Derivatives & Crypto Trade Support Specialist

Selby Jennings; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings seeks a Trade Support professional to join a fast-paced proprietary trading firm in Chicago. You will provide critical support to multiple trading desks across derivatives and crypto-related products, ensuring accurate trade capture, reconciliation, and daily P&L reporting.

You will work with traders, researchers, and software engineers to optimize workflows, enhance trading tools, and automate processes using Python, Linux, and Git to solve real-time challenges.

Qualifications

• 2–3+ years of experience in front office, middle office, back office, trade support, or risk functions within a fast-paced trading environment.
• Strong knowledge of derivatives markets and crypto assets, with ability to work independently while collaborating with senior stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of identifying and improving operational processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to multiple trading desks, ensuring accurate capture, booking, reconciliation, and reporting of complex derivatives and crypto-related transactions.
• Perform daily trade and position reconciliations with brokers and clearing firms, investigate breaks, and support P&L calculation and substantiation.
• Develop understanding of proprietary trading, inventory, treasury, risk management, and trade capture systems to support desk activity.
• Serve as a partner to traders, software engineers, and technology teams to enhance workflows and automate processes.
• Act as an owner of operational processes, identifying opportunities to automate and improve infrastructure through new technologies and best practices.
• Support traders' risk management and operational needs while aiding enhancements to desk tools and applications.
• Leverage Python, Linux, Git, and related technologies to analyze problems and develop practical solutions.

Skills

Python programming

Linux

Git

Derivatives markets knowledge

Job description

Selby Jennings seeks a Trade Support professional to join a fast-paced proprietary trading firm in Chicago. You will provide critical support to multiple trading desks across derivatives and crypto-related products, ensuring accurate trade capture, reconciliation, and daily P&L reporting.

You will work with traders, researchers, and software engineers to optimize workflows, enhance trading tools, and automate processes using Python, Linux, and Git to solve real-time challenges.