ION Consultant recruitment

The assignment is for an ION specialist technical consultant to Resolve problems with ION connected eTrading systems within a Credit Technology team.

Within Credit IT, the Credit Pricing and ETS team is responsible for the design, development, maintenance and support of the Credit realtime pricing and electronic trading systems.  The asset classes covered by this pricing system are Credit Bonds, FRNs, single-name CDS and Index CDS.

The pricing systems are deployed globally in Europe, Americas and Asia; the ION ETS platform is based out of London and the London team liaises with global support teams to deliver top-tier solutions.

The Credit business has ambitious growth targets; hence success in the Credit Pricing area is regarded as essential to help the business succeed. 

As a technical consultant:

- Resolve problems with ION connected eTrading systems - both pricing and STP issues.

- Configure and maintain ION MMI.

- Manage upgrades of ION gateways including testing and stake holder signoff.

- Produce roadmap for SEF connectivity and compliance.

- Produce implementation plan for project and ensure good communication of progress.

 Skills and Qualifications 

 - Experience of ION technology and implementation.

 - Strong and proven ability to deliver IT development projects (Proven experience in front office environment).

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

- Working knowledge of flow credit products ideally, though other fixed income experience would be considered.

- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

Please contact andy@sandh.co.uk if you would like to discuss this role.