What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP, Investment and Trading Technology (Hybrid) position at Irvine Technology Corporation?
VP, Investment and Trading Technology (Hybrid)
We have an immediate need for a direct hire VP, Investment and Trading Technology to join our client, a global investment management organization.
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)
This job expects to pay about $175,000 – 225,000 annually plus benefits.
What You Will Do:
- Establish strong working relationships with both business and technology teams to ensure seamless application support and adoption.
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Trading systems and associated workflows, advising business stakeholders and development teams to enhance business processes and operational efficiencies.
- Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements across trading workflows, leveraging technology to automate manual tasks and improve efficiency across the trade lifecycle.
- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and system validation efforts, ensuring that functionality meets business requirements.
- Manage relationships with vendors, overseeing ongoing engagements and onboarding of new vendors.
- Conduct interviews, workshops, and document analysis to gather detailed business requirements and translate them into actionable plans.
- Analyze business processes, workflows, and systems to identify inefficiencies and propose solutions to enhance operational effectiveness.
What Gets You The Job:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related.
- Minimum 8-10 years of relevant experience in maintaining, implementing, or supporting an Order Management System (OMS) within the investment industry.
- Strong experience with OMS solutions such as Charles River Development, Aladdin, SimCorp, Thinkfolio, Bloomberg AIM, or Enfusion.
- Deep understanding of financial instruments, including bonds, derivatives, and FX.
- In-depth knowledge of industry standards such as FIX protocol and SWIFT messaging.
- Experience writing and managing business requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans.
- Experience with electronic trading platforms (e.g., Tradeweb, MarketAxess, TSOX, EMSX, Flextrade).
- Understanding pre, post and batch compliance.
- Experience with SQL queries or programming knowledge in Python.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify inefficiencies and propose technology-driven solutions to enhance business operations.
Irvine Technology Corporation (ITC) is a leading provider of technology and staffing solutions for IT, Security, Engineering, and Interactive Design disciplines servicing startups to enterprise clients, nationally. We pride ourselves in the ability to introduce you to our intimate network of business and technology leaders – bringing you opportunity coupled with personal growth, and professional development! Join us. Let us catapult your career!
Irvine Technology Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Irvine Technology Corporation complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Salary : $175,000 - $225,000
