Team Leader - Trading - Client Strategies Group

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team's ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.

Responsibility Summary :         
• Expert application of capital markets analytics, trading strategies, and risk management techniques, including executing and supervising moderate retail-structured trading flows and capital commitments when appropriate
• Supervisory responsibility for a team of traders, including best execution as well as compliance with all other applicable firm and industry regulatory requirements
• Advanced management and development of internal and external trading systems and related tools, including downstream implications
• Deliver client service excellence directly as well as through others, anticipating service needs to drive results
• Drive operational excellence initiatives to align with the firm's vision
• Attract, develop, and retain quality traders from diverse backgrounds that enable the achievement of team objectives
• Establish annual priorities and strategic direction for a team of traders in alignment with the department, trading floor, division, and firm objectives
• Leverage the depth and breadth of internal and external networks to foster broader results

• B.A./B.S. degree in business, economics, finance, or quantitative related field
• Successful completion of Trader II responsibilities or equivalent industry experience
• CFP, MBA, CFA, CPA or related designations preferred
• 6+ years of financial service experience required, capital markets experience strongly preferred
• Expert knowledge of capital markets analytics, trading strategies, and risk management techniques
• Expert knowledge of internal and external trading systems and related tools, including, but not limited to, Bloomberg, DSTS, and 3rd party electronic trading platforms
• Series 7 and 66 required; 24 or 53 and desk specific licenses are required within 6 months
 (based on corresponding testing windows)