Application Support – Equity Front Office IT

Responsibilities

• Part of the growing trading support team in Asia supporting APAC equity trading desks across Hong Kong, Japan, Sydney, Singapore and India

• Equity products covered: Cash, Portfolio Trading, DMA, DSA, Swaps and Convertible Bonds

• Part of a regional application support team to provide production support on the global equity Fidessa trading platforms and handle FIX connectivity issues related to clients, vendors and internal users

• Regional morning check-outs and primary support coverage on Hong Kong holidays

• Work closely with Asia project management and global teams on new business initiatives and priority

• Engage technical discussion with vendors and in-house developers on new Asia trading requests

• Manage vendor’s delivery schedule and progress on systems implementation and upgrades

• Co-ordinate and participate in UAT together with vendors and various internal teams and users

• Prepare application system and operation flow, user training and documentation

• Experience Required:

• At least 5 years of experience in equity front office IT space with strong hands-on application support, project management and business analysis skill.

• At least 3 years of experience in Order Management System application, exposure to Fidessa & would be highly regarded

• Ideally to have 3 years or more experience on FIX protocol, connectivity and order routing application, preferably ULLink order routing platform

• Project management and implementation experience in regional front office trading platform for Asia markets a definite plus

• Have clear understanding of Japan and Asian equities order flow life cycle

• Familiar with trading system workflow on both high-touch (single stock, basket trading, swap, converts) and low-touch (DMA and Algo) trading

• APAC market knowledge e.g. investor ID, auction mechanism, short sell rules an added advantage

• Able to independently manage multiple tasks, detail oriented, proactive, good sense of ownership and urgency

• A strong team player able to collaborate smoothly with own and cross team members as well as well-versed in working with equity front office users at various locations with a globally driven technology operation model

• Highly competent and effective in both verbal and written communication in English and Japanese