Imported from previous forum
The responsibility of the trading desk is to be the primary contact with clients for their day-to-day problems and issues. They will be responsible for building a good working relationship between the clients, sales and marketing, IT, vendors and back office in order to facilitate the smooth operation of business flow. They will manage problems as and when they occur, making sure that the relevant areas deal with them in and appropriate and timely manner and keep the client up to date. Sufficient knowledge will be accumulated so that they can quickly pinpoint at where problems have occurred. They will proactively ensure that the service being provided to the clients is as good as it can be, and will suggest where improvements can be made. The key support activities will include:
Helping clients locate particular orders and answering queries start of day procedures (sending test orders to markets, making sure connections are up)
Monitoring connectivity to exchanges and clients.
Use tools provided to investigate and correct problems.
Candidates must have:
- Experience of the FIX protocol
- The ability to solve and manage problems
- Familiarity with the Equities business from front to back
- An understanding of electronic trading.
- Experience of dealing with vendor products – e.g. Reuters RIOE, Bloomberg EOR
- High degree of PC literacy and IT understanding.
- To be proactive and self motivated.
Please send your CV to richardvick@pentaconsulting.com or call me on 020 8254 7461
My client will pay up to £65+ Bonus