Sydney Asset Management Contract or Temporary
Our client, a large diverse financial services firm, seeks a Senior Trading Application Support Analyst to join their Sydney office, working with a global production support team. The team is responsible for day-to-day regional support for Capital Markets Brokerage Trading Applications.
This role requires OMS experience, specifically direct experience working in support of an investment banking or capital markets trading floor.
This position will be hired on an initial 9-month contract, offering a competitive hourly rate, including superannuation.
Scope of Work:
The successful candidate will work independently within a global production support team, providing regional support for Capital Markets Brokerage Trading Applications.
Trading Desk IT Analysts are responsible for 24/7 production support across the globe (APAC, EMEA, and North America) for various Capital Market applications.
Key Responsibilities:
* 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.
* Candidates should be available Monday – Friday, along with expectations of escalation from the business and/or team members.
* A good understanding and/or functional expertise in brokerage or any other OMS trading support functions are required.
* Candidates are expected to be located in Sydney and work on the trading floor in the Sydney office a minimum of 5 days a week.
Required Skills/Experience:
* Previous financial markets experience required – ideally OMS experience in direct support of a trading team.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills and solid understanding of technologies in financial institutions, including trade applications, are required.
* 1-2 years of FIX Protocol experience required.
* Reasonably in-depth functional and/or industry knowledge – Brokerage / Security Finance – is required.
* ~3-7 years of work experience in any OMS, ideally Flextrade, is highly regarded.
* 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.