Job Title: Trade Support Specialist
Duration: 12-18 Months
Location: NYC
Required Pay Scale: $85-$90/hour W2

Job Summary:
Project Details:
Project: Equity Sales Support and Trading Desk
Fortune 500 Bank Securities Trading Floor in NYC, currently needs two technology specialist to provide Application Support for multiple Equity Sales and Trading Applications focusing on Bloomberg and OMS/Fidessa for trader operation support in the high paced production trading scenarios and to perform scripting in Excel, Visual Basic, Python, and SQL. Today, 1 FTE resource provides this and as such is a Key Man Risk and can't take a day off work
The credit limit management process is manual and the role is in critical path to allow traders to trade when credit limit changes are required.

Must Haves

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, or Finance, or Economics or related field 5 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry
• Cash Equities
• High touch and low touch trading
• Knowledge of scripting tools i.e. Excel VBA, Python and SQL for data manipulation and automation
• Proficient in MS Office suite
• The ability to work in a fast paced, high-pressure environment
• Ability to work in Agile environment (Kanban and SCRUM)
• 7 years of experience supporting the Bloomberg and Fidessa/OMS

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of industry regulations and basic practice and procedure of securities trading
• Knowledge of Cash Equities Products
• Knowledge of Fidessa and Bloomberg
• Familiarity of FIX protocol and FIX ATDL protocol

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