Description

The Clearing Post-Trade Services and Risk team operates within CME Group’s Clearing House and oversees daily trade processing for futures/options and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, ensuring the timely clearing of customer transactions and performing key risk management functions. The Clearing House guarantees its member firms meet their financial obligations for all open positions, as well as offering various clearing services to drive efficiencies for CME Group’s customers.

The Post-Trade Services and Risk Associate works within a global team and is responsible for supporting day to day clearing operations, operational risk management, managing risk and supporting clearing member firms/customers through trade execution to trade confirmation.

What you'll get:

• A supportive environment that promotes career progression, learning and development and inclusion

• Exposure to CME's vast number of products and asset classes

• The opportunity to work with several functional groups across departments

• Competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package

What you'll do:

• Provide support to clearing member firms, customers and business partners on CME Group’s product offering and clearing systems

• Mitigate customer impactful events through escalation to management and troubleshoot with technology teams to deliver fixes in a timely manner within SLAs

• Drive improvements in risk management practices and contribute to the Clearing House’s operational risk framework

• Work globally with teammates on new initiatives and projects

What you'll need:

• MS/BS in Finance, Economics, or related field

• 3-5 years prior work experience with listed derivatives, Treasury Securities, Repo markets, or OTC products at a clearing house, FCM, or trading firm

• Securities clearing experience preferred

• Strong experience in Excel (or Google Sheets) including pivot tables, vlookups, and macros

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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