Trading Desk - IT Analyst

Our client is a large, diverse financial services firm seeking a Trading DeskIT Analyst to join their Sydney office, working with a global production support team, responsible for day-to-day production regional support for Capital Markets Brokerage Trading Applications.

This role will be hired on an initial 9-month contract paying a daily rate circa $70 – 90 per day, including super. As such, our client is only considering candidates with full working rights of 9 months or more, meaning this role is not applicable for Working Holiday Visa-holders.

Scope of Work:

Our client is seeking candidates to join their Capital Markets team within their Asset Servicing arm, in a Production Support capacity at the Analyst level. The successful candidate would be one that can work independently within a global production support team, responsible for day-to-day regional support for Capital Markets Brokerage Trading Applications.

Trading Desk IT Support and Maintenance functions are responsible for 24×7 production support across the globe (APAC, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) and North America) for various Capital Market applications. This role is part of a global support team in a in a follow the sun model, supporting business and operational partners and liaising with upstream and downstream application teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Trading DeskIT Analyst is responsible for 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.
• Some night/weekend work may be required in rare instances. Candidates should be available Monday – Friday, along with expectations of escalation from the business and/or team members.
• The candidate needs to have a good understanding and /or functional expertise in brokerage or any other OMS (Order Management System) trading support functions.
• The Candidate is expected to be located in Sydney and work on the trading floor in the Sydney office a minimum of 4 days a week.

The ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and a solid understanding of various technologies in a financial institution, including trade applications.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 1-2 years of FIX Protocol experience required.
• Ability to speak to traders confidently – excellent oral and written communication skills and solid understanding of technologies in financial institutions, including trade applications, required.
• Reasonably in-depth functional and/or industry knowledge – Brokerage / Security Finance – required.
• ~3-7 years of work experience in any OMS, ideally Flextrade, highly sought.
• 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.

This position will pay ~$70 – 90 per hour, inclusive or super, dependent on prior experience. Successful candidates will be employed as an on-site contractor via Anton Murray Consulting on-site with our client.