Front Office .Net Developer – London – Hedge Fund recruitment

Front Office C# Developer – Hedge Fund – LondonA highly successful Hedge Fund is looking for a Snr C# Developer to join their Front Office IT function. This will be joining a team that is responsible for the development of the pricing, trading and trade capture systems for the business.The role will require the candidate to work very closely with the business (Traders, Quants and Risk Management).The successful candidate will need to be a highly skilled C# programmer with excellent experience of developing real-time, highly scalable, high throughput systems in a multi-threaded capacity.Typical Read more […]

July 18, 2012 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on Front Office .Net Developer – London – Hedge Fund recruitment

Business Analyst – Credit Derivatives – Hedge Fund recruitment

Business Analyst – Credit Derivatives – Hedge Fund – Asset Management This role has arisen as the business manage client’s money using a variety of complex models and trading strategies across all asset classes. Expansion is planned within Credit Trading- CDS, IRS, Total Return Swaps. For this role the client is looking for an experienced Business Analyst with experience in a Front Office Credit trading environment. This role is best suited to a BA with business/product knowledge plus System knowledge and the ability to liaise with technical teams in the front, middle and back office. . To find Read more […]

July 12, 2012 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on Business Analyst – Credit Derivatives – Hedge Fund recruitment

1st / 2nd Line Support – Front Office – Hedge Fund recruitment

 The successful candidate will join a team of 5 existing members of staff within a UK IT team of around 30 covering developers, network engineers, database engineers. Your role will be varied but will tend to focus on 1st and 2nd Line support, especially Windows Desktop and some basic server support. The successful candidate is expected to have detailed knowledge of Windows 7 as well as networking (TCP/IP), DNS etc.You will also have worked in a front office environment previously and will understand the pressures associated with working with demanding front office users. Knowledge of Bloomberg Read more […]

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C# WPF Developer – Contract – London – Hedge Fund recruitment

C# WPF Developer – Contract – London – Hedge Fund London Hedge Fund looking for strong C# WPF Developer with buy side experience. The role will be working on screening tools. The successful candidate will need excellent C#, WPF, EXCEL VBA and multi-threading experience. This is a contract role paying up to £650 per day on a rolling 6 months contract. If interested please send through an up to date CV detailing availability and rate expectations to Jamie Peters at jpeters@westbourne-partners.com

July 12, 2012 • Tags: , , , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on C# WPF Developer – Contract – London – Hedge Fund recruitment

Buy Side Business Analyst – Hedge Fund recruitment

They are looking for someone from a Buy Side background who has been writing functional specifications, has a good understanding of use cases, ideally has experience using wireframes or manual design of GUI’s. You will be working on a leading equities trading engine which is 12 months into a Greenfield build, the development team are second to none and have been hired in over the past few years to form an elite technology team. This position will have constant contact between the development team and the business users so communication skills are key. Ideally the candidate will come from Read more […]

July 9, 2012 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on Buy Side Business Analyst – Hedge Fund recruitment

Fund Accountant – Hedge Fund recruitment

Job Details: Fund AccountantSector: Asset Management / Hedge FundsDepartment: Finance and OperationsSpecialisation: Fund AccountingReporting to: head of DepartmentBasic Salary: CompetitiveBonus Structure: CompetitiveBenefits: CompetitiveLocation: London, West EndOur Reference: 919261Summary Due to growth our client seeks to add a further Fund Accountant with two to three years’ relevant experience. You will either be qualified or near qualified. There will additionally be some aspects of operations. Experience of Sophis Value would be a distinct advantage.Description• Daily accounting and Read more […]

July 1, 2012 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on Fund Accountant – Hedge Fund recruitment

Java Developer, Hedge Fund recruitment

Responsibilities-    Participate in the entire software design lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support-    Take part in greenfield development of real-time monitoring and automated financial reporting applications-    Ensure consistent delivery of software releases and hand-over to end-users-    Work along-side the existing ecosystem of latency-sensitive in-house and commercial trading technologies-    Work in close collaboration with a small and dynamic team of top technologists, scientists, traders as well as external stakeholders Requirements-    Read more […]

June 20, 2012 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on Java Developer, Hedge Fund recruitment

2nd line Support Engineer – Hedge fund recruitment

2nd line Support Engineer – Hedge fundOur client require a proven 2nd line support Engineer/Analyst from a recent hedge fund environment to join there growing infrastructure team, successful candidates must require recent and strong technical skills including:-Recent exposure working for a large well known Hedge fund.  -Excellent recent 2nd line support analyst skills.-Proven Wintel,Windows/Redhat Linux knowledge.-Detailed knowledge of SQL server performance troubleshooting – scripting.-Strong SQL server junior DBA skills.-In depth recent Powershell scripting/VB script ideally some Perl but not Read more […]

June 12, 2012 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on 2nd line Support Engineer – Hedge fund recruitment

Head of Operations/Operations Manager, Hedge Fund recruitment

RequirementsMUST BE a current or previous holder of a Responsible Officer License for Type 9 activities, with no conditions on the license. Advantageous if candidate is also licensed for Type 4 activities.Degree Holder from a reputable University.Minimum 6 years of experience within the middle/back office at a hedge fund, investment bank, or institutional asset management house.Candidates with less experience may also be considered for an operations manager role.Excellent command of written and spoken English. Chinese language skills advantageous but not mandatory.Interested candidates, please Read more […]

June 12, 2012 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on Head of Operations/Operations Manager, Hedge Fund recruitment

Junior Quantitative Risk Manager – Hedge Fund recruitment

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in the Risk Management function of a major asset management, fund management or investment management institution. You will have significant risk management experience and in particular extensive equities or hedge fund risk experience with expertise in a complex asset class. Required Technical skills (Essential) Strong quantitative skillsAdvanced Excel and IT skills including strong knowledge of Macros and VBA Excellent knowledge of derivatives (types, valuation / pricing, risks)General knowledge of equity funds and / or hedge funds markets Read more […]

June 9, 2012 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Financial • Comments Off on Junior Quantitative Risk Manager – Hedge Fund recruitment