Full-Time

Futures and Options Client Enablement Associate

Deadline 6/5/26
Accenture

Accenture

10,001+ employees

Global professional services and technology consulting

Compensation Overview

$57 - $67/hr

No H1B Sponsorship

Chicago, IL, USA + 1 more

More locations: New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role; 3 onsite days/week in NYC or Chicago; mandatory 5 away days per quarter.

Category
Sales & Solution Engineering (1)
Requirements
  • A minimum of 5 years of industry experience or equivalent in FIX client onboarding, electronic trading connectivity, or client enablement.
  • High School Diploma or General Educational Development
Responsibilities
  • Act as a primary point of contact for Futures & Options electronic trading client enablement, supporting both new client onboarding and existing client change requests.
  • Gather and analyze requirements from clients, trading desks, and vendors to support new connectivity setups, business flows, and enhancements.
  • Manage FIX certifications for new vendor connections and incremental business flows, ensuring timely and high quality delivery.
  • Implement requested changes in pre production and UAT environments, coordinating and executing testing with clients and external vendors.
  • Deploy daily configuration and connectivity changes across the Electronic Trading stack in line with business and change management processes.
  • Perform proactive health checks and readiness monitoring to ensure applications and client flows remain stable and production ready.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives within Electronic Trading Client Enablement, with a strong focus on automation, efficiency, and operational resilience.
  • Maintain accurate project level documentation, metrics, and production support procedures.
  • Work closely with development teams to support new functionality, enhancements, and defect remediation.
  • Coordinate with network and infrastructure teams to enable connectivity changes (e.g. firewall rules, ports) in non production and production environments.
  • Maintain clear and timely communication with global project teams, providing transparent updates on progress, risks, and delivery timelines.
  • Respond to data requests and queries from Futures & Options trading desks.
  • Support business users directly, demonstrating strong ownership and accountability for client issues and enablement outcomes.
  • Work within and manage high level projects such as client connection migrations and client wide configuration changes.
  • Hybrid role with onsite expectations of 3 days a week in either New York City or Chicago, Illinois; mandatory 5 days away per quarter.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Associate's degree
  • Strong knowledge of FIX protocol FIX 4.2 and FIX 4.4
  • Solid understanding of Futures and Options products and electronic markets
  • Experience working in front office or trading desk facing environments
  • Experience with UNIX Linux environments and shell scripting
  • Database experience e.g. Oracle Exadata, SQL Server, Sybase; Experience with BTCS ULLINK and the Trading Technologies TT platforms desirable
  • Working knowledge of XML or similar markup languages
  • Familiarity with ITIL concepts, including Incident, Change, and Release Management

Accenture is a global professional services firm that helps companies navigate technology-driven change. It offers strategies and services across consulting, digital, technology, and operations, with a strong emphasis on cloud, artificial intelligence, security, and enterprise reinvention. Accenture works by delivering end-to-end solutions, combining advisory work with implementation, technology platforms, and managed services to transform how organizations operate and compete in today’s digital world. The company differentiates itself through its long history as a dedicated tech-advisory arm that gained independence in 2001, its scale, and its active acquisitions—particularly since 2013—to expand capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Its goal is to help the world’s largest corporations rethink and reshape their operations to stay ahead of rapid technological shifts.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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