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Job Snapshot
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Employee Type:
Full-Time -
Location:
Newark, NJ -
Job Type:
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Experience:
Not Specified -
Date Posted:
1/6/2025
Job Description
Raymond James Overview
One of the largest independent financial services firms in the country could be the place you build a career beyond your expectations.
Our focus is on providing trusted advice and tailored, sophisticated strategies for individuals and institutions. Raymond James Financial is a diversified holding company, headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL. Raymond James provides financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies engaged primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to capital markets and asset management.
At Raymond James, we are putting the power of perspectives into action and building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects our commitment to associates, and clients of the future. Our company values associate development and growth, offering opportunities through developmental programs, mentorships, and continuing education options.
We strive to ensure everyone feels welcomed, valued, respected, and heard so that you can fully contribute your unique talents for the benefit of clients, your career, our firm and our communities. Raymond James is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.
Department Overview
SumRidge Partners LLC a company of Raymond James, is a top ranked fixed income electronic market maker, specializing in high yield and investment grade corporate bonds, municipal bonds, institutional preferred securities and emerging market bonds. SumRidge currently ranks among the top liquidity providers for $2mm and under trading on most major electronic bond exchanges, leveraging the firms technological strengths and an experienced sales and trading team.
Summer Associate Job Summary
Under general supervision, the seasonal associate uses knowledge and skills obtained through formal education and/or experience to work on specific projects within an assigned functional area. The seasonal associate follows established procedures to perform tasks and receives general guidance and direction to perform other work with substantial variety and varied complexity. Some judgment is required to adapt procedures, processes, and techniques to apply to more complex assignments. Routine contact with internal and external customers may be required to exchange basic information.
This is a temporary role.
Work Schedule: Up to 40 hours per week for a limited time, determined by department need.
Start Date: June 2, 2025
End Date: August 8, 2025
Duties and Responsibilities
- Apply data engineering skillset on fixed income data. For example, data processing, cleaning, outliers detection, data warehouse maintaining.
- Explore ways to enhance data quality and reliability.
- Test your ideas on efficient data query, develop analytical tools and programs and work with traders, data scientists and engineers to evaluate business needs and objectives.
- Specified projects and varied assignments.
- Works independently on assigned projects and tasks, meeting all delivery deadlines.
- Operates standard office equipment and uses required software applications.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Job Requirements
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of
- Programming: SQL, Python (Required). R/Java/C++ is a plus.
- Fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of a professional office environment.
- Basic concepts, principles, and practices of an assigned business unit.
Skill in
- Analyzing large quantities of raw data with a detail-oriented approach
- Data collecting/cleaning preparing data for prescriptive and predictive modeling
- Operating standard office equipment and using, or having the ability to learn, required software applications.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a virtual/hybrid team.
- Hands-on experience with Oracle database is preferred.
Ability to
- Organize and prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
- Provide a high level of customer service.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Educational/Previous Experience Requirements
Education/Previous Experience
- Must be currently pursuing a bachelor%26rsquos or master%26rsquos degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or related field
- Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.
Licenses/Certifications
- None required.
Location - In-person position %26ndash Jersey City, NJ
- No travel required.
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At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.
We expect our associates at all levels to:
Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm
