Clearing Associate
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.We are seeking to hire a candidate with financial post-trade operations experience to assist our Global Clearing team. Jump Clearing is responsible for all post-trade operations for the Firm, including trade capture (internally and externally at exchanges and clearing brokers), position / lifecycle management (i.e. locates, corporate actions, expirations, exercise and assignment, create/redeems, etc.), broker reconciliations, session management, and much more.
What You'll Do:
Break Management -
- Monitor daily break jobs ensuring breaks jobs run completely and timely
- Troubleshoot breaks that don’t run or run with errors / missing data
- Complete initial pass of break output
- Monitor break resolution and follow-up with the Global Clearing team on unresolved / aged breaks
- Weekly management reporting of aged breaks.
Assist with ad hoc Clearing tasks -
- India Session management
- Assist with exchange session audits
- Other duties as assigned or needed
Skills You’ll Need:
- At least 2 years work experience preferred in a related capacity
- Experience and/or familiarity with trade/position break management
- Familiarity with post-trade lifecycles of Equities, Treasuries, Futures, FX and/or Options
- Excellent organizational and communication (written and verbal) skills
- Proven ability to maintain composure during fast-paced situations
- Experience working with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, v-look ups)
- A strong attention to detail and desire to maintain accuracy while processing large volumes of data under strict time constraints
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in business, Economics, Finance, or related fields
- Able to work on public holidays as required, supporting the global clearing team in maintaining seamless operations.
- Reliable and predictable availability