Associate, Municipal Desk Securities Sales Trading

Wells Fargo•Charlotte, NC

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Securities Sales Trading Associate to join our Municipal Products Groups team. Municipal Products Groups (MPG) provides capital raising, financing, and interest rate risk management solutions for municipal issuers and institutional investors as well as market liquidity. In this role, you will work collaboratively with various groups within the Municipal Products Group including Investor Finance, Public Finance, Municipal Cash Sales & Trading, and Municipal Derivative Marketing & Trading. You will perform credit risk management and asset surveillance support, assist in reviewing and monitoring credits and exposures, and maintain ongoing credit files, track rating updates, and prepare supporting credit summaries. You will also support the booking and lifecycle management of financing workflows, including executing new trades, add-ons, and terminations/unwinds. Additionally, you will coordinate with Middle Office, Operations, and Finance to ensure accurate trade capture and reconciliation, upload, organize, and maintain transaction files, and assist with revenue tracking and reconciliation, especially for gain-share arrangements and other structured revenue components. You will partner with Finance and control groups to resolve breaks and support month- and quarter-end processes, maintain a client activity tracker, and prepare marketing presentations, internal pitch materials, and investor-facing content. You will also build analytical exhibits and transaction summaries for financing discussions and investor updates, and assist in maintaining dashboards and recurring reporting tools.

Requirements

2+ years of Securities Sales Trading experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Registration for FINRA Series 52 must be completed within 90 days of hire date if it is not available for transfer upon hire. FINRA recognized equivalents will be accepted.
Registration for FINRA Security Industry Essentials (SIE) must be completed within 90 days of hire date if it is not available for transfer upon hire. FINRA recognized equivalents will be accepted.
Registration for FINRA Series 79 must be completed within 90 days of hire date if it is not available for transfer upon hire. FINRA recognized equivalents will be accepted.
Registration for FINRA Series 63 (or 66) must be completed within 90 days of hire date if it is not available for transfer upon hire. FINRA recognized equivalents will be accepted.
Ability to travel as needed
Willingness to work on-site in accordance with current office requirements
Ability to work additional hours as needed
This position is subject to FINRA background screening requirements. Candidates must successfully complete and pass a background check prior to hire.
In accordance with FINRA rules, individuals who are subject to statutory disqualification are not eligible to be associated with a FINRA-registered broker-dealer.
Successful candidates must also meet and comply with ongoing regulatory obligations, which include periodic screening and mandatory reporting of certain incidents.
Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired.
Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process.

Nice To Haves

Strong organizational, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external clients.
Demonstrated ability to manage large sets of complex data
Some experience with programming languages including Python desirable
High attention to detail and accuracy
An energetic self-starter who is detail-oriented with strong quantitative skills and enjoys working in a team environment; ability to work with little direct supervision and thrive in a high energy environment.
Very comfortable and efficient in Excel. Experience writing formulas; organizing, analyzing, and formatting data; and recognizing and auditing errors.
Analytical thinker. Able to make decisions and recommendations that are well reasoned.

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with various groups within the Municipal Products Group including Investor Finance, Public Finance, Municipal Cash Sales & Trading, and Municipal Derivative Marketing & Trading
Perform credit risk management and asset surveillance support
Assist in reviewing and monitoring credits and exposures
Maintain ongoing credit files, track rating updates, and prepare supporting credit summaries
Support the booking and lifecycle management of financing workflows including- executing new trades, add-ons, and terminations / unwinds
Coordinate with Middle Office, Operations, and Finance to ensure accurate trade capture and reconciliation
Upload, organize, and maintain transaction files
Assist with revenue tracking and reconciliation, especially for gain‑share arrangements and other structured revenue components
Partner with Finance and control groups to resolve breaks and support month‑ and quarter‑end processes
Maintain a client activity tracker
Prepare marketing presentations, internal pitch materials, and investor‑facing content
Build analytical exhibits and transaction summaries for financing discussions and investor updates
Assist in maintaining dashboards and recurring reporting tools