Trader 2 - Taxable Fixed-Income Trading
Edward Jones
Tempe, AZ, USA
USD 86,300-146,700 / year
Posted on Mar 10, 2026
There's power in partnership.
Your passion. Our purpose. We can make an impact together. Join a team that empowers you to shape the future of client service. Everything we do is focused on helping clients achieve what's most important to them, all while giving you the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and grow.
What you do every day helps people achieve and protect their financial goals. You'll have access to cutting-edge tools, continuous learning programs, mentorship from experienced leaders, and a culture that values every voice and idea.
Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 26-Feb-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Team Overview
Do you have the desire and drive to manage capital, while aligning yourself with the strategic direction of the firm? If so, this may be the ideal opportunity for you. The Taxable Trading Department within Edward Jones is primarily responsible for providing our Financial Advisors with a broad supply of highly diversified and fairly priced bonds that are used to fulfill the unique needs of every one of our more than 8 million clients. Our goal is to identify and analyze opportunities in the marketplace while always seeking to provide the best execution possible on every trade we handle.
What You Will Do
As a Trader II in the Taxable Trading Department, expectations are that you have a passion for capital markets, excellent risk management skills, and be able to make capital commitments with minimal oversight. Additionally, attention to detail is a must as your decisions can negatively impact our clients, while exposing the firm to significant regulatory, financial, and reputational risk.
Responsibilities Include
Hiring Minimum: $86300
Hiring Maximum: $146700
Skills/Requirements
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What Experience You Need
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Awards & Accolades
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
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About Us
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Your passion. Our purpose. We can make an impact together. Join a team that empowers you to shape the future of client service. Everything we do is focused on helping clients achieve what's most important to them, all while giving you the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and grow.
What you do every day helps people achieve and protect their financial goals. You'll have access to cutting-edge tools, continuous learning programs, mentorship from experienced leaders, and a culture that values every voice and idea.
Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 26-Feb-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Team Overview
Do you have the desire and drive to manage capital, while aligning yourself with the strategic direction of the firm? If so, this may be the ideal opportunity for you. The Taxable Trading Department within Edward Jones is primarily responsible for providing our Financial Advisors with a broad supply of highly diversified and fairly priced bonds that are used to fulfill the unique needs of every one of our more than 8 million clients. Our goal is to identify and analyze opportunities in the marketplace while always seeking to provide the best execution possible on every trade we handle.
What You Will Do
As a Trader II in the Taxable Trading Department, expectations are that you have a passion for capital markets, excellent risk management skills, and be able to make capital commitments with minimal oversight. Additionally, attention to detail is a must as your decisions can negatively impact our clients, while exposing the firm to significant regulatory, financial, and reputational risk.
Responsibilities Include
- Ensure inventories align with firm research and portfolio guidance, leveraging new issues, bid wanteds, secondary purchases, client liquidations and external offerings, effectively identifying capital commitment opportunities and managing corresponding positions with moderate retail-structured trading flows and capital commitments
- Advanced application of capital markets analytics, trading strategies, and risk management techniques
- Improve best execution and compliance with all firm and industry regulatory requirements
- Advanced application of internal and external trading systems (e.g. Bloomberg) and related tools
- Deliver client service excellence for branch-related inquiries, identifying trends and improving best practices accordingly
- Improve operational excellence initiatives
- Provide general training and guidance to other traders, including supply, pricing, and inventory insights
- Build the depth and breadth of internal and external networks, including dealer relationships
Hiring Minimum: $86300
Hiring Maximum: $146700
Skills/Requirements
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What Experience You Need
- B.A./B.S. degree in business, economics, finance, or quantitative related field
- 3+ years of financial service experience required, capital markets preferred
- Series 7 and 66 required; additional desk specific licenses are needed within 6 months of hire (52, 55/57, CSI)
- Successful demonstration of problem-solving techniques with a proficient level of authority complexity, and risk
- Advanced knowledge of capital markets analytics, trading strategies, and risk management techniques
- Advanced knowledge of internal and external trading systems and related tools, including, but not limited to, Bloomberg, DSTS, and 3rd party electronic trading platforms
- Strong math skills; accuracy is important
- Capital markets experience
- Client Service and/or financial industry experience
- CFP, MBA, CFA, CPA or working towards designation(s)
- Proficiency in non-trading applications or coding language (i.e. Microsoft Suite, Power BI, Tableau, VBA, SQL)
- Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**
Read More About Skills/Requirements
Awards & Accolades
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Read More About Awards & Accolades
About Us
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.