Front Office E-Trade Application /IRD Support

Job Title:

Front Office E-Trade Application /

IRD Support Location:

NYC Duration:

Long-Term Contract Schedule:

Onsite Role (All 5-Days)

Job Description:

Front Office experience with such Fixed Income Products, like Futures, Bonds, Interest Rate Swaps, etc They are looking for Application support with good functional knowledge of setting up trades from Front to Back Office People with ION experience (Don t want developers, this is more functional Fixed Income Knowledge)

Summary:

To analyze, develop, implement, and support systems related to IRD IT and Securitization

• including interfaces to other systems, the systems' users and all aspects related to the systems' operation.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide application support and knowledge for assigned systems and all projects related to these systems. This includes after-office support for nightly batch processes as well as miscellaneous processes or actions that can be done during non-business hours

• Provide functional and technical solutions for user or management requests. Conduct feasibility studies, systems design and make recommendations on the appropriate action to be taken. Support Front office, back office, middle office and risk users during their daily activity
• Provide input to general architecture
• including hardware, network, tools, software, etc
• Provide support for BCP activities.

Analyze and coordinate with development IT team based in Paris. Gather new requirement Follow up on special requests from management. Develop good relations with the business (FO, MO/Risk, BO), follow relationship with third parties, manage / assist members

Skills & Knowledge Requirements:

Summit knowledge Orchestrade knowledge is a plus Unix Shell scripting and knowledge of UNIX tools such as awk, sed

• SQL•Sybase DBMS and Stored Procedures•Knowledge of Fixed Income / FX products like CDs, CPs, Bonds, Repo, Futures, Interest Rate Swaps, FX Spot, FX Forwards, FX Swaps•Derivatives•Microsoft Excel skills•Knowledge of financial markets•Perl programming•Python•Visual Basic for Applications Knowledge of the electronic markets

Qualifications/Education Required:

6-year undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Finance