Apprentice: Level 4 AI & Automation, Post Trade in London

About Us

MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace.

The Role

This apprenticeship role is an excellent opportunity for an early-career candidate who is excited to leverage AI to build practical skills in data, process improvement, and automation within a Post Trade environment. The role is designed to build practical, work‑ready skills in automation, low‑code solutions, responsible AI usage, and change adoption by helping gather, structure, and analyze information, and by identifying opportunities to streamline recurring work through automation for the team’s Relationship Managers (RMs) and Product Managers (PMs).

This is a UK Level 4 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship and will include structured learning alongside your day-to-day work. You will be required to complete the training program and associated assessments as part of the apprenticeship. The training program is expected to run for approximately 12 -18 months, with regular learning activities throughout.

You’ll be supported through coaching, feedback, and hands-on assignments that help you grow core skills across data analysis, documentation, stakeholder communication, and responsible use of AI and automation tools. This is a learning-focused position with clear development goals, while still contributing meaningfully to business outcomes.

As a Post Trade Apprentice, you will work across Relationship and Product Management, helping to collate, validate, and present information in a way that enables decision-making and continuous improvement. You will be involved in mapping workflows, blending data from multiple sources and formats, and maintaining a Post Trade knowledge base and process documentation. Where appropriate, you will help build and maintain simple automation, reports, and dashboards (e.g., in Excel and Tableau) to reduce manual effort and improve visibility.

How You'll Help Take Us There

• Identify where AI and automation can safely improve workflows, using low‑code / no‑code tools to build and support automated processes, with the ability to learn new technical skills (Python, SQL, AWS architecture).
• Apply AI responsibly, considering data privacy, controls, and ethical use and integrate AI outputs into real business processes rather than isolated analysis.
• Maintain the Post Trade process maps, and documentation; keep information current and version-controlled where applicable.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports to track agreed KPIs and highlight trends, exceptions, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide team support such as scheduling meetings, capturing actions, and maintaining shared trackers and documentation.

What We’re Looking for

• A-levels or equivalent, preferably in a technical or financial field and does not possess a degree.
• A passion for AI, automation, and problem solving.
• Some experience in a technical or administrative role.
• Basic knowledge of programming languages such as Python, Java, or SQL helpful but not essential.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Keen interest in financial technology and industry trends.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.

What You Can Expect from Us

• Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's.
• Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines.
• Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days.
• Reward for your service: We offer a two-week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service.
• Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a “Share Incentive” plan.
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences.
• Apprenticeship Support: Protected learning time for your apprenticeship training, plus support from your line manager and training provider throughout the program.

Collaboration and innovation are integral to our success – it's how we got to where we are and how we’ll maintain and grow our competitive advantage. We believe this best happens in an office environment. Employees work in the office 4 days a week. This approach still allows for flexibility depending on the business function you work within but also helps us maintain a collaborative office environment long-term.