Trading Operations Specialist
4 days ago
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it's not just what we do that matters-it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
As a Trading Operations Specialist, you'll provide support to a group of trading desks based in New York and Chicago. This is an opportunity to solve challenging problems while working closely with relationship managers, experienced traders, researchers and software engineers to optimize operational workflow and use the right tools and technology for the job.
Responsibilities:
- Provide front-office support for the firm's direct trading business
- Act as process owner for current functionality and provide critical support and advice regarding needed enhancements to technology, workflows, and processes:
- Gain strong understanding of traders' individual risk management tools and provide support for related traders' needs
- Upgrade and support traders' tools to effectively utilize technologies and tools that are firm standard
- Interface with technology to improve tools where they fall short of meeting the desks' needs
- Adopt, integrate, and promote new technology as it becomes available
- Gain mastery of the firm's proprietary trade capture, inventory management, treasury management, and risk management systems necessary to support products related to the desks' activity: futures/futures options
- Trade and position reconciliation with the firm's clearing houses, counterparties, and brokers
- Daily P&L calculation and substantiation
- Experience with futures, futures options, and/or OTC products preferred
- Previous experience supporting fixed income, currencies, crypto assets, or commodities products
- Proficient in Python
- Working knowledge of Git, SQL, and Linux
- Substantial prior interaction with the front office and senior management in an active trading environment
- 2-3 years of experience in front office, middle office, back office or risk management roles working with exchange-traded and over-the-counter products and derivatives
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or another quantitative field or material equivalent exposure
- Demonstrated ability to work independently
- Demonstrated ability to analyze problems and synthesize and implement solutions
The annual base salary range for this position is $90,000 to $115,000 depending on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.
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