Technology Management Lead

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Position Overview

Job Title Technology Management Lead

Location London

Corporate Title Vice President

The Technology Lead is responsible for day-to-day leadership of team-work efforts in their area in support of technology projects and deliverables, serving as a senior Subject Matter Expert (SME). You will be responsible for building and managing relationships with stakeholders, particularly around time critical or complex tasks.

You will bring a proven track record working on risk, control, audit and regulatory topics. This is a hands-on role responsible for supporting the day-to-day trading activities of the front-to-back-office teams using core trading and settlement platforms. You will possess extensive experience of managing vendor based applications i.e. Fidessa, as well as detailed knowledge across the entire trade lifecycle, especially in regards to market making activities in equities and providing quotes to retails clients (RSP). You should be familiar with all aspects of sell-side trading activities in the cash equities space especially within Fidessa.

What We’ll Offer You

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:
• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your Key Responsibilities
• Point-of contact for trading related queries, providing in-depth knowledge on the front-to-back trade life cycle for equities
• Providing application support for Fidessa, Infront, Inferno, Bloomberg and FIX connectivity covering front-to-back business activities
• Prioritise and diagnoses incidents checking that all requests for support are dealt with effectively in accordance to agreed procedures in a timely manner
• Investigates causes of incidents and seeks a timely resolution, ensuring consistent communication to impacted users
• Defines and implement controls and demonstrate sustainability of them. Provide business context support for various cross functional IT teams, Compliance, Operations, Finance and other departments to lead initiatives with the wider transformation team
• Determines the readiness levels of business users regarding upcoming changes

Your Skills And Experience
• Experience in a trade support function for an equities trading house supporting front-to-back trade flows.
• Extensive experience in Market Making and RSP (Retail Service Provider) workflows in Fidessa. I
• Demonstrable experience in working in IT and Vendor Service Management, preferably global financial services.
• Ability to prepare and present oral and written business cases, reports, presentations, recommendations and perform necessary research.
• Prior experience of working in a regulatory environment, hence an understanding of related requirements, and experience of managing ambiguity and pressure.
• Experience and knowledge of continual service improvement methodologies

How We’ll Support You
• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About Us

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Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, ****** orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

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