Associate - Active Trading Support

Clear Street•New York, NY

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets. We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex, global market. Our platform is fully integrated with central clearing houses and exchanges to support billions in trading volume per day. We’ve agonized about our data model abstractions, created horizontal scalability, and crafted thoughtful APIs. All so we can provide a best-in-class experience for our clients. By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we’re building the essentials to compete in today’s fast-paced markets. Clear Street’s Active division provides powerful tools for active traders, professional trading groups. The platform is designed for speed, efficiency and reliability for a fast paced trading environment. The team manages the client onboarding process, handles client fund movements, responds to operational inquiries from clients and internal team members, and provides support for account-related inquiries. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, be detail oriented and client focused, a strong understanding of financial operations, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

At least 2 years in fintech or brokerage support
Professional trading experience and/or in a trading support function like Operations or Client Services across equities, options, or futures (futures is strongly preferred)
Strong verbal & written communication
Calm and composed under emotional pressure
Client Service skills, can work to identify and resolve issues
Must have active Series 7 & Series 63
Active Series 3 preferred. If not active, must be prepared to pass the exam within 3 months of joining.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a retail trading brokerage pre
Familiarity with retail (active) trading or professional platforms
Experience with Pylon or similar support platforms
Knowledge of PDT rules, margin mechanics, and order types

Responsibilities

Front-line support for a retail active trading platform.
Primary channel will be incoming phone calls, platform support cases and (potentially) live chat through Pylon during market hours.
Handles platform questions, account issues, PDT inquiries, onboarding, and billing.
Escalates execution/trading issues to trade desk specialists.
Reports to Active Support Team Lead.