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  • Advanced Trading, Relationship Manager (Equities) – Prime Brokerage

    Facilitate the onboarding process and manage the DMA execution relationship for Prime Brokerage Equity clients by following established procedures while successfully meeting clients’ needs.

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  • Financial Data Architect – SYBASE / ORACLE – Trading Software

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    Financial Data Architect – SYBASE / ORACLE – Data Architect Stock Trading Software PL/SQL – $150k+

    We are a leading nationwide financial portfolio management company with offices all over the world. We are an extremely stable and quickly growing organization developing new tools and software products that help equity traders and investment professionals manage their clients portfolios.

    We are looking for a Data Architect / Software Expert to help us improve application performance tuning and overall system improvements and response time, as we migrate data from SYBASE to Oracle 11i/G.

    Major Responsibilities: Table design and Tuning, Stored Procedures, application efficiency, financial application performance enhancement, creating custom tools for equity management, SQL optimizer, etc. 

    Must Have Skills:
    1.) Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software or Computer Engineering
    2.) At least 7 years of Oracle Applications Development & Engineering Experience as a PL/SQL Developer
    3.) Expertise in application performance tuning (response time improvement, resolving performance issues)
    4.) Financial Industry / Application experience is a HUGE plus!!

    For your hard work, you will be rewarded with an offer that includes a strong base salary ($150k give or take), excellent health benefits, 401k Matching, plus an annual bonus up to 25 percent of your base salary.


    Required Skills

    PL/SQL, Oracle Applications, application performance tuning, stored procedures, reporting, response, financial, trading, stock, JAVA/ J2EE, 

    If you are a good fit for the Financial Data Architect – SYBASE / ORACLE – Trading Software position, and have a background that includes:
    PL/SQL, Oracle Applications, application performance tuning, stored procedures, reporting, response, financial, trading, stock, JAVA/ J2EE, and you are interested in working the following job types:
    Information Technology, Engineering, Professional Services
    Within the following industries:
    Computer Software, Computer Hardware, Wireless
    Our privacy policy: Your resume and information will be kept completely confidential.
    Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the job in more detail with you!
    CyberCoders, Inc is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, marital or veteran status. RequirementsPL/SQL, Oracle Applications, application performance tuning, stored procedures, reporting, response, financial, trading, stock, JAVA/ J2EE,

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  • Algorithmic Trading Equities Quant – Electronic Trading – Leading Global Investment Bank – NY, USA

    By using the most sophisticated and cutting edge methods this institution has earned its reputation as a leading expert within the algorithmic trading quant.

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  • Advisory Services Senior Manager – Risk (Energy Trading)

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    At Ernst & Young, our 141,000 people work together to deliver assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. We are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality, and we make a difference through leading practices that help our people, clients, and wider communities achieve their potential. Visit us at ey.com/us/about and see why Ernst & Young has been on FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 13 consecutive years. 

    Ernst & Young Advisory Services is a fast-moving, high-growth area with huge potential. It offers variety, challenge, responsibility and the opportunity to realize your leadership potential. Being a member of our Advisory team means you will specialize in a particular competency – Risk, Performance Improvement, or IT Risk & Assurance.

    We currently are seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager for our Risk Energy Trading team to lead client engagement teams, work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services, and lead business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts.
    The opportunity is now! If you are interested in being part of a dynamic team, serving clients and reaching your full potential – Ernst & Young Advisory Services is for you!
     
    Responsibilities

    Ernst & Young’s Risk Advisory – Energy Trading sub-practice is a specialty advisory group that assists clients in the areas of market, credit, liquidity and operational risk across all energy and related commodities.  The group assists clients in the assessment, design, transformation and implementation of industry leading capabilities to identify, measure, manage and monitor risks in a commodity portfolio.  Capabilities include the areas of governance and oversight, policies, processes and controls, organizational structure, reporting, modeling and assumptions, and data requirements and information systems.  Our clients greatly value the insights and experience we provide regarding tailored trading models that help achieve commercial strategy, leading practices that help companies establish risk and governance practices and our strong project management capabilities.  Our Clients include merchant energy companies, retail energy companies, utilities, oil and gas companies, chemical companies, natural resource companies and financial institutions and hedge funds with commodity trading operations.

    A Senior Manager within Risk Advisory – Energy Trading will lead large scale client engagements. Consistently deliver quality client services. Drive high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget. Monitor progress, manage risk and verify key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. Manage expectations of client service delivery. Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client’s business. 

    Effectively lead and motivate teams with diverse skills and backgrounds. Provide constructive on-the-job feedback/coaching to team members. Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment. Play an active role in counseling and mentoring junior advisors within the organization.

    Generate new business opportunities. Understand Ernst & Young and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients. Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks. Develop relationships with team members across all Ernst & Young practices to serve client needs.
    With a strong knowledge of energy trading and project management, the Senior Manager is a vital member of the risk management team working in all phases of advisory work (identify, diagnose, design, deliver and sustain).  A Senior Manager may play a ‘lead advisor’ role, meaning that they will be provided the opportunity to work in a number of different areas, including market risk, credit risk, risk quantification and modeling, risk systems, and internal audit support.  

    As a Senior Manager, additional responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:

  • Advising clients on a variety of risk services to aid their efforts to identify, monitor, measure and ultimately manage the commodity risk exposure in their organizations.
  • Assisting clients to design, implement and deploy a commodity risk strategy, which may include services such as: risk governance and policy frameworks, blueprinting desired state process and system designs; control design and implementation.
  • Assessing and evaluating a client’s internal control environment and developing creative and practical solutions to address issues identified and provide value-added services to the client.
  • Participating in the commodity risk management sales and marketing efforts as well as broadening relationships with existing clients. 
  • Leading, executing and managing all aspects of advisory projects.
  • Identifying new, creative and innovative solutions to client and practice issues.
  • Maintaining active involvement in providing thought leadership related to energy trading through participation at industry seminars and creation of articles for publication.
  • Demonstrating professionalism while working in the client environment.
  • Maintaining a strong client focus by being responsive to client requests and developing/maintaining productive working relationships with client personnel.
  • Staying informed of current business/economic developments relevant to client’s business.
  • Collaborating with team members to set individual and team goals and responsibilities.
  • Contributing ideas and opinions to the engagement and practice team and listen to team members’ ideas and views.
  • Utilizing technology to continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery.
  • Seeking opportunities to present Ernst & Young’s services which add value to the clients.
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 Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify, candidates must have:

  • a bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant work experience; or a graduate degree and 7 years of relevant work experience.  Relevant work experience would include working in the front, middle or back office operations of a commodity trading entity or as a consultant to a commodity trading entity.
  • a degree in accounting, finance, economics, mathematics, information technology or a related field; an MBA or master’s degree (in finance, mathematics, etc.) a plus.
  • strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated knowledge in energy trading risk management.
  • understanding of energy markets functions and a strong product knowledge.
  • process re-engineering, team building, and project management experience.
  • strong communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills.
  • desire and ability to work closely with quantitative and technology professionals on project assignments.
  • a thorough understanding of some or all of the following is a plus: quantitative methods and tools supporting commodity risk measurement; knowledge of energy trading risk software (e.g., Endur, Entegrate, Commodity XL, Allegro, RightAngle, etc.).
  • Successful candidates must also have the ability to travel approximately 50%.  Travel is predominantly within North America.

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  • Associate Intermediate Trading

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    Submit resumes to:  Recruitment and Employment Office, Goldman Sachs & Co.  Attn: Job Ref#: GOL75874, PO Box 56625, Atlanta, GA 30303. 
    Price and execute credit index trades and options on credit indices. Manage the on-going risk (Delta, Gamma, Vega, and Theta Profile) on existing book of index option products by trading interest-rate swaps, credit indices, other options on credit indices.  Assist in establishing and risk-managing the trade receivable and trade claim derivatives business.  Liaise with operations, product controllers, and divisional and firmwide risk committees.  40 hrs/wk; M-F; 9am-6pm; $300,000/year.
     RequirementsPosition requires a Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or equivalent) in Mathematics, Hard Sciences, Engineering, Information Technology or related field plus five (5) years in the job offered  or in a related trading or marketing position.  Prior work experience must include five (5) years: using derivative pricing models and understanding derivative pricing theory; discussing complex credit derivative trades with clients including index tranche trades; formulating and decomposing structured credit derivative trades into risk components; using Black-Scholes options pricing and partial differential equations; and understanding basis risks between trade credit and bonds and loans. FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses required.

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  • LNG Commodities Trader – Commodities Trading – Global Investment Bank – Houston, USA

    As Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) becomes a growing area within gas & commodities trading outright, a leading investment bank is looking to expand their trading desk and offers a unique opportunity to perpetuate your career within this specialized area.

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  • New York/Chicago – “Extremely well Funded” High Frequency trading Fund – Software Engineers/Researchers/Strategists – $400k+

    High Frequency Trading Hedge Fund opening new offices in New York/Chicago – Looking to hire Quantitative Researchers / Software Programmers C++ – Will pay well above market rate with excellent bonus schemes

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  • Software Architect / Team Lead – Trading Analytics (C#, C++)

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    Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) develops high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world’s premier investment banks, proprietary traders, brokers, Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other trading institutions. The company’s X_TRADER® software and related services provide direct access to dozens of the major international derivatives exchanges. TTNET™, TT’s fully managed hosting solution, delivers maximum system stability and fast trade execution via hubs located close to the major exchanges in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Tokyo. Headquartered in Chicago with 11 offices globally, TT has received “best in class” awards from numerous independent third parties including FOW, Buy-Side Technology, The Technical Analyst and Chicago magazines as well as the Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA).

    Overview:
    We are currently seeking a driven and talented Software Architect who thrives on pushing the limits of technology to produce state of the art trading application infrastructure. Building on the X_TRADER® order-entry product line’s established reputation for performance and innovation, TT has developed a trader-centric charting platform. X_STUDY™ provides charting and analytics fully integrated into the TT software architecture.  Analytics API provides open, direct access to historical market data and technical indicators for use in trading applications. X_STUDY™/Analytics Software Architects are constantly challenged to deliver creative, imaginative solutions for highly complex technical issues. A Trading Products Software Architect takes ownership of large projects as a technical lead and is assigned development resources.


    Responsibilities:

    • Design and implement software requirements and new product features, while enhancing and maintaining existing functionality for our sophisticated front-end software used for electronically trading in the world’s major derivatives/futures exchanges.
    • Design and code screen layouts, graphical user interfaces and interfaces with other systems.
    • Design, develop and code new features in new Analytics API
    • Participate in design discussions and review sessions.
    • Create high-level and detailed design documents.
    • Assist with product documentation, unit testing and ensuring overall product quality.
     Requirements

    • 7+ years of solid development experience with .NET C# and WinForms.
    • Strong object-oriented design skills.
    • Solid development experience with C++ and C#
    • Working knowledge of STL and template programming is a plus.
    • Experience with C++/CLI
    • Financial trading systems experience is a plus.
    • Ability to understand business requirements and translate to technical requirements.

    TT is committed to providing an environment where highly talented, challenge-hungry people thrive. We invest heavily in employee satisfaction. Competitive salaries, stock options, company-matched retirement plans, low-cost comprehensive health benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts, 22 days of paid time off plus holidays, pre-tax commuting benefits, health club subsidies, company-sponsored social outings, game room lounges, an ultra-casual work environment, and free breakfast and beverages are just some of the benefits of working at TT.

    TT is looking for candidates that put forth a serious effort for a serious reward!

    For more information regarding TT, please visit our career website
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  • Longview Trading System Business Analyst

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    Longview Trading System Business Analyst

    If you are a Trading System Business Analyst with Longview experience, please read on!

    What you need for this position:

    -Must have had hands-on experience with the LongView trade order management/compliance management tool, which is now owned by the vendor “Linedata”.
    -Need to be able to use the LongView tool’s application facilities to code out the compliance rules.
    -Commitment to long term contract.
    -Local travel required at times.

    What you’ll be doing:

    -The Trade Support Analyst’s role is to provide front line user support to the Portfolio Managers/Brokers in the PM discretionary program in support of the key applications. The Analyst serves as a liaison among Portfolio Managers/Brokers, Middle Office, Operations and Technology.
    Responsibilities Include:
    • Support users of Private Bank trading platform: Longview Trading System
    • Resolving phone and e-mails inquiries regarding trading, data quality issues, application usage, and other miscellaneous items.
    • Ensuring the accurate and timely escalation and resolution of all inquiries.
    • Addressing ad hoc queries from operations, technology, and the front office.
    • Participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phases for defect fixes, enhancements, and other strategic initiatives.
    • Facilitating application set up and training for all new application users.
    • Working with the business, technology, and operations to determine priorities, schedule of releases, and writing specifications 

    What’s in it for you:

    -Competitive 1099 hourly rate (depending on experience)
    -Long Term Contract. 

    So, if you are a Trading System Business Analyst with Longview experience, please apply today!


    Required Skills

    Business Analyst, Trade Support Analyst, Analyst, Longview, Linedata, financial, trading, banking 

    If you are a good fit for the Longview Trading System Business Analyst position, and have a background that includes:
    Business Analyst, Trade Support Analyst, Analyst, Longview, Linedata, financial, trading, banking and you are interested in working the following job types:
    Information Technology, Engineering, Professional Services
    Within the following industries:
    Banking – Financial Services, Accounting – Finance, Mortgage
    Our privacy policy: Your resume and information will be kept completely confidential.
    Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the job in more detail with you!
    CyberCoders, Inc is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, marital or veteran status.
     RequirementsBusiness Analyst, Trade Support Analyst, Analyst, Longview, Linedata, financial, trading, banking 

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  • Project Manager, Trading, AVP ($105-155K)

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    Classification:  Project Leader/Manager 

    Compensation:  $105,000.00 to $155,000.00 per year 

    AVP, Project Manager, Trading: 
    The Technology team is responsible for the development, delivery and support of technology solutions to support the Sales and Trading groups Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange Trading groups. This team is responsible for front, middle and back-office applications that are a combination of in-house and vendor supplied software and a variety of technologies. 

    Technology is seeking an experienced, hands-on Project Manager to provide Project Management and Analysis services for FX Sales and Trading front office specifically position management, risk management, trade entry and trade analytics. 

    The candidate will be required to work with a diverse group of individuals including but not limited to Business Sponsors, Business Users, and other IT stakeholders – internal and external. Candidate will be responsible for managing multiple projects concurrently varying in size and duration, and will be required to provide status updates across multiple levels of management. Candidate will be required to manage a cross-functional team comprising of 10 or more individuals. As the Project Manager, the candidate will be responsible for defining and preparing all project documentation to meet internal Project Management standards and comply with all audit and governance requirements. Individual must be able to effectively work and communicate across the global organization including Business Sponsors, Project Managers, onshore/offshore Development and QA teams located globally. Project Management role includes the coordination and communication with end users for UAT planning and execution as well as risk assessment to insure projects stay on track and are delivered on-time without business disruption. 

    Requirements 

    Bachelors Degree in technology, finance, engineering or equivalent. MBA or CFA a plus 
    Minimum of 10 years in a senior technology management role 
    Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills 
    Very strong management, project management and leadership skills 
    Very strong relationship management skills 

    A successful candidate must have a minimum of 8 years industry experience in the following: 

    Practical FX trading experience and industry knowledge of FX trading organization 
    Strong knowledge of Project Management methodologies and demonstrated use of tools and project organization structure 
    Strong Communication skills both verbal and written to communicate across various levels of the organization 
    Candidate must demonstrate adaptability to strategic changes and demonstrate strong initiative and motivation skills 
    Organizational change management 
    Ability to adapt quickly in a changing environment, while maintaining the value proposition 
    Vendor and Custom built management and application deployment 
    Demonstrate leadership skills

     RequirementsBasic MS Office, None, None None. 

    With more than 100 locations in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, Robert Half Technology is a leading provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis for initiatives ranging from Internet development and multiplatform systems integration to network security and technical support. A division of Robert Half International, we were ranked number one in our industry by Fortune magazine’s America’s Most Admired Companies, and included in BusinessWeek’s 50 Best Performing Companies. To learn more about this job opportunity, contact us today at 1.800.793.5533. Robert Half Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply for this job now or contact our branch office for additional information:

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