Analyst, Fixed Income Trading

LPL Financial•Fort Mill, SC

1d•$29 - $49•Onsite

About The Position

The Trading Analyst reviews activity in the trading inventory accounts and works closely with management, senior analysts, trading compliance and other departments to provide regulatory and procedural oversight to the fixed income trading desk. Assignments are complex and require sophisticated analysis combined with seasoned judgment. The Analyst will operate with wide latitude for making independent decisions, determinations, and recommendations, which typically have significant financial, operational, legal, or reputational impact.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
Working knowledge of fixed income products
Extensive experience with Microsoft Excel, VBA and Smartsheet
Oral and written communication skills and the ability to independently draft letters and other documents
Analytic and organizational skills and the ability to keep track of multiple deadlines and projects
Attention to detail
Able to create and maintain positive relationships with other LPL departments and outside vendors for research purposes.
Able to maintain a positive attitude toward routine daily reports

Nice To Haves

Bloomberg, BETA knowledge is strongly preferred
SIE, Series 7 & 63 license preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for entering trades that can’t be entered by traders
Resolving trade fails
Identifying and repairing trade rejects and other trade-related issues in a high volume, fast paced environment.
Reconciling Fixed Income inventory accounts
Working with Senior Analysts to ensure timely reporting of fixed income transactions
Review, prepare and present regulatory report cards to management
Reviewing processes for efficiencies and providing recommendations to management