Operations Associate-Margins

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Saint Louis, MO, USA
In-Office
Junior
Fintech
The Role
Supports financial advisors and branch associates with margin and brokerage account operations. Reviews accounts and margin requirements, researches debit balances, resolves trade exceptions, documents trading violations, applies account restrictions, monitors regulatory deadlines, and communicates updates to leadership. The role requires attention to detail, policy and regulatory awareness, organization, independent work, and collaboration during high-volume periods.
Summary Generated by Built In
Why Stifel

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.


Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

What You'll Be Doing

Join a team that supports Financial Advisors and branch associates with margin and brokerage account needs across the firm. As a Margin Operations Associate, you’ll learn to review accounts, research margin requirements, resolve account issues, and provide accurate and timely support.

You’ll gain hands-on experience with both margin and cash accounts, buying power, trading activity, and account requirements while working alongside experienced team members. Success in this role comes from attention to detail, strong problem-solving skills, teamwork, and a willingness to learn.

This is a great opportunity to build a strong foundation in financial services while developing specialized knowledge in brokerage operations, trading, and margin.

What We're Looking For
  • Notify branch offices of action items and regulatory deadlines.
  • Assist in enforcing firm policies and industry regulations.
  • Research and review outstanding debit balances and assist in resolving trade exceptions.
  • Document trading violations and apply account restrictions as appropriate.
  • Develop effective communication skills within the department.
  • Provide timely updates on progression of job responsibilities to leadership.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively within a team.
What You'll Bring
  • Demonstrate the ability to attain a general understanding of industry rules/regulations and Stifel policies that pertain to the department.
  • Strong attention to detail skills to minimize risk to the firm.
  • Initiative and self-direction when performing tasks with the ability to organize and prioritize effectively in order to meet deadlines.
  • Able to handle large workloads that vary based on heavy volume periods.
  • Ability to work autonomously throughout the day based on performance criteria provided by leadership.
Education & Experience
  • Minimum Required: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum Required: 1+ years professional business related experience.
Systems & Technology
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. #LI-AS1
About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up.  We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas.  Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.


While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations.  Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more.  Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.


At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.


Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • At least 1 year of professional business-related experience
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Ability to understand and apply industry rules, regulations, and company policies
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Initiative, self-direction, organization, and prioritization skills
  • Ability to manage large workloads during high-volume periods
  • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively

Stifel Financial Corp. Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stifel Financial Corp. and has not been reviewed or approved by Stifel Financial Corp..

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation is positioned as highly attractive for financial advisors, with emphasis on meaningful earning upside tied to production. Recognition for advisor satisfaction indicates that incentive mechanics can be a differentiator in producer roles.
  • Flexible Benefits — The benefits program is broad and multi-option, spanning multiple health plan choices, FSAs/HSAs, and a wide set of voluntary insurance add-ons. This menu-style design supports tailoring coverage to different life stages and needs.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are extensive, including parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility and family-building support, and back-up childcare and elder care. These offerings signal a comparatively strong support system for caregiving and family planning.

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The Company
HQ: Saint Louis, MO
7,052 Employees
Year Founded: 1890

What We Do

Established in 1890, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is one of the nation’s premier full-service financial services firms, providing brokerage, trading, investment banking, investment advisory, and related services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities through more than 400 locations across the U.S. Stifel ranks as the 7th largest brokerage firm in the country as measured by number of financial advisors, with approximately 2,300, and features a highly regarded equity research department that has earned numerous accolades from such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Financial Times. In 2023 and 2024, Stifel was recognized as the No. 1 wealth management firm for employee advisor satisfaction, based on the J.D. Power U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study*. Stifel is the principal subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Stifel Financial Corp.'s other subsidiaries include Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC, an independent contractor broker-dealer firm; Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, the Company’s European subsidiary; Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc., our Canadian subsidiary; Stifel Bank and Trust and Stifel Bank, retail and commercial banks; and Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A, our trust companies. *Stifel received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2023-2024 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies, which measures employee advisors’ satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more details.

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