Senior Fixed Income Trade Specialist at Ameriprise Financial in Charlotte, North Carolina

Job Description:

The Senior Trade Specialist role will manage, prioritize and perform complex fixed-income trading operations. This position will include operational support to the wealth management products group in the setup and trading of new issue structured products. The senior specialist will also execute fixed-income agency orders.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, prioritize and perform complex trading operations in support of the fixed income trading desk including: generating reports, billing trades, processing trade requests received from business partners, monitoring and triaging rejected trades, and testing or analyzing technology problems and updates. Accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness are critical to managing the desk's workflow.


• Monitor daily reporting submissions to external regulatory agencies (MSRB and TRACE).


• Provide new issue operational support (offering setup and trading) to Products team for structured products, working cross organizationally and with outside business partners.


• Execute fixed-income orders timely, accurately and within all industry and firm rules and regulations. Analyze current market volatility, market structures, and other relevant characteristics and variables to optimize the client execution price.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience


• 3+ years of relevant experience


• Active Series 7 or the ability to obtain within 120 days


• Active Series 63 or the ability to obtain within 120 days


• Active Series 57 or the ability to obtain within 120 days


• Strong attention to detail, including demonstrated ability to meet accuracy standards in a high-volume situation


• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, results-driven environment


• Ability to effectively prioritize time-sensitive workflow


• Ability to work efficiently with multiple business partners


• Strong communication skills, comfortable working with various levels of the organization


• Basic understanding and proficiency in Microsoft office software including Onenote


• Experience with various systems, including BETA, Tradeweb, and ThomsonONE


• Sound understanding of the financial markets. Ability to perform in a highly stressful, time sensitive, and regulated environment


• Strong understanding of the differing market structures and variables which impact pricing for each

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with regulatory websites preferred


• Awareness/understanding of process procedure review and development


• Basic understanding of structured products


• Basic understanding of fixed income securities

About Our Company
We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1 trillion in assets under management and administration. Our team of 20,000 people in more than 20 countries advise, manage and protect the assets and income of more than 2 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a long-standing leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial Services, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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