Client-Facing Institutional Equities Trader & Execution Expert

BestEx Research

Stamford (CT)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

BestEx Research seeks a highly motivated individual to join the Americas Electronic Equities Trading team, serving institutional clients and optimizing equities execution with our advanced trading suite.

You will collaborate with quantitative research, product, and trading technology teams, providing feedback to influence the product roadmap and client engagement strategies. Stamford HQ with some travel to client meetings is required.

Qualifications

Experience in electronic trading, execution services, algorithmic sales trading, market structure, or execution consulting.
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
Active FINRA registrations: SIE, Series 7, 63, and 57, or ability to obtain them within a reasonable period post hire.
Solid understanding of US equity market structure, including exchange and ATS landscape, order types, and tradeoffs between dark and lit routing.
Understanding of execution algorithms and how their parameters change behavior.
Experience working directly with institutional clients under time pressure.
Comfortable with data.
Ability to build and interpret an execution analysis independently, including interpreting TCA output without guidance.
Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
High integrity and accountability.
Willing to work in Stamford, CT HQ in person daily, with WFH flexibility, and travel to client meetings as needed.

Responsibilities

Actively cover existing clients and provide real-time oversight of client algorithmic order flow across the US equities trading session.
Engage with clients to understand their execution needs and offer tailored solutions from BestEx Research's product suite.
Facilitate new client onboarding from testing, strategy configuration, and support through initial go-live.
Analyze execution outcomes across strategies, venues, order size, and market conditions to support execution consulting conversations and algorithm customization.
Help deliver market structure intelligence to clients on liquidity trends, regulatory change, and the competitive landscape.
Lead issue escalation to trading technology and development teams during incidents, manage trading risk, and coordinate clear client communication.
Prepare client meeting materials alongside senior coverage, maintain the client record, and own follow-up items to completion.
Deliver structured client feedback to product and quantitative research so platform investment aligns with client demand.
Participate in beta testing of new algorithmic features and introduce relevant enhancements to clients.