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Job Order:
0431-027-81

Job Type:
Permanent

Title:
Registered Sales Assistant

Location:
Chicago

Description:
Summary:
Global Investment Bank seeks a Sales Support person to act as the conduit between the front office/clients and the rest of the Bank, providing full support directly after the point of execution through the lifecycle to settlement and confirmation. The overall objective of the Sales Assistant is to provide high levels of service to internal clients (Sales) and external clients (Customers) whilst mitigating the operational risk associated with the activities they perform to support the business areas.

Responsibilities:
Provide support to Sales for all product types executed by the Sales desks
Trade Capture into relevant systems dependant on asset class
Verbally confirm trades with clients on trade date for fixed income products
Liaise with clients to obtain and coordinate the processing of trade allocations
Facilitate Account Opening and Account Maintenance liaising with Sales and Clients to ensure that necessary documentation is received on a timely basis to enable client adoption to be completed to ensure adherence to compliance and regulatory rules.
Monitor fixed income fails; liaise with clients, sales and fails team to ensure fails are resolved in a timely manner and to mitigate risk of bottom line adverse impact to the Bank.
Follow up on operational queries on trade breaks coming from Clients/Documentation/Settlement/Sales/Trading etc.
Day to day first point of contact for Sales with respect to resolution of queries on trades executed by the desk
Respond to Ad hoc reporting requests from CBS management, Sales Business Management and the Sales desks
Provide input into business requirements documentation, actively participating in User Acceptance Testing
Keep current with all market/industry initiatives and understand their impact on the business, escalating where appropriate to ensure necessary changes to systems/processes/organization takes place as required.

Requirements:
2+ years related experience, preferably in fixed income and/or derivative product role
Bachelor’s Degree
MBA a plus
Series 7, 63, and 24 would be beneficial
Strong technical and Excel user skills
Very strong communication skills for effective interaction with Clients, front office and operations colleagues
An understanding of the operational Trade Lifecycle and trade capture platforms a plus
Candidate should have an appreciation of Industry initiatives, Novation Protocol, Electronic Vendor Platforms


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Contact:
tony@bcius.com