Full-Time

Analyst Trading Operations

Deadline 8/28/27
Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange

10,001+ employees

Operates global exchanges, data, and connectivity

Compensation Overview

$65k - $85k/yr

+ Incentive compensation

Atlanta, GA, USA

Hybrid

Remote-eligible; employees within commuting distance of an office must report onsite for training and periodically thereafter.

Bachelor's

Category
Quantitative Finance
Required Skills
Series 7
Product Management
SQL
Blockchain

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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
  • At least 2 years of experience in a trading environment, including exchange operations, broker-dealer trading operations, or alternative trading system operations.
  • An active Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 7 license.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make quick, sound decisions under pressure.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Availability to work overnight and weekend shifts, with occasional holiday coverage, in a 24/7 trading environment.
Responsibilities
  • Provide real-time trading operational support for the affiliated Digital Asset ATS and Global OTC ATS.
  • Monitor trading activity, system performance, and order flow across both platforms.
  • Execute daily checkout procedures and maintain accurate electronic logs of trading issues, disputes, and resolutions.
  • Assist participant firms with inquiries related to order types, trading functionality, and settlement status.
  • Support bust/cancel determinations, clearly erroneous execution reviews, and error account escalations in coordination with compliance and legal teams.
  • Partner with Technology, Product Management, and Compliance to onboard participants and resolve technical or operational issues.
  • Coordinate with compliance and outside counsel on regulatory matters, including trade reporting and ATS obligations.
  • Escalate production issues to System Operations and Engineering with clear and timely communication to internal stakeholders.
  • Disseminate platform status updates and operational notices in a timely manner.
  • Support process documentation, post-incident reviews, and continuous operational improvement initiatives.
  • Develop deep working knowledge of the affiliated Digital Asset ATS platform architecture, Global OTC ATS workflows, and relevant FINRA and SEC regulatory requirements.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with digital asset markets, tokenized securities, or blockchain-based settlement infrastructure.
  • A Series 57 or Series 24 license.
  • SQL experience for issue investigation.
Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange

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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) operates a global network of regulated exchanges and clearinghouses, plus market data and connectivity services. Its products include real-time and historical data across equities, fixed income, and commodities, as well as trading, clearing, listings, and connectivity to its venues; it also offers mortgage technology and fixed income execution. ICE differentiates itself through an integrated ecosystem that combines multiple major exchanges, a comprehensive data suite, and specialized services under one umbrella. Its goal is to enable efficient, transparent, and trusted global markets by connecting participants, providing data, and supporting trading and clearing across many asset classes and geographies.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Atlanta, Georgia

Founded

2001

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Q1 2026 net revenues hit $3.0 billion, up 20% year over year.
  • August 2026 futures open interest reached 16.8 million lots, with 14% ADV growth.
  • ICE Digital Trust and tokenization moves target crypto custody and collateral workflows.

What critics are saying

  • MarketAxess closing in first-half 2027 needs regulators; antitrust scrutiny can delay synergies.
  • Mortgage Technology produced a Q1 2026 operating loss, exposing ICE to rate-cycle weakness.
  • Perpetual-futures rule changes and AI data commoditization threaten exchange and market-data economics.

What makes Intercontinental Exchange unique

  • NYSE, Brent, and ICE Futures franchises create unmatched regulated market-infrastructure scale.
  • ICE controls proprietary fixed-income pricing data and clearing, shielding margins from pure-exchange rivals.
  • 2026 MarketAxess acquisition and GPU futures extend ICE across execution, data, and derivatives.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Remote Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

16%

1 year growth

16%

2 year growth

2%
Yahoo Finance
Sep 6th, 2026
ICE hits record 16.8M interest rate futures open interest in August, ADV up 14% YoY

Intercontinental Exchange reported strong August operating metrics, with double-digit year-over-year growth in average daily volume and open interest across major asset classes. The company achieved record interest rate futures open interest of 16.8 million lots on 31 August. Agriculture and metals contracts saw particularly strong growth, with average daily volume rising substantially year over year and open interest increasing more than half. Overall, August data showed 14% average daily volume growth and 19% open interest growth. The company's narrative projects $12.3 billion revenue and $4.6 billion earnings by 2029, requiring 5.7% yearly revenue growth. Analysts' estimates vary, with pessimistic projections showing revenue reaching $12.4 billion with flat earnings near $4.0 billion.

Kooc Media Ltd.
Aug 31st, 2026
NYSE parent ICE invests in tZERO, licenses 103 blockchain patents for tokenised securities platform

Intercontinental Exchange, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has signed agreements with tZERO to build infrastructure for a tokenised securities platform. tZERO will serve as design partner for digital transfer-agent and broker-dealer systems supporting on-chain settlement. ICE will invest in tZERO's latest funding round and license its blockchain patent portfolio, which spans 23 patent families and 103 patents covering token lifecycles, compliance-aware transfer logic, and smart contract frameworks. tZERO is expected to seek approval as a digital transfer agent on ICE's NYSE-affiliated Digital Trading Platform. The companies will also evaluate using tZERO's tokenised assets for collateral management across ICE's clearing houses. The partnership marks tZERO's deepest tie to a major exchange operator. No timeline for regulatory approval or platform launch was disclosed.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 31st, 2026
ICE director sells $216K in shares under pre-set trading plan

Martha A. Tirinnanzi, director of Intercontinental Exchange, sold 1,340 shares of common stock on 26 August 2026 for approximately $216,000, according to an SEC filing. The sale was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in May 2026. Following the transaction, Tirinnanzi retains direct ownership of 3,747 shares, including 1,698 restricted stock units scheduled to vest on 18 May 2027. This represents a 0.0007% ownership interest in the company. Intercontinental Exchange operates regulated exchanges and clearing houses globally, generating revenue through transaction fees, market data licensing, and clearing operations. The company has a market capitalisation of $91.0 billion.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 19th, 2026
Pershing Square invests in Intercontinental Exchange after tracking firm for nearly a decade

Pershing Square Holdings has taken a new position in Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a financial services and market infrastructure provider. The hedge fund has followed the company for nearly a decade before investing. ICE's exchanges segment generates nearly 70% of earnings, anchored by its energy franchise with revenues two-and-a-half times larger than its nearest competitor. The company holds approximately 90% market share in Brent crude futures. Over the past five years, the exchanges segment grew revenue 8% annually and profits 10%, with margins expanding to 75%. The firm also operates Fixed Income & Data Services and Mortgage Technology segments, generating just under 20% of earnings with 45% and 41% profit margins respectively. On 18 August 2026, ICE traded at $156.18 per share with a market capitalisation of $87.68 billion.

Fortune
Aug 16th, 2026
Entrepreneur bought near-bankrupt firm from Buffett for $1,000, built it into $85B giant

Jeffrey Sprecher, founder and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, purchased a failing company from Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy for $1,000 in 1997, despite Buffett having invested $35 million in it. Sprecher, who had no Wall Street experience, used it to build what would become Intercontinental Exchange. Starting in 2000 with nine employees in Atlanta, Sprecher lived in a 500-square-foot studio flat and drove a used car whilst building the business. He handled menial tasks like taking out rubbish and answering phones. Today, Intercontinental Exchange has a market capitalisation of $85 billion and employs over 12,000 people. The company has owned the New York Stock Exchange for more than a decade. Sprecher's net worth now stands at $1.2 billion.