Foreign Exchange Operations Intern - 2026 US Intern Program

Marex•Chicago, IL

17h

About The Position

The Marex US Summer Internship Program offers students hands-on experience across key business functions, contributing to projects that support operations, financial activities, client engagement, and regulatory responsibilities. Interns gain practical exposure through meaningful work in areas such as compliance, technology, risk management, onboarding, and trading, while participating in leadership development, mentorship, and networking activities. This structured program emphasizes professional growth, cross-functional collaboration, and industry insight, preparing interns for potential full-time opportunities upon graduation. Overview of Marex Diversified. Resilient. Dynamic. Marex has unique access across markets with significant share globally both on and off exchange. The depth of knowledge amongst its teams and divisions provides its customers with clear advantage, and its technology-led service provides access to all major exchanges, order-flow management via screen, voice and DMA, plus award-winning data, insights and analytics. For more information visit www.marex.com . Purpose of Role The Foreign Exchange Operations Intern supports daily foreign exchange (FX) and interest rate operations by ensuring the accurate entry, review, and maintenance of trade data within internal systems. The role is responsible for assisting with reconciliation activities by identifying and documenting basic trade or cash breaks, monitoring operational inboxes, and routing inquiries or exceptions to senior team members. In addition, this role helps update spreadsheets, logs, and reference data used for trade support, prepares simple reports or summaries for team meetings, and conducts preliminary research to contribute to process‑improvement or automation initiatives. The role also collaborates closely with operations staff to build foundational knowledge of trade lifecycle processes and internal controls.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics or finance is preferred but business analytics, computer science, mathematics, and risk management are accepted.
Genuine interest in one or more of the program’s departmental tracks.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship, including, but not limited to, F-1, J-1, and M-1 visa holders, as well as individuals on CPT or OPT.

Responsibilities

Assist with reviewing and entering FX and interest rate trade data into operational systems.
Support daily reconciliation tasks by identifying and documenting basic trade or cash breaks.
Help monitor operational inboxes and route questions or exceptions to senior team members.
Update and maintain spreadsheets, logs, and reference data used for trade support activities.
Assist with preparing simple reports, dashboards, or summaries for team meetings.
Conduct preliminary research to support process improvement or automation initiatives.
Collaborate with operations staff to learn trade lifecycle processes and internal controls.
Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
At all times complying with Marex’s Code of Conduct.
To ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility.
To report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/or your supervisor as required.
To escalate risk events immediately.
To provide input to risk management processes, as required.
The Company may require you to carry out other duties from time to time.