Municipal Bond Trader

Valeo Financial Advisors LLC; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401(k) with company match

Health coverage

Job summary

Valeo Financial Advisors LLC in Carmel, Indiana invites an experienced Municipal Bond Trader to join our centralized investment team, executing municipal bond trades for client portfolios. Based in our Carmel headquarters, this role requires consistent in-person attendance.

You will ensure best execution, monitor market developments, assess relative value across yield curves, document decisions, and collaborate with investment operations and analysts to manage risk and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field.
• 5 years of relevant fixed income experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of fixed income markets, municipal securities, trading practices, and credit research.
• Working knowledge of municipal bond structures and tax considerations.
• Experience using fixed income trading platforms such as Bloomberg.

Responsibilities

• Executes fixed income transactions in accordance with internal strategy and guidelines.
• Ensures fair and equitable treatment and allocation of all trade orders across client accounts.
• Maintains understanding of bond pricing drivers: market environment, rate moves, and fundamentals.
• Identifies investment opportunities and relative value in primary and secondary markets.
• Documents execution decisions to support best-execution reviews and compliance.

Skills

Fixed income knowledge

Trading discipline

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

CFA charter preferred

Tools

Bloomberg

Job description

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Valeo Financial Advisors is one of the largest RIA firms in the Midwest, with over $11B in assets under management, and is rapidly growing and expanding. We provide comprehensive, independent financial advice to our clients with one simple transparent fee. Based in central Indiana, we are committed to empowering the next generation and revolutionizing the financial services industry. Valeo provides competitive benefits including unlimited PTO, 401(k) with company match, and health coverage.

The Municipal Bond Trader executes municipal bond transactions for client portfolios as part of Valeo's centralized investment team, supporting more than 100 financial advisors. Based in our Carmel, Indiana office, this position works closely with Investment Team members across a large book of client accounts, executing trades in accordance with established investment guidelines while upholding the firm's fiduciary responsibilities and commitment to best execution. The ideal candidate combines strong market knowledge, sound judgment, and attention to detail to help deliver favorable outcomes for clients.

This position requires consistent in-person attendance at our Carmel, Indiana headquarters.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Executes fixed income transactions in accordance with internal investment team strategy and guidelines.
• Ensures fair and equitable treatment and allocation of all trade orders across client accounts.
• Maintains an understanding of the factors that drive bond pricing — market environment, supply/demand technicals, rate moves, and economic fundamentals.
• Identifies investment opportunities and attractive risk-adjusted, tax-adjusted relative value in the primary and secondary markets.
• Identifies concentrations, gaps, and structural flaws in existing client portfolios and identifies trades to address them.
• Conducts bond trading, including sales across multiple execution venues; maintains daily broker/dealer contact to source inventory and price liquidity.
• Documents execution decisions to support best-execution review and compliance requirements.
• Works closely with investment operations and analysts to invest efficiently, monitor holdings, and improve risk management.
• Serves as a resource to Senior Investment Directors and advisors on the municipal market and specific securities.
• Maintains orderly receipt, tracking, and execution of bond orders.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field. CFA charter or progress toward the designation is preferred.
• 5 years of relevant fixed income experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of fixed income markets, municipal securities, trading practices, and credit research, with the ability to assess risk-adjusted and tax-adjusted relative value opportunities.
• Working knowledge of municipal bond structures, including general obligation and revenue bonds, sector-specific credit considerations, rating agency methodologies, and credit enhancement features.
• Understanding of municipal bond tax considerations, including taxable-equivalent yield calculations, de minimis rules, and state-specific investment preferences.
• Ability to evaluate relative value opportunities across the yield curve, credit quality spectrum, and bond structures, including coupon, call, premium, and discount characteristics.
• Experience utilizing fixed income trading and market platforms such as Bloomberg, along with familiarity with trade reporting and market transparency tools.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills, with the ability to remain composed and effective in dynamic market environments.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and a demonstrated commitment to fiduciary responsibility and best execution practices.

Valeo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Valeo does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need.