Trading Desk - IT Analyst

Anton Murray ConsultingSydney, NSW, AU

30+ days ago

Job description

Sydney

Asset Management

Contract or Temporary

Our client is a large, diverse financial services firm seeking a Trading Desk IT Analyst to join their Sydney office, working with a global production support team, responsible for day-to-day production regional support for Capital Markets Brokerage Trading Applications.

This role will be hired on an initial 9-month contract paying a daily rate circa $70 – 90 per day, including super. As such, our client is only considering candidates with full working rights of 9 months or more, meaning this role is not applicable for Working Holiday Visa-holders.

Scope of Work :

Our client is seeking candidates to join their Capital Markets team within their Asset Servicing arm, in a Production Support capacity at the Analyst level. The successful candidate would be one that can work independently within a global production support team, responsible for day-to-day regional support for Capital Markets Brokerage Trading Applications.

Trading Desk IT Support and Maintenance functions are responsible for 24×7 production support across the globe (APAC, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) and North America) for various Capital Market applications. This role is part of a global support team in a in a follow the sun model, supporting business and operational partners and liaising with upstream and downstream application teams.

Key Responsibilities :

Trading Desk IT Analyst is responsible for technical and functional desk support across multiple technologies used by Brokerage Capital Market applications.
Supporting business and operations partners and clients, and liaising with upstream and downstream application teams.
Some night / weekend work may be required in rare instances. Candidates should be available Monday – Friday, along with expectations of escalation from the business and / or team members.
The candidate needs to have a good understanding and / or functional expertise in brokerage or any other OMS (Order Management System) trading support functions.
The Candidate is expected to be located in Sydney and work on the trading floor in the Sydney office a minimum of 4 days a week.

The ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and a solid understanding of various technologies in a financial institution, including trade applications.

Required Skills / Experience :

1-2 years of FIX Protocol experience required.

Ability to speak to traders confidently – excellent oral and written communication skills and solid understanding of technologies in financial institutions, including trade applications, required.

Reasonably in-depth functional and / or industry knowledge – Brokerage / Security Finance – required.

~3-7 years of work experience in any OMS, ideally Flextrade, highly sought.

Experience working in Onsite / Offshore models, in particular supporting APAC, UK, and US business lines.

Experience in incident management, understanding of ticket workflows and use of escalation. Experience with ServiceNow / ITIL Methodologies is mandatory.

Highly flexible and adaptable to change with Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

Problem resolution in an analytical and logical manner, to troubleshoot root cause and resolve production incidents.

This position will pay ~$70 – 90 per hour, inclusive or super, dependent on prior experience. Successful candidates will be employed as an on-site contractor via Anton Murray Consulting on-site with our client.

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Trading Analyst • Sydney, NSW, AU