RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

• The Analyst will join an experienced team, responsible for managing applications that offer pricing, trading, risk, and valuations to Business.

• This is a rotational role, where the Analyst will be rotating between different application support teams, e.g. EFX, EFI, Risk Management.

• The role will initially involve limited 1st and expansive 2nd line application support responsibilities, offering engagement with a broad range of stakeholders across Front & Middle Office, Product Control, Risk Management, Back Office, Application Development and Infrastructure teams.

• Training will be provided, though given the nature of the role, the successful candidate is expected to have a 'hands on' attitude and be proactive to enhance their knowledge.

• Systems and applications comprise vendor and in-house built tools, with Pricing, Execution, Trading and Risk Management systems.

• Effective incident & problem Management

• Bank holiday coverage, weekend work (rota basis), occasionally out of hours and other weekend work may be required from time to time

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Experience supporting Trading, Pricing, and Risk Management applications.

• Working experience in with the following technologies: Linux, Windows Server, Oracle, SQL

• Understanding of pricing curves and models

• Experience supporting front-to-back Trading Systems and Trading Desks

• Should be comfortable assessing trading systems/components to investigate trade breaks, connectivity, and data issues.

• Understanding of financial markets and products, FX, Options, Commodities, Fixed Income, Equities

• Understanding of electronic trading, markets, connectivity, market making, and algorithmic/automatic trading.

• Strong analytical skills

• Must have proven experience working with developers, business analysts, and systems support team.

• 5yrs + of applicable experience

• Experience in batch management.

• Experience in programming or scripting Languages (desirable)

• ITRS, Splunk, Python and automation skills (desirable)

• Exposure to vendor products: Calypso, Murex, ION, Anvil, Broadway, D3 (desirable)

• Knowledge of IT project & development lifecycles (SDLC), agile methodology and ITIL