A global financial organisation based in Vilnius are currently hiring for a IT Specialist / System Owner to work in their Front Office Securities IT team.

The Securities IT team are responsible for building and integrating the next generation of trading applications for their Fixed Income and Equities business.

The Securities IT platform is a combination of in-house developed systems and external vendor products. The System Owners are responsible for the external vendor suite, ensuring that the solutions and systems we have in place are fit for purpose to support the business flow.

We are looking for a skilled technologist who wants to be part of a high performance team that delivers state-of-the-art, value adding solutions to our business stakeholders. Although the position is based in Vilnius, my client has a distributed team of about 30 people so effective communication and collaboration is critical to achieving their strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for the electronic trading vendor products, and ensuring the solutions we have in place are ‘fit for purpose’ to support the intended business flow.
• Being the technical expert on the platform and have a thorough understanding of the business flow it supports.
• Coordinate and handle maintenance tasks, upgrades, improvements and optimization.
• Install and configure new components as well as retiring old ones.
• Secure a fruitful working relationship between business users, operations, infrastructure teams and the Securities IT team.
• Solve complex tasks with simple solutions, while keeping the overall picture and dependencies in mind.
• Participate in 2nd/3rd level application support
• Optimization, Integration and configuration
• Project Management
• Development (There will be the chance to work on development in due course for those who have an interest in coding).

Knowledge and experience required:

• Relevant higher education – Bachelor’s degree as a minimum.
• Development background gained from University, spare time or in previous positions.
• Experience in handling third-party software and external suppliers.
• Experience of cooperation and coordination across stakeholders.
• Proven experience with IT projects in a time-to-market focused environment.
• Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure, spanning across the server side (mainly Windows but some knowledge of Linux is desirable), network, firewalls, etc.
• Experience in an agile work methodology.
• Knowledge of incident and problem management.

For more information, please send your CV to [email protected]

Industry: Financial Markets

Our client is looking for two highly skilled server-side Developers to join their high performance team delivering state of the art, value adding solutions to their business stakeholders. This position is to work closely with
the Fixed Income and Equities eTrading business.

• You will have strong C# server-side development background. Extensive knowledge of .NET Framework 4.0 +, messaging technologies (idealy ZeroMQ and RabbitMQ), SQL, XML and source control systems such as Git and TFS are essential.
• Automated testing and CI experience is also desirable.
• A ‘can do’ attitude is required along with excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• My client would strongly welcome candidates from a solid Java server-side development background who would like to make that transition into .Net
• MSc in Computer Science, Mathematics or Business Science is desirable but not essential.

Please enquire by sending your CV to [email protected] Alternatively, please contact me on the following number +44 203 637 2833.

Industry: Financial Markets

Our client is a Tier 1 Global Investment Bank.  They are seeking to appoint two senior posts, both covering Wealth Management and Corporate Retail, in their Group Internal Audit department for South East Asia.

Senior Auditor

Main Duties

• Leading the Singapore Wealth Management Audit Team
• Providing training and coaching as necessary
• Assisting Regional Head of Audit with regulatory and other relevant matters as necessary
• Assessing risks regarding credit, market, legal, compliance and operational matters
• Preparing reports of audits for senior management

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years in a relevant audit field
• Have a good understanding of operational aspects of the financial markets
• Good knowledge of Regulatory Requirements
• Minimum of 3 years experience of leading a team.
• Willing to travel to other locations in the Asia Pacific region
• Proficient in verbal and written English, Mandarin an asset

Audit Manager

Main Duties

• Analyzing and assessing risks within credit, market, legal, compliance and operational
• Providing solutions to any risks identified
• Preparing audit reports for senior management
• Monitoring results and providing input for senior

Requirements

• Degree educated in a relevant discipline
• Minimum of 5 years in a relevant audit field
• Have a good understanding of operational aspects of the financial markets
• Good knowledge of Regulatory Requirements
• Willing to travel to other locations in the Asia Pacific region
• Proficient in verbal and written English, Mandarin an asset

Our client, a major London based Investment Bank, is seeking an experienced professional to join their Internal Audit Capital Markets Team.

The ideal candidate will have considerable experience in the audit of front office capital markets trading. Ideally this experience will be with a major financial institution, although candidates from a Practice background with relevant experience in Internal Auditing or Consulting for Investment Banking clients are also welcome to apply.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
• Professional accountancy qualification

Our client, a global investment bank, seeks a Senior Audit Manager to take charge of the Fixed Income Audit team. Reporting directly to the Regional Chief Auditor and Audit Committee you will have full responsibility to manage the team and the audit process.

You will act as the key contact point for the business and take responsibility for the IA planning process and value-added reporting to enhance the control culture within the group. The Head of Audit accordingly manages the day to day relationship between IA and business leaders in the respective FI teams.

You must have experience of managing, leading and developing audit teams as well as very strong knowledge of Fixed Income/Debt products and trade flows. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships is a key in this senior role.

This is an outstanding opportunity to gain extensive exposure in a senior ‘head of function’ role.