YOUR FUTURE IS LOOKING UP.

Advantage Futures rapid success stems from the talent, skills and proficiency of our management and employee teams. We are always searching for dedicated young professionals, specialists, and managers who demonstrate an exceptional work ethic and the drive to contribute to Advantage Futures continued growth.

OPEN POSITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Compliance Officer

Reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer, this individual is responsible for ensuring all activities are in compliance with laws, rules and regulations of domestic and foreign exchanges, regulators and internal procedures.

 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to assisting the CCO in reviewing, maintaining and updating the firm’s regulatory filings, including those with the SEC and NFA, responding to inquiries, reviewing marketing materials, assisting with new accounts opening process, training sales and operations staff to ensure compliance and assisting with special projects as needed.

Requirements:

1. •Bachelor degree in related field
   

2. •5+ years of Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) compliance experience
   

3. •Professional Certifications, Series 3
   

4. •Extensive knowledge of new account documentation process and CFTC, NFA  and exchange regulations
   

5. •Ability to define problems and solve them quickly
   

6. •Strong client service focus and interpersonal skills
   

Sales Representative - Institutional Sales

Reporting directly to the Sales Manager, or designated Sales Team Leader.  This individual is responsible for soliciting new business for Advantage Futures and converting prospects into revenue-generating accounts.

 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to increasing sales revenue across the organization with a primary focus on institutional clients, mastering all aspect of Advantage’s products and services, mastering and continually improving Advantage’s sales process by: developing and qualifying leads via independent sources and convert these leads to revenue-generating accounts, maintaining a detailed and comprehensive prospective client database, diligently following up on leads, preparing and sending proposals to prospective clients, processing completed account paperwork on behalf of prospective clients; working with marketing to expand the Advantage Future profile in the marketplace, fulfilling all compliance, operational and risk management-related tasks for account management and new account responsibilities, coordinating business activities with Risk Management, Compliance, Operations and IT departments and assisting other Advantage salespeople in their sales and client service efforts.

Requirements:

1. •Bachelors Degree
   

2. •Minimum of 3 years industry sales experience with the ability to generate new business
   

3. •Self-Motivated with the ability to mine leads, cultivate prospects and generate revenue producing clients within 3 months
   

4. •Current book of business preferred but not required
   

5. •Ability to define problems and solve them quickly
   

6. •Ability to work with changing priorities and a diverse group of people
   

7. •Strong client focus and interpersonal skills
   

8. •Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, Salesforce, etc.)
   

9. •Exceptional communication skills
   

10. •Exceptional presentation and organizational skills
    

11. •Ability to create flawless letters and client proposals
    

12. •Professional Certifications, Series 3
    

Sales Representative - Professional Trader Group Sales

Reporting directly to the Sales Manager, or designated Sales Team Leader.  This individual is responsible for soliciting new business for Advantage Futures and converting prospects into revenue-generating accounts.

 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to increasing sales revenue across the organization, mastering all aspect of Advantage’s products and services, mastering and continually improving Advantage’s sales process by: developing and qualifying leads via independent sources and convert these leads to revenue-generating accounts, maintaining a detailed and comprehensive prospective client database, diligently following up on leads, preparing and sending proposals to prospective clients, processing completed account paperwork on behalf of prospective clients; working with marketing to expand the Advantage Future profile in the marketplace, fulfilling all compliance, operational and risk management-related tasks for account management and new account responsibilities, coordinating business activities with Risk Management, Compliance, Operations and IT departments and assisting other Advantage salespeople in their sales and client service efforts.

Requirements:

1. •Bachelor degree
   

2. •Minimum of 3 years industry sales experience with the ability to generate new business
   

3. •Self-Motivated with the ability to mine leads, cultivate prospects and generate revenue producing clients within 3 months
   

4. •Current book of business preferred but not required
   

5. •Ability to define problems and solve them quickly
   

6. •Ability to work with changing priorities and a diverse group of people
   

7. •Strong client service focus and interpersonal skills
   

8. •Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, Salesforce, etc.)
   

9. •Exceptional communication skills
   

10. •Exceptional presentation and organizational skills
    

11. •Ability to create flawless letters and client proposals
    

12. •Professional Certifications, Series 3
    

Senior Accountant

Reporting to the Controller, this individual is responsible for supervision of the entire accounting function, including regulatory reports and Advantage’s financial statements.

 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to overseeing the entire accounting process to protect the assets of the company, ensuring regulatory compliance and accurately reporting and forecasting the firm’s need for capital, managing daily and monthly reconciliation process and verifying balance sheet accounts and analyzing revenue and expense accounts. 

Requirements:

1. •Bachelor degree in Accounting
   

2. •5+ years experience with Futures and Options preferred
   

3. •Ability to define problems and solve them quickly
   

4. •Strong client service focus and interpersonal skills
   

Senior Operations Specialist

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this individual is responsible for exchange balancing, Option expirations, and reconciliation of execution business.

 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to balancing CME Group (CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX), ICE US, LIFFE, EUREX products, balancing carrying broker omnibus accounts for outside markets, reconciling execution transactions and billing expenses with EFS and GPS and supporting the head of operations group in all possible areas of responsibility. 

Requirements:

1. •Bachelor degree in related field
   

2. •7+ years experience with Futures and Options
   

3. •GMI experience required
   

4. •Ability to define problems and resolve them quickly
   

5. •Must be able to work well with ever changing priorities and/or situations and with a diverse group of people.
   

6. •Strong client service focus and interpersonal skills
   

7. •Superior language and grammar skills
   

Staff Accountant

Reporting to the Controller, this individual is responsible for general accounting functions.

 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to processing payables and expense reports, preparing month end journals entries, calculating client and 3rd party interest, preparing year end 1099 and assisting with special projects as needed. 

Requirements:

1. •Bachelor degree in Accounting
   

2. •2+ years industry experience preferred
   

3. •Great Plains and GMI experience preferred
   

4. •Ability to define problems and solve them quickly
   

5. •Strong client service focus and interpersonal skills
   

Network Engineer

We are currently looking for a Network Engineer to implement and monitor network security, routing and switching in a Cisco environment using ASA platform firewalls and a full array of switches and routers. 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, configuring and optimizing firewalls utilizing site to site and user VPN connections, managing and keeping internal networks running, including remote T1 connections and other remote connections, assisting with troubleshooting of network problems, and working with vendors to resolve connectivity issues. 

Requirements:

1. •4 year college degree
   

2. •4+ years experience
   

3. •Futures industry experience preferred, but not required
   

4. •Certification(s) CCNA or CCNP preferred, but not required
   

To apply for any of the positions, please submit your resume and inquiry to:

Shirleen Roberto, Manager of Human Resources
312.347.4802
Careers@advantagefutures.com

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