Trading Analyst

Zuckerman Investment Group•Chicago, IL

95d•Hybrid

About The Position

Zuckerman Investment Group is looking for a Trading Associate with three to seven years of experience to join our team. This position is a unique opportunity to participate in the expansion of an established wealth management firm and offers great growth potential. You will gain valuable experience and knowledge as you execute across several aspects of the investment and wealth management business with the opportunity to take ownership of, and further develop, this important function within the firm and make increasingly strategic contributions over time.

Requirements

Unbreachable ethical standards and personal integrity
Highly organized, extremely detail-oriented, and able to multi-task with time-sensitive items
Comfortable working within, and continually improving, technology-driven and -enabled systems and processes
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
3+ years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

Professional experience trading securities preferred, but not required
Experience with SS&C Advent’s APX and Moxy preferred, but not required
Experience with Orion, RedBlack preferred, but not required
Experience with Bloomberg and FactSet preferred, but not required
Experience with SQL Server preferred, but not required
Maintain CFA® designation preferred
Interest in pursuing the CFA® professional designation

Responsibilities

Execute, with the guidance of the portfolio manager, all aspects of security trading processes, including security setup, order creation, third party trading communication, allocations and trade reconciliation
Support the portfolio management process and decision making, including data collection, reporting, analysis, individual account management, position sizing and ad hoc special projects
Work to continually improve the firm’s reporting, portfolio management, trading, allocation and reconciliation capabilities and processes
Build productive working relationships, both internally with senior leadership, portfolio managers and advisors and externally with brokers, trading partners and custodians
Ensure data integrity throughout the portfolio management and trading processes and complete compliance with the firm’s policies and procedures
Assist with due diligence on existing and prospective security holdings, including investigative field research, reading transcripts and financial documents, data collection and analysis and financial modeling
Prepare materials for client meetings to support the generation of financial recommendations, including data collection and analysis, researching regulatory, tax and estate planning policy, financial modeling and pictorially and verbally communicating counsel
Prepare and maintain sales and marketing materials and communications, including regular, recurring financial market and economic overviews, commentaries, and non-recurring special projects regarding current and timely financial and economic events