About Us
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
Pragma, a MarketAxess company is looking for a NYSE Floor Associate to support its Polaris equity order management system (OMS). The NYSE Floor Associate will be located on the NYSE floor at 11 Wall Street in a client facing role as a member of the front-line support for the 190+ clerks and traders using our state-of-the-art technology. The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to learn a new product and how trading is conducted on the NYSE Floor.
How You’ll Help Take Us There:
- Provide on-site training and day-to-day support for Polaris
- Work closely with Pragma’s production engineering team to diagnose and resolve issues, including entering and tracking in Jira
- Collaborate with production engineering on upgrades, including releases and testing.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for processes, training and troubleshooting guides.
- Collaborate with the product team to prioritize enhancements and deploy new features.
What We’re Looking For:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in equity sell-side OMS support or financial technology support roles.
- Strong understanding of trading environments and equity financial markets.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills, capable of communicating clearly and effectively in high-stress situations
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field
- Must have FINRA Series 7 & 63 or be able to obtain them within the first 3 months of employment
What You Can Expect From Us:
In addition to working on cutting edge technology and in our culture of innovation, collaboration, and openness, we offer:
- Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks.
- Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
- Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
- 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17.5K
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
- Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
- Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
- Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences
- Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $85,000 USD to $115,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.
MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.
All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
