Business Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Business Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $110K - $120K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: BNRJA16

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE IN RATES PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE 
· Experience in a large Investment Banking organization in a technology, operations or front desk related role. 
· Overall understanding of trading business and the how the business structured from a revenue generating and an operational standpoint (ability to define what constitutes front office, middle office and back office) 
· Experience of working on projects, ideally in different roles e.g. analyst, tester, project administrator 
· Strong analytical skills with experience of business analysis 
· Good vanilla rates product knowledge including pricing and risk 
· Prior experience in defining and specifying requirements for a similar front office application as well as basic understanding of the downstream flows including cash, settlements, PnL and GL. 
· Assertiveness, influencing and diplomacy skills; ability to present a viable solution and obtain buy-in 
· Candidate needs to be comfortable in interfacing to a cross-section of groups at various levels, including Front / Middle Office, CFO, COO, CTO, Technology teams and Client Services. 
· Ability to understand and manage the sensitivities of different stakeholders at different levels 
· Self-motivated 
· Competence with MS Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), MS Project and MS Visio. 
· 2+ years banking product experience 


Desirable: 
· Knowledge of structured business analysis (e.g. 6 Sigma) / and design (e.g. UML/RUP) techniques. 
· Experience in test planning and test case/script documentation 
· Knowledge of end-to-end post-trade processes (Derivatives and Securities) 
· Experience in a technology organization 
· Basic SQL skills 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

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SOA Architects - (US-Anywhere in the US)

SOA Architects - (US-Anywhere in the US)

Compensation: $120K - $140K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: CMEJA2

Willing to do 80% travel 

Can be based anywhere in the USA 

SOA architects with J2EE flavor to them. 
Consulting experience 
Broad technical background 
Prefer Agile 
Will be trained in Pega and help architect Pega solutions 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

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Java Analytics Developer - (US-NY-New York)

Java Analytics Developer - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $110K - $125K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: BNRJA15

Job Responsibilities

Development of algorithmic trading engines and frameworks for trading engines. These engines include: 
• Benchmark strategies (VWAP, TWAP, POV, CLOCK, ARRIVAL benchmarks etc…) 
• Tactical strategies and smart order routing algorithms. 
• Custom purpose built engines 
• Pairs trading, Index Arbitrage engines etc… 
• Development of client analytics and performance metrics. This includes pre-trade reports 
• intra/real-time analytics post trade/transaction cost analytics 
• Development of common frameworks and components that helps facilitate/expedite the development and deployment of the engines and analytics components described above. 

The development of these components is based on a mix of Java and C++ on a Linux env for the backend component and Java Swing and C# on Windows for the front end components; oracle and k db databases are also leveraged. 


Qualifications
• Should be an energetic self driven person with very strong analytical, technical, and problem solving skills 
• Should be proficient in Java programming and have experience with Linux/Window operating systems, and Oracle databases 
• Strong threading experience/experience in the development of very complex high throughput/low latency mission critical applications 
• Knowledge of Capital markets, ideally Equities, strongly preferred 
• Market micro structure considered an asset 
• Awareness of regulatory and compliance rules 
• Ability to work in a team environment is absolutely mandatory as the incumbent will be part of a Global team 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

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