What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Equities Trade Support position at Shulman Fleming & Partners?
Contract Equities Trade Support
MUST be local to New York City. Onsite 5 days
Responsibilities:
- Support all Equities users from Front Office Traders, Middle Office Users, Compliance, Risk, and Product Control
- Monitor trading systems and FIX network connectivity
- Troubleshoot real-time trading issues and investigate compliance inquiries
- OMS and/or EMS knowledge and understanding
- Understanding full life cycle of an order
- Communicate major incidents to stakeholders
- Communicate and escalate issues to vendors
- Gather requirement from traders and document for tracking and prioritization
- Provide business specification to vendor and development teams to build the enhancement
- Share business workflow with support & QA team to strengthen regression test suite
- Maintain knowledge base, support scripts, documentation and procedures
Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience working on a trading floor supporting mission critical applications in the Equities business (i.e. US Market Making, ETF, Electronic Trading, Global Program Trading, Options).
- Strong knowledge in high touch trading workflow, FIX protocol, OMS, IOI, market data and CTM.
- Proficient in handling regulatory and compliance related requests (e.g. RegNMS, RegSHO, CAT, ACT, ORF, TRACE).
- Familiar with Linux, SQL, JIRA & Excel.
- Familiar with Tidal, Control-M, Autosys or equivalent.
- Effective interpersonal skills and relationship-building skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with keen attention to detail.
- Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Experience with scripting and automation is a plus.
Education
- Computer Science degree or 5 years of experience with Front Office support.
