Trade Support / Operations – High Frequency Trading recruitment
Trade Support and opperations expert required by leading High Frequency Trading firm based in London.
This role will see you become a strong part of the London trading team and will proactively monitor and verify all trading activity for various trading teams based in Chicago and London.
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Continuously reconcile and manage trading positions
- Communicate with exchange trade support in case of emergencies
- Interact with IT support personnel to confirm system issues if any
- Start up computers and log into various proprietary systems
- Update parameters for current day's trading using in-house applications
- Writing scripts or modifying existing ones if there is a business need
- Manage compliance issues and ad hoc reporting for the team
- Update various databases, e.g. financial events calendar, product specifications, etc.
Experience and Skills:
- Ability to follow specific instructions and general guidelines in the context of product operations support
- Windows and Linux knowledge highly desired
- Experience with Perl or Python a strong plus
- Shell scripting (ksh or bash)
- Proficient with Excel, comfortable working with spreadsheets on a daily basis.
- Detail-oriented, organized, and excellent documentation skills
- Ability to multitask and prioritize multiple projects in a busy, demanding environment
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Financial / trading industry experience a plus
May 13, 2012
• Tags: High Frequency Trading recruitment, Information Technology careers in the UK, Operations, Trade Support • Posted in: Financial