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## Trading AssistantApply: On-Site: Charlotte, North Carolina: Full time: Posted Yesterday: End Date: October 9, 2026 (19 days left to apply): R26\\_3425**About Our Company**We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.**Job Description**The Trading Assistant will support advisors, trading partners and home office staff by answering trading-related questions and delivering excellent customer service. This role works closely with traders to ensure client orders and trade executions are processed efficiently, accurately and in compliance with all regulatory requirements. Additionally, the Trading Assistant assists with regulatory reporting, including Best Execution analysis and reporting, while contributing to process improvements, operational initiatives, and ad hoc projects that support the success of the Equity & Option Trading team.**Key Responsibilities*** -Assist advisors, trading partners and home office staff with trading related questions including order activity, regulatory reporting, and trading system navigation and functionality.* -Perform order book reconciliation and trade allocation for all trading activity.* -Identify and resolve trading and settlement issues, while ensuring all required documentation is completed.* -Assist Business Analysts with report creation, generation, monitoring and analysis. Work with trading systems, execution quality reporting, trade reporting along with researching trading issues.* -Review trading area policies and procedures for compliance with industry and company rules and regulations. and identify opportunities for process improvements and risk mitigation.* -Provide back-up support to other departments within Capital Markets Trading and participate in special projects as needed.**Required Qualifications*** -Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent.* -Experience: 1-3 years of relevant experience.* -Post-secondary education and relevant work experience may be interchanged to meet the combined total years of minimum required qualifications for education and experience.* -Ability to effectively work in a team environment and collaborate across multiple business functions.* -Ability to perform in a fast-paced, time-sensitive, and regulated environment with attention to detail.* -Ability to handle difficult communications with advisors and clients and provide effective resolutions.* -Ability to build and maintain strong, positive relationships and influence others without having direct leadership accountability.* -Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.* -Ability to learn new systems, technologies, and business processes.**Preferred Qualifications*** -Experience with BETA host, LSEG One, BRASS and Microsoft applications with an emphasis on Excel and Power BI.* -Active Series 7 license.* -Experience working in trading, brokerage, securities, or financial services operations environments.**Visa Sponsorship** Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).**Full-Time/Part-Time**Full time**Exempt/Non-Exempt**Non-Exempt**Job Family Group**Business Support & Operations**Line of Business**CLEAR Clearing*Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.* #J-18808-Ljbffr

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