Financial Operations Associate, Corporate Actions

Jump Trading•Chicago, IL

2h•$120,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced corporate actions and dividends professional to join our Financial Operations team in Chicago or New York. You'll join a growing team scaling Jump's Financial Operations function, with a meaningful role in shaping our systems and processes. You'll collaborate broadly across Treasury, Clearing, Finance, Tax, and the trading community — and will be expected to proactively identify tangible opportunities to improve how we operate. This role reports to the Global Head of Financial Operations.

Requirements

A background in corporate actions and dividends with strong weight placed on a candidate with global experience.
Deep asset class knowledge across equities, swaps, corporate bonds, convertible bonds, etc.
Strong project management and business analysis experience within trade operations.
Experience leveraging technology, automation, and/or AI tools to improve operational processes.
Comfort reviewing large sets of data with limited direction.
Accomplished communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to effectively communicate in English (written and verbal) to both internal and external contacts on a global basis.
Excellent organizational and critical thinking skills.
Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related fields.
Reliable and consistent availability during the US trading day to support time-sensitive operational processes.
5+ years of work experience, preferably in a trade operations or reconciliation role.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing a small team and/or function is a plus.

Responsibilities

Build out and maintain lifecycle event processing and associated broker reconciliations.
Investigate and resolve breaks identified through daily and monthly reconciliation processes.
Proactively identify process improvement opportunities and partner with technology teams to design and implement solutions.
Contribute to the ongoing development of Jump's back-office infrastructure, identifying value-add opportunities to further leverage existing systems and tools.
Collaborate cross-functionally with back-office, technology, and other internal stakeholders to drive operational excellence.
Document and formalize processes and procedures to ensure consistency and scalability.
Serve as an escalation point for finance operational issues, driving timely resolution.
Other duties as assigned or needed.