FX Trading Application Associate - FOREX (NEW YORK)

FX Trading Application Associate - FOREX (NEW YORK)

LOCATION - This position is based in the Midtown NEW YORK CITY area.

FULLTIME EMPLOYEE

Please send resumes to John Mustion

Contact Info:

John Mustion



The position involves working closely with traders, business analysts and developers to deliver and support solutions to the trading and sales desk in a DevOps model environment. The communication skills of the candidate will be very important, since this role includes daily interaction with trading, sales and operations staff.

Candidates will be exposed to e-trading functions including streaming prices, trade STP, electronic trade execution, order management, and market depth aggregation. The candidate might also be exposed to advanced trading techniques such as intelligent auto-quoting and order routing, automatic hedging and automated trading strategies.

The team is part of the global team for the FIC activities and supports on a global platform. The team is based on the dealing room and manages applications deployed in Paris, London, New York and Asia.

Primary tasks include but are not limited to:

• Provide timely resolution of functional and technical issues and report incidents to the appropriate chain of command. End users are Sales, Traders, Front and Middle Office in the FIC department.
• Troubleshoot functional issues in a complex financial environment, with various applications and architecture regionally and/or globally. Multi-tasking environment.
• Crisis Management with communication to end-user and senior management
• Provide functional and technical expertise to produce and promote maintainable and quality solutions, which includes documenting system requirements and documentation of support run book.
• Communicate with users regarding application outages and upcoming events like release, project.
• Liaise with development/support teams in Bangalore, New York, Montreal, Paris and London.
• Respond to end users within timeframe dictated by the severity of the problem, document and track (case histories, issues, and action steps).
• Respect internal IT norms, standards and processes.
• Timely reporting of production and project status to client and IT management.
• Effective and efficient, oral and written communication with various audiences at appropriate levels.
• Partner with development teams (NY/Paris) on release management.
• Partner with the Global support teams (Paris/Asia) to ensure quality support to our end users.
• Effectively manage the Client Relationship with the end user community.

Competencies

• Very strong knowledge on Forex (Cash and Options) and Interest Rates Derivatives (Swaps, Futures, Options, Forwards)
• Good understanding in Risk calculation and derivatives Pricing
• Know the current US financial regulation (Dodd Frank, FINRA, FATCA Reporting, etc)
• Strong Knowledge of the financial industry and the standard process (Front office, Middle Offices Duties)
• Know very well the Trade life cycle from negotiation to clearing and the different platforms involved (Bloomberg, FXAll, Fidessa, Gain Gtx, Currenex, FxConnect, Fast Match, TraderTools, Fx Inside Markiwire, Oasys )
• Strong analytical skills, follow-up capability and problem solving ability.
• Flexible and adaptable to new environments. Quickly learn new systems/products.
• Can communicate clearly and excellently with a wide variety of people/functions (verbal/written)
• Flexible and adaptable to new environments. Quickly learn new systems/products.
• Proactive and results-oriented: sets goals and priorities that maximize the use of resources to deliver optimal results.
• Team-oriented, client-focused and open to different ideas/viewpoints.

Technical skills

• Competency in SQL and databases (Oracle, MicrosoftSqlServer, Sybase)
• Knowledge on Client/Server application
• Comfortable working on Windows/Unix environments
• Competency in Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel)
• Middleware experience (Tibco, RMDS, FIX)
• Scheduling Tools: Autosys, Crontab
• Network experience
• Agile development methodologies and tools (Jira, Service Now, GIT)

Prior Work experience

• Previous experience in a support team facing trader and sales (3 years +)
• Previous experience working with developer or Business Analyst
• Previous experience in financial industry

Education

• Master degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• ITIL certification
• Degree in Finance a plus