaningful role in shaping our systems and processes. Youll collaborate broadly across Treasury Clearing Finance Tax and the trading community and will be expected to proactively identify tangible opportunities to improve how we operate. This role reports to the Global Head of Financial Operations.
What Youll Do:
- Build out and maintain lifecycle event processing and associated broker reconciliations.
- Investigate and resolve breaks identified through daily and monthly reconciliation processes.
- Proactively identify process improvement opportunities and partner with technology teams to design and implement solutions.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of Jumps back-office infrastructure identifying value-add opportunities to further leverage existing systems and tools.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with back-office technology and other internal stakeholders to drive operational excellence.
- Document and formalize processes and procedures to ensure consistency and scalability.
- Serve as an escalation point for finance operational issues driving timely resolution.
- Other duties as assigned or needed.
Skills Youll Need:
- A background in corporate actions and dividends with strong weight placed on a candidate with global experience.
- Deep asset class knowledge across equities swaps corporate bonds convertible bonds etc.
- Strong project management and business analysis experience within trade operations.
- Experience leveraging technology automation and/or AI tools to improve operational processes.
- Comfort reviewing large sets of data with limited direction.
- Accomplished communication skills with a demonstrated ability to effectively communicate in English (written and verbal) to both internal and external contacts on a global basis.
- Excellent organizational and critical thinking skills.
- Minimum of bachelors degree in Business Accounting Finance or related fields.
- Reliable and consistent availability during the US trading day to support time-sensitive operational processes.
- 5 years of work experience preferably in a trade operations or reconciliation role.
- Experience managing a small team and/or function is a plus.
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility- Medical dental and vision insurance
- HSA FSA and Dependent Care options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs
Annual Base Salary Range
$120000 - $150000 USD
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Jump Trading is a division of Jump Trading Group, a leading data and research-driven trading business