FX Implementation Specialist- Financial Solutions

Bloomberg; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg seeks an FX Implementation Specialist in London to own technical presales and delivery of E-Trading and post-trade solutions. You will work with Buy-side and Sell-side clients, oversee projects, manage risks, and coordinate with OMS/EMS vendors to ensure timely, robust implementations.

You'll operate across rates, credits, and FX electronic trading, maintaining deep product knowledge and supporting sales and production teams while adapting to a fast-changing environment.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of financial products across the FX markets.
• Consistent track record of delivering E-Trading and Post Trade projects.
• Prior technical experience in trading system implementations, EMS and OMS.
• Good knowledge of FIX protocol.
• Customer-focused attitude with ability to foster relationships and multi-task.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sales advice to Buy-side and Sell-side customers for E-Trading workflow solutions.
• Qualify and lead implementation projects.
• Ensure E-trading and post-trade initiatives are delivered on time.
• Partner with OMS and EMS vendors and internal teams.
• Develop knowledge of E-Trading platforms to identify issues and improvements.
• Work with Sales, Product, Engineering and Production Support.

Skills

FX markets knowledge

E-Trading & Post Trade

Implementation projects

FIX protocol

Relationship management

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

EMS

OMS

Job description

FX Implementation Specialist- Financial Solutions

Location

London

Business Area

Sales and Client Service

Ref #

10053370

Description & Requirements

The world's market leaders in Equities, Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities rely upon Bloomberg for transparent data, powerful analytics and seamless execution. Our market leading E-Trading Venues and Order Routing Network help our customers to discover value, trade and report with total confidence.

We provide guidance to Buy-side customers to integrate their Order and Execution Management Systems with Bloomberg via FIX to stage orders and route them to various dealers for execution. We also provide guidance to Sell-side dealers and brokers to integrate their pricing and trading engines with Bloomberg via FIX to stream prices & complete real time trade negotiation.

For post trade we provide guidance to customers who integrate to our FIX based workflows for trade reconciliation, allocation, matching, derivative clearing and trade reporting.

The Opportunity

The world's market leaders in FX, Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities rely upon Bloomberg for transparent data, powerful analytics, and seamless execution. Our market-leading E-Trading Venues and Order Routing Network help our customers to discover value, trade, and report with total confidence.

We provide guidance to Buy-side customers to integrate their Order and Execution Management Systems with Bloomberg via FIX to stage orders and route them to various dealers for execution. We provide guidance to Sell-side dealers and brokers to integrate their pricing and trading engines with Bloomberg via FIX to stream prices & complete real time trade negotiation.

For post-trade, we also provide guidance to customers who integrate to our FIX based workflows for trade reconciliation, allocation, matching, derivative clearing, and trade reporting.

What's the role?

As a member of the E-Trading Implementation team, specializing in Fixed Income, you will have responsibility for technical presales as well as project management delivery. You will deal with both buy-side and sell-side implementations covering all Rates and Credit electronic trading. You'll ensure that customer’s e-trading and post-trade initiatives are delivered efficiently and on time. You will need to be able to actively identify risks and dependencies throughout the process. You will support our sales force, partner with various teams internally, and deal directly with our clients on a regular basis. You’ll demonstrate deep product knowledge and understanding of the listed communities, technology, operational workflow, and trading activities.

You’ll be comfortable in a rapidly changing environment, have a dedicated approach to solving problems, and will not shy away from challenges. You will provide account coverage for the sell-side, and locational coverage for the buy-side, and lead relevant third-party vendor relationships.

The projects you will be part of will involve a multitude of proprietary and third-party systems primarily focused on the Fixed Income market as well as a wide range of security types including:

Foreign Exchange (FX), Bonds, Interest Rate Swaps, Credit Default Swaps, Repo, Mortgages, Emerging -Markets, Money Markets, and MUNIs

We'll trust you to

• You will provide pre-sales advice to Buy-side and Sell-side customers to identify the E-Trading and Post-Trade workflow solution that best meets their business needs
• Qualify and lead implementation projects
• You will ensure that the dealer and the customer’s e-trading and post-trade initiatives are delivered expertly and on time
• Be a great partner with OMS and EMS vendors
• Continue to develop your knowledge of E-Trading platforms and markets to identify system issues and opportunities and propose product improvements and workflow efficiencies
• You will work closely with Sales and Account management, Product, Engineering, and Production Support.

You’ll need to have:

• Good Knowledge of financial products across the FX markets
• Consistent track record of delivering E-Trading and Post Trade projects
• Prior technical experience in trading system implementations, EMS and OMS
• Good knowledge of FIX protocol
• Customer-focused attitude with an ability to foster relationships with internal and external partners-Self-motivated with the ability to multi-task and prioritize in demanding situations and meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and analytical skills

We'd love to see:

• Regulatory knowledge in MiFID2, SEF and EMIR
  
• Prior knowledge of Bloomberg platforms in Global Markets
• Fluency in an additional European language
• Programming background

If indicated, please note that years of experience are a guide; we will consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.

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