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Order Room Trading Support, Assistant Vice President

L5

morgan stanleyWhite Plains, NY4 days ago

Occupations

Brokerage ClerksSecurities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsFinancial Specialists, All Other

Industries

Investment Banking and Securities IntermediationMiscellaneous IntermediationSecurities and Commodity Exchanges
Overview: In this AVP role, you will support day-to-day Trading Operations for a high-volume brokerage across US equities, options, futures, and crypto. You will work closely with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Technology to protect clients, the firm, and the markets while improving controls and performance. You'll address time-sensitive trading issues, contribute to risk management and best execution governance, and help scale our trading environment for self-directed clients. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role with a clear impact on client experience and regulatory outcomes. Compensation / Benefitsretirement benefitshealth benefitswellbeing programslearning and development opportunitiesexposure to senior leadersinclusive culture
Responsibilities:
  • Support day-to-day Trading Operations for a dynamic, high-volume brokerage environment covering multiple asset classes
  • Assist with order handling, routing, broker review, manual order entry, and exception resolution
  • Support risk management processes including pre-trade controls, aggregate limits, and entitlement reviews under SEC Rule 15c3-5Contribute to best execution and order routing governance through execution quality reviews and market center analysis
  • Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Technology, Product, Operations, Client Service, market centers, and vendors to investigate issues and implement enhancements
  • Maintain written procedures, desktop procedures, checklists, and audit-ready documentation
  • Analyze trading system activity, execution data, order rejects, market access controls, and other operational risk indicators
  • Identify risk in day-to-day processes and drive automation, control enhancements, and reporting improvements
  • Build subject matter expertise in E*TRADE trading platforms, OMS/EMS, and evolving market structure topics
  • Demonstrate sound judgment, accountability, and clear communication in a risk-aware, collaborative team culture
  • Shift work with hours 4PM-Midnight ET Sunday-Thursday (5 nights)
  • Series 7 and Series 63; Series 57 a plus
Key requirements:
  • At least 5 years of financial services experience with exposure to brokerage, trading, or securities operations
  • Subject matter expertise in US equities, options, futures, and/or crypto markets; experience across multiple asset classes preferred
  • Familiarity with order entry, routing, execution quality, trade reporting, broker review, and market access controls
  • Experience with OMS/EMS platforms, trading tools, market data platforms, or related workflows
  • Ability to set goals, manage non-standard issues with minimal supervision, and drive process improvements
  • Proven ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate across teams to resolve issues
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to explain trading, operations, and regulatory topics to diverse stakeholders
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills; data analysis, reporting, or process automation experience is a plus
  • Series 7 and Series 63; Series 57 a pluscollaborationcommunicationownershipOMS/EMS platformstrading toolsmarket data platforms
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Level

SeniorL5

Location

White Plains, NY

Occupation

Brokerage Clerks

Industry

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation

Posted

4 days ago

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