CTO – London Hedge Fund recruitment

The company is a £750million fund, which employs a multi-strategy approach. Since 2006, the have employed a variety of approaches to investing in emerging markets worldwide, with considerable success. The firm has three main funds that look at credit opportunities, emerging markets fixed income and Convertible Arbitrage.

The incumbent CTO is leaving the business to move abroad, leaving an opportunity for an experienced IT manager to join the team. The successful candidate will come from a development background and will have experience of managing teams of developers – especially in relation to back and middle office processes. Naturally, there is a front office aspect to the role, but the opportunity will suit someone with a deep knowledge of trading life cycle, back office processes, settlements, accounting, PnL etc.

The development environment leverages elements of .NET, Java and C++. You should therefore have some appreciation of development best practice and should probably come from a development background yourself. You will also have knowledge of structured project management practices, Prince 2 etc, but be capable of working in a front office environment. Trading does not occur at a frantic pace, and users are very approachable, but you should have an appreciation of the front office nature of the business.

Applicants that come from a hedge fund background are of interest, but candidates with Investment Banking, Finance IT, Back or Middle Office IT, Product Control IT are also of interest.

Please apply online, call or mail apaterson@westbourne-partners.com for more information