Dreyfus - Associate/Senior Associate, Trading

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000 employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

About Dreyfus

Dreyfus is one of the largest, most trusted cash and liquidity managers with nearly 50 years of history building innovative liquidity solutions. We deliver powerful, lasting liquidity solutions to clients and institutional investors for end-to-end cash management. By combining specialized cash investment expertise with a full range of product solutions, we help investors navigate an increasingly complex liquidity landscape.

Our liquidity solutions span all major asset classes, including prime, Treasury, US government, municipals, and short duration fixed income. The breadth of our capabilities and attention to each clients’ unique investment challenges help to provide a holistic strategy and seek to maximize yield through cash segmentation. We relentlessly pursue clients’ operating, core and strategic cash needs through end-to-end client solutions and myriad vehicle types including domestic and offshore money market funds, separately managed accounts and a sub-advised ultra-short exchange-traded fund (ETF).

We’re seeking a Senior Associate to join the Dreyfus Trading team. The primary objective of the Senior Associate Trading role is to collaborate and provide assistance to the trading desk by executing and monitoring trading.

This position is based in our New York City and is a hybrid working role.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Communicating market prices and liquidity conditions to trading desk and Portfolio Managers.
• Managing intra-day cash positions across a variety of investment products including money market funds and separate accounts.
• Assisting in managing market and liquidity risk.
• Working independently with delegated responsibilities from more senior traders, which includes the pricing of securities and executing term transactions.
• Liaising with operations and support teams through the life cycle of the trade to ensure proper trade settlement.
• Completing assigned market research for trading team, distribution, and clients.
• Handling routine trading desk inquiries and runs reports as necessary.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1-5 years experience in money markets or fixed income 
• Experience trading money market instruments is a plus
• Strong interest in financial markets. Ability to work under pressure in fast-paced trading environment.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards: 

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023.

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. 

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $58,900 and $140,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities/Females/Individuals With Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Our ambition is to build the best global team – one that is representative and inclusive of the diverse talent, clients and communities we work with and serve – and to empower our team to do their best work. We support wellbeing and a balanced life, and offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies and employee forums.