Equity Product Support Associate

Why Stifel

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.

Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel where success meets success.

What You'll Be Doing

The Equity Product Support Associate is responsible for assisting with the day-to-day operations and support of KBW's Equity desk in New York City. This is a multi-faceted role that will provide broad exposure to the entirety of the firm's Equity business.

What We're Looking For

• Support the equity sales and trading desk in New York City.
• Assist with managing and troubleshooting the firm's OMS (Fidessa), including FIX connectivity, trade reporting and other execution services.
• Assist with implementing and testing systemic controls necessary for compliance with 15c3-5 and other regulatory obligations.
• Analyze trade data, commission metrics and other statistics to draw analytical conclusions for presentation to management and other internal stakeholders.
• Conduct routine account-based analytics to supplement specific firm objectives.
• Assist with the firm's overall Commission Management, invoicing and CSA processes.
• Mediate with compliance, accounting and operations to address intraday matters and larger projects as they arise.

What You'll Bring

• Serve as an intermediary between traders, salespeople, clients, senior management, operations, compliance, IT, and other internal stakeholders.
• Knowledge of modern market structure and previous experience in a sales and trading or capital markets environment is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Bloomberg, Fidessa OMS, and Salesforce, or other similar systems, is preferred.
• Previous experience working with large data sets and Commission Management products, is preferred.
• Able to extract conclusions from multiple data sources for presentation to management and other internal stakeholders.
• Detail oriented and motivated team player who works under pressure, commits to time constraints and occasionally works long hours.

Education & Experience

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum Required: 1+ years of relevant experience.

Licenses & Credentials

• Minimum Required: SIE, FINRA Series 7 and Series 63, or ability to be obtained within 6 months.

Systems & Technology

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, required.
• Fidessa OMS or another Order Management System.
• Salesforce or another CRM System.
• Bloomberg.
• SQL knowledge is a bonus.

Compensation Range

Salary: USD $80,000.00/Yr. - USD $90,000.00/Yr. Actual salaries may vary, and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate's qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position. The base salary is one component of Stifel's overall compensation package for each individual employee. Other benefits and offerings include, but not limited to, discretionary bonuses, health / dental / vision / prescription insurance offerings, Stifel Total Health Connect, flexible spending accounts, tuition & certification assistance programs, paid time off, and much, much more! To view a more comprehensive list of Stifel's current offerings, please visit https://www.stifel.com/careers/benefits. Applications are accepted until the position is filled.

About Stifel

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW), a Stifel Company, is a full-service investment bank and broker dealer specializing in the financial services sector. KBW has established itself as a leading independent authority in the depositories, insurance companies, broker-dealers, mortgage banks, asset management companies, securities exchange, and specialty finance sectors. The professionals at KBW have deep domain expertise and understand the rapidly changing financial services industry. Based on a history of exceptional transaction execution and significant senior level attention, KBW is a trusted advisor by its clients.

KBW offers a competitive salary and benefits (medical, vision, dental, paid time off, 401k) and is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.