Pareto Associate, Technology Operations recruitment
With a focus on support activities and leading to occasional development work, this position will involve working closely with users from different areas in the company. For a good candidate with no previous financial experience, there is an opportunity to be trained on relevant aspects of a busy trading environment.
Job description:
• Work as part of a team and independently to provide ongoing support for multiple vendor and in-house developed applications:
-Troubleshoot operational problems in a busy trading environment.
-Work as an application administrator for software including systems for portfolio accounting and messaging middleware.
-Work with vendor proprietary development environments.
-Work with users to facilitate training and troubleshooting.
-Co-ordinate patches, fixes, upgrades and enhancements through careful change control and testing.
• When possible, apply the full software development lifecycle to deliver high quality enhancements to multiple vendor and in-house developed applications including:
-Systems supporting the automation of quantitative financial models.
-Identifying areas where operational efficiency is weak and providing solutions to enhance these.
• Test business continuity preparations.
Required:
• University degree or equivalent
• Application support skills gained in a commercial environment.
• Programming experience in either Java, Excel/VBA, or a scripting language.
• Familiarity with databases and SQL.
• Highly organised and able to prioritise.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Willing to be flexible on working hours when necessary.
• Able to take initiative and exercise judgement where appropriate.
• Able to work under pressure when necessary.
• Ability to multi-task – will be juggling numerous support issues and project work.
• Ability to learn complex systems quickly to provide support to end users
• Self motivated.
• User support skills including responsive attitude and excellent communication skills.
• Desirable skills: Familiarity with trading and back office functions in an FX environment.