Front Office Technology Trade Support

Jefferies; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

[EMEA Equities Front Office Technology Trade Support]

ABOUT US

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.

Responsibilities

1. You will be part of a Equity Front Office technology team. You will be based in London and part of the broader London team working with local stakeholders and Global colleagues.
2. The primary responsibility will be to provide application support to the Middle Office/Operations users; which includes troubleshooting booking, allocation and commission issues.
3. Additional responsibilities will include assisting on the onboarding of new clients to the trading platform, creation of new client reports and capturing/working with the development team to create new functionality.
4. Highly desirable that candidates are familiar with the Fidessa Equity Trading platforms, and allocation workflows in the Fidessa CTAC (Client Trade Allocation Confirmation), including but not limited to Investigating and troubleshooting:
5. Middle Office allocation issues with CTM, FIX 4.4, Tag 1 pre-allocation, allocation templates and manual allocation workflows.
6. Blocks sent to the Fidessa CTAC by the upstream Fidessa global trading platforms.
7. Blocks sent by a proprietary Jefferies system that sends in blocks into the Fidessa CTAC system from Jefferies’ proprietary algorithmic and DMA trading systems.
8. Affirmed allocations passing from the Fidessa CTAC application to downstream Jefferies systems.
9. Initially become familiar with, and become a Subject Matter Expert in a proprietary in-house Jefferies application for:
10. Trading workflows
11. Booking/Allocation workflow
12. Settlement Lifecycle
13. Follow the local and global JIRA processes for end-user enhancement requests and bug fixes.
14. Supply relevant management information as required.
15. Engage in the testing of new build releases and the implementation of new workflows overseen by our project team.

Requirements:

1. Demonstrable experience in the investment industry/financial markets across different equity business such as CASH/ETS/SWAP/Derivative/FX etc.
2. Knowledge of global equity trading and allocation workflows
3. Experience with Fidessa CTAC module and Fidessa FDM
4. Familiarity with CTM Trade Management, and Traiana Trade Reports is a benefit
5. Knowledge of FIX protocol and good SQL skills are strongly preferred
6. Experience having technically supported a trading or allocation system, such as configuring layouts, updating registry files, showing users how to install and launch application, etc.
7. A natural problem solver with good diagnostics skills using written and verbal communication in English
8. Have a collaborative and adaptable outlook.
9. Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
10. Ability to work under pressure and manage to deadlines in this fast-paced environment.