Institutional Junior Trader

ummary: This position is responsible for executing equity, mutual fund, and fixed-income trades, and assisting the Sr. Traders. Responsibilities also include trade reconciliation and post-execution allocation.

Salary Range: The salary range in CA for this role is $68,600 to $97,400 and represents the Company's good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understands and complies with requirements of all laws and regulations applicable to the position
• Execution of equity, mutual funds, and fixed-income trades as needed/directed by senior traders
• Invest new accounts per investment parameters and risk profiles
• Manage and organize the trading inbox – alerting the team of priority items and filing completed
• Trading wrap program accounts - organize blocks and enter orders for portfolio positioning. Complete analysis and resolution of special account trading situations
• Aid with administrative trading tasks – filing trade errors, maintaining responses from the sales team, and working with new brokers to complete necessary onboarding paperwork.
• Running and compiling reports: Master Trade Blotter, Global Trade Reports, TCA Reports, etc
• Reconcile soft dollar commissions from brokers in conjunction with the Account Services and Billing
• Record and update trading processes for compliance and future reference
• Participate and contribute to departmental projects and initiatives
• Processing after/pre-market trading procedures - reconciliation across multiple trading platforms, contra-brokers, and custodians as well as following up on back-office settlement issues
• Contribute to general risk management, process improvement, knowledge development as well as cross-training efforts
• Aid/assist Sr. Traders and perform Adhoc tasks as assigned (i.e. Data analysis or Adhoc reporting)
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Economics
• Minimum of 1 to 2 years of related experience required
• Experience in trading/securities preferred

Skills

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office
• Proficiency in excel and understanding of SQL and VBA
• Understanding of systems, software, and information/data infrastructure
• Highly organized and able to adapt to change
• Able to multitask and work well under pressure
• Self-motivated and shows initiative. Takes ownership of understanding concepts and ideas crucial for troubleshooting
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels of personnel

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; use hands to operate controls on a computer; reach with hands and arms for phone and computer work; communicate on the phone wearing a headset for extended periods. The employee must occasionally lift and/or

move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. This job description is subject to change at any time.

First Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.