Outsourced Trading Desk Trading Assistant

The Outsourced Trading Desk Trading Assistant is responsible for the support and management for all Outsourced Trading broker relations and trading integration.  The right candidate will be part of the firm’s Outsourced Trading Desk and be client-facing working directly with the firm’s Outsourced Trading clients, directed brokers and third party OMS providers.  The right candidate will assist in addressing client inquiries and help drive revenue across our client base.

This individual’s responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for coordinating all connectivity setups, executing broker relationships, and trading commission schedules                                                                                             
• One of the escalation points for internal Outsourced Trading Desk inquiries and trading issues, reporting into the Head of OTD Continuity
• Client-facing responsibility acting as the relationship manager with each client’s COO on Q&A and setup questions                                                                                             
• Responsible for all third party Order Management System (OMS) implementations for OTD clients                                                                                              
• Assisting the Head of OTD Continuity on direct broker setups (including the coordination of connectivity and documentation)                                                                                                
• Assisting the Head of OTD Continuity with coordinating trading route testing with direct brokers and OTD trading contacts                                                                                                 
• Assisting the Head of OTD Continuity with organizing and hosting new client calls with the client and other internal onboarding teams                                                                                            
• Responsible for maintaining blocks, trading rules, fix tags and OTD trading toolbars in the firm’s execution management systems, Eze RealTick                                                                                          
• Work with technology to help address client inquires and drive platform enhancements

The qualifications and skills needed would include:

• Extremely detail-oriented
• Efficient in their responsibilities and time management
• Able to handle and manage multiple requests within a team environment
• Maintains superior follow-up skills
• Has superior focus and attention to detail
• Is able to and does act with a sense of urgency on requests
• Maintains superior knowledge retention

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $90,000 - $100,000. 

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.  

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.