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Raymond James Financial, Inc. Trading Support Associate (Fixed Income) in Memphis, Tennessee

Description

Job Summary

Under general supervision, uses intermediate level knowledge and skills obtained through experience and/or training to provide support in specific trading activities within an assigned functional area. Follows established procedures to perform routine tasks and receives guidance and direction to perform other work with more variety and complexity requiring some decision-making responsibility. Resolves most questions and problems and refers new or unusual issues to a higher level. Regular contact with internal and external customers is required to obtain, clarify or provide facts and information.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Receives and communicates orders to appropriate trading personnel.

  • Ensures that trades are executed and confirmed in accordance with organizational policies and procedures.

  • Facilitate the price adjustment and trade correction process.

  • Researches trade problems and suggests appropriate corrective action.

  • Contacts internal and external customers to resolve trading problems.

  • Update and maintain trade data and information in required databases.

  • Support the comparison and trade allocation process.

  • Accept, screen and route telephone calls and maintains record of inquiries, as required.

  • Maintains currency in trading policies and procedures.

  • Operates standard office equipment and uses required software applications.

  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of

  • Industry regulations related to trading activities.

  • Intermediate understanding of concepts, practices and procedures of securities trading.

  • Intermediate accounting principles and procedures.

  • Front-end system used in assigned functional area and its relationship with account history.

  • Mathematical procedures required to verify and reconcile trading transactions.

Skill in

  • Identifying financial events that effect orders.

  • Reconciling and correcting transactions.

  • Updating and maintaining information systems.

  • Handling a high volume phone system.

  • Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications, sufficient to create documents, spreadsheets, and business correspondence.

Ability to

  • Work under pressure on multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment with frequent interruptions and changing priorities.

  • Read, interpret, analyze and apply transaction information.

  • Analyze and solve problems.

  • Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with associates, and internal and external customers.

  • Work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.

  • Handle stressful situations and provide a high level of customer service in a calm and professional manner.

  • Maintain currency in trading policies and procedures.

Educational/Previous Experience Requirements

Education/Previous Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of two (2) years of experience in the financial services industry.

  • OR

  • Any equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training approved by Human Resources.

Licenses/Certifications

  • None required

Job: Administrative & Support Services

Primary Location: US-TN-Memphis-Memphis

Organization Fixed Income

Schedule Full-time

Job Shift Day Job

Travel No

Req ID: 2402735

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