Full-Time

Executive Assistant 2

Posted on 10/3/2025

CME Group

CME Group

1,001-5,000 employees

Runs global futures and options markets

Compensation Overview

$34 - $57/hr

+ Annual Target Bonus + Equity Program

Chicago, IL, USA

Hybrid

Category
Administrative & Executive Assistance (2)
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Required Skills
Sales
Salesforce
Requirements
  • Proven experience as an Executive Assistant supporting senior-level executives.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy in all tasks.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize effectively.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain confidentiality.
  • Proactive and resourceful with a strong problem-solving aptitude.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet) and Gemini.
  • Experience with Customer Relationship Management software, ideally Salesforce, for tracking client interactions and sales activities.
  • Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and software applications.
Responsibilities
  • Manage and maintain the Chief Commercial Officer's complex calendar, including scheduling meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements.
  • Prepare and organize documents, presentations, and reports for internal and external meetings.
  • Coordinate and schedule meetings for the Chief Commercial Officer and Client Development and Sales team, including setting up conference rooms, virtual meeting platforms, and distributing agendas and materials.
  • Process expense reports and manage invoices for the Chief Commercial Officer and team as needed.
  • Handle confidential information with the utmost discretion and professionalism.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, screening and directing calls, emails, and inquiries with professionalism and efficiency.
  • Exhibit strong interpersonal skills and a customer-centric approach when interacting with clients, partners, and colleagues.
  • Draft, review, and edit correspondence, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and adherence to company standards.
  • Facilitate smooth communication flow from the Chief Commercial Officer and across the various divisions including the Management Team.
  • Assist in the planning and execution of team events, client meetings, and commercial initiatives.
  • Support the Client Development and Sales team with various administrative tasks, allowing them to focus on revenue-generating activities.
  • Track key deadlines and deliverables, providing reminders and follow-up as necessary.
  • Contribute to a positive and collaborative team environment.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree preferred

CME Group runs the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, offering futures and options across major asset classes on four exchanges (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX). Its services include trading platforms, clearing and settlement, and market data, serving individual traders, institutions, and commercial entities. How it works: traders buy and sell standardized contracts (futures and options) on its platforms; the trades are cleared through a central clearinghouse, which handles margining, settlement, and risk management, providing price discovery and transfer of risk. How it differs: CME Group combines a broad range of benchmark products with integrated services (trading, clearing, market data) across multiple exchanges, giving wide instrument access, global reach, and a unified risk-management framework. Goal: to provide a reliable, efficient system for price discovery, hedging, speculating, and managing risk in global derivatives markets.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1848

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • 24/7 crypto trading launching May 29 captures round-the-clock institutional demand surge.
  • Cross-margining expansion to end users improves capital efficiency for Treasury clients.
  • Compute futures address multi-trillion-dollar AI infrastructure market with standardized GPU benchmarks.

What critics are saying

  • Elizabeth Warren's STOP Corrupt Bets Act forces FanDuel Predicts shutdown within 12 months.
  • Sustained low volatility suppresses core interest rate and equity futures volumes.
  • CFTC rejects compute futures, Avalanche/Sui futures, and single stock futures launches.

What makes CME Group unique

  • World's largest derivatives exchange with unmatched liquidity across six asset classes.
  • First-mover advantage in compute futures market for AI infrastructure pricing transparency.
  • Integrated prediction markets via FanDuel Predicts with 215 million contracts traded by Q1 2026.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Mental Health Support

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Hybrid Work Options

Professional Development Budget

Gym Membership

Company News

Yahoo Finance
Apr 8th, 2026
CME Group launches 24/7 crypto trading and new futures as it eyes $4.3B earnings by 2029

CME Group has announced plans to expand its cryptocurrency derivatives offering with Avalanche and Sui futures in standard and micro contract sizes, and will launch 24/7 trading of its crypto futures and options from 29 May, pending regulatory review. The move reinforces CME's diversification strategy alongside its planned summer 2026 launch of single stock futures on over 50 major US companies. However, the exchange operator remains heavily reliant on interest rate and equity futures volumes as its core revenue driver. CME's narrative projects $7.7 billion revenue and $4.3 billion earnings by 2029, requiring 5.9% annual revenue growth. The company's fair value is estimated at $306.86, roughly in line with its current price. Analysts note that sustained lower market volatility could pressure trading volumes and earnings.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 8th, 2026
Tidewater shines with 27.8% revenue growth whilst Lumen and CME Group falter

Tidewater, an offshore service vessel operator with over 200 vessels spanning 30 countries, stands out amongst cash-producing stocks with a 26.1% trailing 12-month free cash flow margin. The company has demonstrated strong performance with annual revenue growth of 27.8% over the past five years and improving EBITDA profits. Meanwhile, Lumen Technologies and CME Group face challenges. Lumen's sales have declined 9.7% annually over five years, with its free cash flow margin decreasing by 10.5 percentage points. CME Group, despite a 64.3% free cash flow margin, has posted muted 6% annual revenue growth and earnings per share growth of just 9.6% annually over the past two years, lagging behind peers.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 31st, 2026
CME Group Q1 2026 earnings: Analysts expect $3 EPS, up 7.1% year-over-year

CME Group, the Chicago-based derivatives marketplace valued at $105.4 billion, is expected to announce first-quarter 2026 earnings on 22 April. Analysts forecast earnings of $3 per share, up 7.1% year-over-year, with the company having beaten Wall Street estimates in its last four quarters. For fiscal 2026, analysts project earnings per share of $11.90, representing 6.3% growth from 2025. CME shares have risen 12.2% over the past year, outperforming the S&P 500's 11.9% gain. The company's growth is driven by increased activity across interest rates, energy, metals, agriculture and crypto products, alongside new initiatives including securities clearing and 24-hour crypto trading. Analysts maintain a "Moderate Buy" rating on the stock, with an average price target of $312.50, suggesting 6.4% upside potential.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 28th, 2026
Trump backs prediction markets over 'fake polls' as Robinhood and CME race for $17B boom

Donald Trump endorsed prediction markets, saying they "predicted me pretty right... by a landslide" and called them better than "fake polls". His comments come as the industry surpasses $17 billion in monthly volume whilst facing criminal charges and multiple congressional bills. Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev called prediction markets the company's fastest-growing business, with a revenue run rate exceeding $300 million. Robinhood moved over 4 billion event contracts in January alone. CME Group hit 100 million event contracts traded in eight weeks, powering FanDuel Predicts. Five bills targeting prediction markets landed in Congress this month, including Elizabeth Warren's STOP Corrupt Bets Act. However, analyst Jaret Seiberg called them "messaging bills" unlikely to pass, noting a presidential veto is near-certain.

PR Newswire
Mar 24th, 2026
BMO launches tokenized cash platform with CME Group and Google Cloud for 24/7 institutional settlement

BMO, CME Group and Google Cloud have announced plans to introduce 24/7 tokenized cash capabilities for institutional clients, launching in the second half of 2026 pending regulatory approval. The solution will enable clients to convert US dollars into tokenized instruments for use with margined products at CME Group, operating on Google Cloud Universal Ledger. The platform will support real-time settlement for margin calls, trading and collateral management outside traditional banking hours. BMO also plans to offer tokenized deposits for broader business-to-business payments and treasury applications. As North America's eighth-largest bank by assets, BMO is the first to offer CME Group's tokenized cash solution on Google Cloud's infrastructure. The collaboration aims to modernise capital market efficiency and reduce operational friction for global markets requiring continuous operations.

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