Hawksworth has an exciting opportunity for a Front Office eFX Application Support Analyst . The successful candidate will have direct interaction with business users. Development teams and Senior IT Management. This is a 1-year initial Contract. Day rate to be discussed depending on candidate skill level and situation. Inside IR35.
Summary
Front Office eFX Application Support role with direct interaction with the Business users, Development teams and Senior IT Mgmt. A specific focus on market and client connectivity, though this is not exclusive and other areas will be required.
Key Responsibilities
Working as a member within the team responsible for the delivery and support of IT services to the Global FX Sales and Trading teams; providing 1st and 2nd line trade floor support, incident management and resolution.
Market and client connectivity including knowledge of FIX, FIX onboarding, firewalls, networking and Unix knowledge
FX Spot
FX Fwds
FX Swaps
NDF
FX Options
Role Requirements
- Degree holder in Computer Science or related discipline
- General understanding of financial markets and products, in particular FX
- Experience in IT for capital market (business, products, applications)
- Extensive experience supporting a live eFX Trading environment
- Strong experience providing technical support for FX or Fixed Income Desks within an Investment Bank.
- Experience in IT support and service management
- Candidates will ideally have worked in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment supporting mission-critical applications and/or infrastructure, facing off to demanding customers
- Strong experience working with both project team & users
- Strong Knowledge of; FX Products (Spot, FWD, Swaps), FX Venues and Liquidity, Application administration, Windows / UNIX administration, Sales & Trading (pre & post trade) business processes, Capital Market, IT Broker systems, Understanding of IT Architecture
If you have the above skills and experience please apply now or contact me directly at richard@hawksworthuk.com.
Thank you.