Trade Desk Associate (Miami Beach, FL - USA) - 21952
The Trade Desk Associate supports live order flow and risk monitoring on a fast-paced trading desk, ensuring smooth execution and client account oversight during core U.S. trading hours. This entry-level role involves real-time problem solving, client communication post-licensing, and coordination between trading shifts, with a clear career path toward client relationship management and sales within U.S. capital markets.
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Role overview
Confidential Client is hiring an entry-level Trade Desk Associate for their Miami Beach trading desk. This in-office role runs during U.S. core trading hours and includes firm-sponsored SIE and Series 7 study and testing. This is a hands-on operations and client-support role on a growing broker‑dealer trading desk with a clear path into client relationships and sales.
What You’ll Do
- Monitor live order flow, positions, and risk limits across the desk’s trading & risk systems during U.S. core hours.
- Detect rejected, stuck, or unusual orders and either resolve them or escalate per desk procedures.
- Maintain composure and act methodically when markets move quickly or issues arise.
- Support client communications once licensed: answer order and account questions via phone and approved messaging channels.
- Track onboarding progress and flag incomplete or unusual account activity.
- Receive and deliver shift handoffs to follow-the-sun coverage teams; keep clear logs of incidents and actions.
- Follow written supervisory procedures and use only firm-approved, recorded communication channels.
- Over time, support client relationship and sales work as responsibilities expand.
Location, schedule & employment type
- Work location: Miami Beach, FL — this role is full-time, in-office (early U.S. start).
- Schedule: U.S. core trading hours, roughly 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM ET, Monday–Friday.
- Employment type: Full-time (posted as Contract + Full-time in source).
- Compensation (as posted): $5,500 - $6,500 per year.
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a strong university program (completed or completing by start).
- Commitment and ability to pass SIE and Series 7 exams within ~30 days of starting (firm-sponsored study time).
- Eligible for FINRA registration (clean background check and fingerprinting).
- Strong logical and quantitative problem‑solving ability.
- Excellent spoken and written English; comfortable speaking with clients directly.
- Calm under pressure and precise in execution and documentation.
- Quick learner with systems and procedures.
- Authorization to work in the U.S. and willingness to work full-time in the Miami Beach office.
Preferred qualifications
- Degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, economics, or similar quantitative field.
- Internship or prior experience at a broker‑dealer, trading firm, fintech, or fast‑paced operations team.
- SIE already passed or other rigorous exam experience.
- Working knowledge of the order lifecycle (order types, routing, fills, cancels) and basics of stocks/options.
- Comfortable with Excel; familiarity with SQL or scripting is a plus.
- Genuine curiosity about markets and trading systems.
Ideal candidate profile
- A problem‑solver who wants to understand how systems work and why they fail.
- Calm and focused when the market or client needs rapid answers.
- Detail‑oriented and precise: you double‑check and document actions.
- Straightforward and ethical; comfortable in recorded/regulatory environment.
- Energized by a trading floor — you prefer being in the room and owning responsibility early.
- Ambitious about a long‑term trading/markets career; sees the Series 7 as a launching point.
Why join Confidential Client
- Series 7 & SIE sponsorship — build a licensed career in U.S. markets.
- Real responsibility from day one on a live trading desk.
- Clear career path into client relationships and sales with performance-based pay.
- Learn from experienced traders and the team behind in-house trading technology.
- Be part of a desk expanding toward near round‑the‑clock U.S. coverage.
Notes for applicants
- This is an in-office, Miami Beach role — remote applicants are not eligible.
- Licensed duties begin only after passing the Series 7 (firm will sponsor exam registration and study time).
- Confidential Client follows all regulatory recording and communication rules; all client interactions are reviewed.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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