Trading Systems and Market Risk

A Global Management Firm located in New York, NY has immediate Full Time opportunities for experienced Risk or Financial Product Specialists.

Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50%-70%


Department Specifics:
The Tech Enablement Trading Systems and Market Risk team assist our clients implement and roll out trading systems for processing fixed income and derivatives in the front office, middle office and back office including accounting and reporting.

They are looking for:

·        Individuals with experience in ANY the following areas:
o        Deep knowledge of fixed income and derivatives (interest rate, credit, equities, and commodities), or Risk Products
o        Leading platform knowledge such as Calypso, Murex, Summit, Wall Street Systems, Numerix, RiskMetrics, Polypath, SavvySoft, Musketeer, Reuters, or Bloomberg
     
Candidate will: 
o        Design business and technology architecture
o        System selection and implementation support
o        SDLC experience
o        Data mapping and conversion
o        Quality assurance and testing
o        Business Process Reengineering
o        Program/project management and implementation planning (PMO)
·        Note – Individuals should have strong technical experience (multiple project multiple years) in these disciplines or deep financial services technology and process familiarity

Any of the follwing are required:
o        Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Accounting
o        Valuation and Pricing
o        Finance transformation & accelerated close
o        Traded products/front/back office package implementation
o        Data warehousing/enterprise data design & management
o        Enterprise application integration
o        FAS 133 Hedge Accounting
o        Amortization methodology under FAS 91
o        OLAP Reporting
o        Defect Resolution






Team with client technology professionals, and/or third-party strategic alliances to provide implementation of technology solutions.



Participate in engagement management, engagement execution and reporting, and client relationship building and management.



Qualifications

To qualify, candidates must have:

A Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, accounting, finance or a related field (MBA or MS degree preferred)
A minimum of 2-5 years of relevant experience at a financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services company. We will consider candidates with less years of relevant experience if they possess an advanced degree.
Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating operations with technology skills
Ability and comfort level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies

It is essential that the successful candidate possess a deep knowledge of technical architecture design and have a good understanding of technology tools and components

Please refer to job code 08-12262 when responding to this ad.

Category:	Information Technology
	> System Analyst
Location:	New York, NY
County:	New York County
ZIP Code:	10001
Pay Rate:	Open
Job Terms:	full time
Company:	Axelon Services Corporation
Phone:	212-306-0199
Fax:	212-306-0191