Trading Application Support

Talan Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in the UK is seeking an individual to manage application support across various desks, including index flow and commodities. Responsibilities include configuring proprietary software for trading and executing bug reports. The ideal candidate has strong communication skills, programming expertise in languages like Python and Java, and a robust understanding of financial markets. This role offers a dynamic work environment, requiring both teamwork and independence.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Proficiency in scripting and development languages.
• Relational database knowledge required.
• Capable of thriving in a demanding front-office environment.
• Must be a motivated team player yet able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage support for various desks including index flow and emerging markets.
• Set up proprietary software for trading and pricing.
• Handle electronic executions matching and bug reporting.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Programming skills (Python, PHP, Visual Basic, Unix Shell Scripts, C#, Java)

Relational database knowledge

Ability to thrive in a front-office environment

Motivated team player

Job description

For more than 20years, Talan has been advising companies and administrations, supporting them and implementing their transformation projects in the UK and abroad. With a presence on four continents and a headcount of 5000 consultants, our ambition is to reach the billion turnover by the end of 2025.

In the UK, Talan count 500 employees on several site, the main being: London, Edinburgh and Chester, Leeds.

Job Description

This role consists of managing the support of applications for the following desks:

• Index flow
• Emerging markets
• Commodities
• Equity financing
• Flow sales

Duties will include the setting of proprietary software for booking, pricing and trading (manual and automaton, market interface) :

• Real-time settings
• Market access performance tuning
• Computation setup

Duties will also include electronic executions matching, new releases deployment, bug reporting and new features or improvements requests to development teams.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communications skill.
• Programming skills for scripting or small development (Python/ PHP/ Visual Basic/ Unix Shell Scripts/ C#/ Java)
• Relational database knowledge
• Must be able to thrive in a demanding front-office environment
• Highly motivated team player but also capable of working independently

Nice to have:

• Strong knowledge of financial markets, derivative products (equities and commodities)
• Electronic trading support experience
• Knowledge of options and futures operations/clearing
• Knowledge of Citrix servers’ management