Company Description
Options Group is a leading global executive search and strategic consulting firm specializing in financial services including capital markets, global markets, alternative investments, hedge funds, and private banking/wealth management
For more than 25 years, our clients and candidates have come to know that Options Group always exceeds expectations. Our innovative approach to facilitating limitless search possibilities for our clients and candidates around the world has been recognized as the industry standard. Through our global footprint (15 offices spread across 4 continents), Options Group has the resources, analytics and experience to drive the acquisition of top tier talent for firms of any size. Options Group is on the forefront, pioneering a new generation of human talent management solutions, where research meets recruiting for optimal strategic results. OG is hands-on in providing a superior range of innovative options for financial services & tech clients and candidates.
Job Description
Equity Derivatives FO Tools Developer (C# and MS Excel/VBA)
The Equity FO Tools IT team is working in an international environment, closely with the Front Office and other IT teams in the different locations. The team is globally in charge of developing and maintaining Front Office systems that enables trading, structuring and sales daily activities on the following area:
Development of the Trading Tools for Flow and Structured Equity
Businesses
Development of the global pricing application used by Structuring and
Sales desks
Support of the tools
Main Duties
The candidate will be working closely with the Equity NY business users and help build the Americas ETF franchise from the grounds up.
Front Office tools developments will require to:
Analyze the business requirements and translate them into technical
Specifications
Propose technical design in line with the local NY business
requirements and provide development cost
Implement (Develop, Unit test, Non Reg, Follow up with users) these
solutions
Ensure developments made are in line with the IT architecture and
integrated within the global platform
Act in respect of development/design best practices and delivery
process in place
More globally : active participation in (and implementation of) the
global FO Tools IT team governance: architecture, methodology, delivery, reporting, quality, people
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
3 yrs development experience
Strong skills in OO development (C#) and MS Excel/VBA
Skills in SQL and XML
Good architectural and design capability
NON TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Excellent communication skills: will work closely with Front Office
users in a very time constrained environment.
Well organized and rigorous, team player and highly motivated
Ability to work in a complex global environment
Ability to work under pressure
Flexible and able to change priorities quickly
BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE
Good knowledge of ETFs, pricing, booking and risk calculation,
business processes
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
More than 5 years experience in an investment bank as a Front Office
developer on equity products.
Prior exposure with products pricing, booking and lifecycle
management
Prior experience with kdb
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Must be able to work in a small IT team and maintain an excellent
relationship with business users
Must be able to work independently as part of a highly distributed
global team
INTERVIEW PROCESS
1 interview with IT management in New York
Additional Information
Interested candidates please contact
Abhishek Agarwal
aagarwal(at)optionsgroup.com
