Associate, Trading System Analyst (Hong Kong)

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job title: Trading System Analyst        
Corporate Title: Associate
Department: IT    
Location: Hong Kong  

             

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Investment Management. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.
    
Department overview:

Instinet’s technology is as diverse as it is innovative, incorporating industry-leading technologies to service the ever-evolving and dynamic global financial markets industry. The Asia Trading Systems Support (TSS) team is our prestigious, highly-skilled, technical and business-facing team within Instinet spanning across India, Australia and its main hub, Hong Kong. The team provides trading technology services to Instinet’s electronic, portfolio trading and high-touch sales teams across the region. Collaborating globally with US and EU regions, TSS strives to improve, build and architect Instinet’s trading platform to become the leading example of all execution trading platforms.

 

Role description:

At Instinet, we put our clients and users of our execution trading platform first. The financial industry is always changing and we need Trading Support Analysts who are passionate about tackling technology and workflow problems that lead to the best customer experience.

In the role, you will work with development, product and business users to deliver stability, control and trading solutions to our core trading platform. You can interpret, diagnose and define problems, apply creativity and critical thinking with a thirst for learning about technology and its application in trading.

Above all, you are a team-player with the ability to communicate ideas/solutions to your teammates with a passionate drive to explore your curiosity and improve the trading platform.

At Instinet, we continuously evolve our execution trading platform with the aim to deliver an unparalleled user experience and trading platform performance. As a Trading System Analyst at Instinet, you could be working on any number of products and projects on the core trading platform. Our goal is to match your abilities and interests within the team where you will grow and have the most impact. 

 

Key Responsibilities:

•    Investigate and resolve issues methodically with a sense of urgency and a high-level of professionalism
•    Understand financial markets, technology, trading applications and the trade lifecycle in depth 
•    Stay current with financial and technological trends, regulations and best practices
•    Work collaboratively with regional and global teams as needed across trading, technology, risk and compliance to deliver strategic and client-driven solutions for some of the largest and most prestigious institutional clients in the industry 
•    Monitor, analyze and maintain the health of the Instinet core trading platform
•    Hands-on deployment of trading applications preparation, execution and verification
•    Generate reports on system performance and upon business requirements
•    Focus on efficiency and sustainable support that can scale

 

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

 

Minimum qualifications

•    Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited University or equivalent experience
•    Minimum of 3-4 years’ experience as a Trading System Analyst related to Electronic Trading 
•    Proficient in Unix and Python scripting 
•    Solid understanding of cash equities market, software and trading lifecycles
•    Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, and collaboration tools

 

Preferred qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in a technical field
•    Experience in process or workflow improvement
•    Experience in technical support role skewed towards algorithmic trading
•    Passionate about learning and self-driven
•    Familiarity with trading algorithm behaviour and their dependencies 
•    Excellent problem-solving, project management, analytical and time management skills
•    Excellent communication and presentation skills wi