Trading Systems Lead Support Engineer / Lead Trade Support Analyst – Setting up Trade Support Function, Leading Global Hedge Fund recruitment
Trading Systems Lead Support Engineer / Lead Trade Support Analyst – Setting up Trade Support Function, Leading Global Hedge Fund
Introduction: Montash Associates have been engaged by one of the World’s most prestigious Hedge Funds to assist in the acquisition of an experienced trading systems support engineer / trade support team lead who can work across a variety of Front Office systems within the Equities space.
The Organisation: A leading international Hedge Fund, engaged in trading activities across multiple asset classes, including various Equities and Fixed Income Strategies. This organisation is one of the largest and most prestigious within the financial sector and offers enormous career opportunities.
The Team: Working within a fast paced trading environment, this individual will be the first on the ground for the New York based support function. As it stands, this function currently lies within the UK offices, so this individual will work closely with this team before assisting in the growth of the New York team. This organisation has a positive reputation for hiring and developing some of the most exceptional technology talent in the industry.
The Project: This highly skilled individual will be responsible for ensuring efficiency and maintenance of the equities trading suite within this hedge fund. The candidate will be supporting, consolidating and upgrading existing systems, as well as providing new functionality, troubleshooting and bug fixing.
The Role: The ideal candidate will possess experience supporting Front Office trading environments, specifically working in equity trading divisions. The role is focused on understanding the intricate working of the equities trading platform, across the windows system. The ideal candidate will have come from a development/support background, with understanding of C#, as an ability to improve functionality through code bug fixing and alterations would be highly advantageous. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying business needs and proposing technical solutions.
The Skills: Applicants for the exciting role are expected to have a minimum of 5 years support experience, preferably within equities.
- Experience of supporting Equities platforms.
- Deep understanding of improving systems and troubleshooting solutions.
- Development background with C#
- Experience with the Windows operating system
- Experience using Active Directory
- Analysing trace logs.
- Must be a proactive individual, with excellent communication and influencing skills. Able to work without direction and make critical decisions.
The Package: As this role is for a Leading Global Hedge Fund, the remuneration offered is exceptional. With a strong benefits programme and highly competitive compensation package, only the very best candidates need apply.
Contact: If this excellent opportunity is of interest or for a conversation about the New York/Global finance market in general, please contact Paul Kirtley on +44207 749 60 66 or email paulk@montash.com.
Keywords: Trade Support Engineer, Trade Systems Engineer, Trade Systems Support, Trade Support, Developer, Windows, Windows Engineer, Windows Support Engineer, Hedge Fund, Equity, Equities, C#, New York.