Analyst, Fixed Income Trading

LPL Financial; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 61,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial seeks a Trading Analyst to oversee activity in trading inventory accounts and provide regulatory and procedural oversight to the fixed income trading desk. The role requires independent judgment in a fast-paced environment with significant financial impact.

You will collaborate with management, senior analysts, and trading compliance to ensure accurate reporting and efficient processes while aiming to optimize trading operations and controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Working knowledge of fixed income products.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Excel, VBA and Smartsheet.

Responsibilities

• Enter trades that cannot be entered by traders.
• Resolve trade fails.
• Identify and repair trade rejects and other trade-related issues in a high volume, fast paced environment.
• Reconcile Fixed Income inventory accounts.
• Work with Senior Analysts to ensure timely reporting of fixed income transactions.
• Review, prepare and present regulatory report cards to management.
• Review processes for efficiencies and provide recommendations to management.

Skills

Fixed income knowledge

Excel

VBA

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Smartsheet

Job description

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview

The Trading Analyst reviews activity in the trading inventory accounts and works closely with management, senior analysts, trading compliance and other departments to provide regulatory and procedural oversight to the fixed income trading desk. Assignments are complex and require sophisticated analysis combined with seasoned judgment. The Analyst will operate with wide latitude for making independent decisions, determinations, and recommendations, which typically have significant financial, operational, legal, or reputational impact.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for entering trades that can’t be entered by traders
• Resolving trade fails
• Identifying and repairing trade rejects and other trade-related issues in a high volume, fast paced environment.
• Reconciling Fixed Income inventory accounts
• Working with Senior Analysts to ensure timely reporting of fixed income transactions
• Review, prepare and present regulatory report cards to management
• Reviewing processes for efficiencies and providing recommendations to management

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Working knowledge of fixed income products
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Excel, VBA and Smartsheet

Core Competencies

• Oral and written communication skills and the ability to independently draft letters and other documents
• Analytic and organizational skills and the ability to keep track of multiple deadlines and projectsli>
• Attention to detail
• Able to create and maintain positive relationships with other LPL departments and outside vendors for research purposes.
• Able to maintain a positive attitude toward routine daily reports

Preferences

• Bloomberg, BETA knowledge is strongly preferred
• SIE, Series 7 & 63 license preferred

Pay Range

$29.36-$48.93/hour. Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more.

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at [phone].

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