Commando (Rapid Application Developer)
London
About Phi Partners:
Phi Partners is a global Capital Markets IT consultancy, supplying services, products and technology
expertise to some of the world’s largest banks, hedge funds and asset managers. Our operations span across
every major continent including our headquarters in London, and all major financial hubs.
Phi specialises in E-trading and Front Office, Risk & Data Analytics and Quantitative Technologies to name a
few, and our niche focus on these domains has been a differentiator and gateway into the world’s best
known financial institutions. We supply these organisations with skillful teams of consultants who work on
cutting-edge and critical transformation projects.
About the client:
Our client in discussion is a Tier-1 European investment bank with global leadership in many of its businesses.
It is part of a larger group, a financial institution with solid foundations and a proven ability to adapt to change.
With nearly 20,000 employees in over 50 countries, the group provides its junior consultants with an exciting
start to their career. As world leader in derivatives, it offers tailored products, state-of-the-art trading,
processing systems, research and strategic advising from its teams of experts to its clients, while also
maintaining a sustainable economic model.
About the program:
The bank’s trading application is one of the main tools used by CIB traders to visualize, compute and monitor
the risks of their positions. Used worldwide by structured products, warrants, flow and rate’s desks, each
desk, has its own specialist (or commando) team. These specialists teams are located on the trading floor
within the most renowned market places: London, Paris, Hong-Kong and New York.
The Risk & PnL applications are developed in Java by a dedicated team of developers based in London. It
is linked to a wide panels of other applications including a Pricer, Market Data bases, Real Time Data Feed.
The main stakeholders will be traders, quants, structurers and other IT teams making it stimulating in terms
of hands-on work but also fast-paced liaison.
About the role:
The role is located within the Front Office division with the following responsibilities:
• Monitoring the traders’ books (solving pricing issues, ensuring that market data or position are
correct)
• Implementing new functionalities for the desk
• Acting as the link between the trader and the rest of the IT / research chain
• Providing the trading with efficient and adapted tools
• Ensuring that Greeks in the trading books are correct
• Foreseeing IT evolution of the existing tools (new models, IT changes)
Key Skills:
The ideal candidate will be a consultant from a top engineering school, with the following skills:
• Good programming skills (Java 11, C++,C#)
• Strong technical & problem solving skills
• Good knowledge of Financial Instruments, Greeks etc
• Highly motivated to work in a competitive environment
Next steps:
This role is a unique gateway into a rapidly transforming multinational company providing
direct exposure to Trading and Investment departments. If this sounds like the next step in
your career, we look forward to receiving your updated CV at
[Link]@[Link] and scheduling a convenient time for a call to discuss next
steps.
Thank you.