Post-Trade Services & Risk Associate

Are you ready to shape the future of financial markets? Join our dynamic Clearing Operations team, where innovation meets stability.

The Post-Trade Services & Risk Associate, executes daily Clearing House functions with a focus on operational risk management. Communicate with external clients and business partners, as well as developers and other internal teams to resolve system issues, develop suitable workarounds, supporting default management operations, and meet internal & external SLAs, while reducing or mitigating risks to our member firm community and internal systems. Additionally, use internal systems to monitor market conditions and clearing firm activity. Analyze financial obligations to ensure adequate risk coverage is in place.

You'll be at the forefront of managing operational and market risk, ensuring seamless trade lifecycles, and driving critical solutions that impact global finance. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate across diverse teams, apply your analytical prowess, and grow within an environment committed to your success.

What You'll Get

• A supportive environment fostering career progression, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture.
• Broad exposure to CME's diverse products, asset classes, and cross-functional teams.
• A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

What You'll Do

• Orchestrate solutions by collaborating with technical, development, and internal teams to resolve system complexities.
• Proactively safeguard against operational and market risk by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating potential threats, abnormal trade activity, and system anomalies.
• Empower stakeholders as the primary Clearing contact, delivering insights and solutions to customers, business partners, and internal teams on industry dynamics.
• Generate crucial intelligence through timely reporting for Clearing House Senior Management.
• Fortify Default Management by providing operational support, addressing trader queries, distributing market data, assisting with portfolio valuation drills, and managing defaulted portfolio transfers.

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years of experience at an FCM, Broker Dealer, or Clearing House.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools like Google Workspace, Bloomberg, and PC Span is a plus.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, adept at engaging diverse audiences.
• A proven ability to thrive independently and as a collaborative team member.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational capabilities.
• Understanding of fixed income products, particularly Treasuries, is highly valued.
• A Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $75,100-$125,100. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

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