PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

• Be responsible for the ultimate business value/benefit realized from the Core Trading service.
• Be responsible for planning, designing, implementing, supporting, and leveraging the Core Trading system, and ensure that the Core Trading meets business expectations and aligns with the business strategy.
• Be responsible for defining, planning, tracking, and managing other projects assigned.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, coordinate, and manage all activities related to the Core Trading system including business requirements, service design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance.
• Work closely with the Front-End team to best provide trading service to clients in terms of utility and warranty.
• Coordinate with all stakeholders including external users, internal users, vendors, and the Authorities to ensure that change process management is well managed and implemented from end to end.
• Work as a PM or Business Analyst role for other projects assigned.
• Manage and build up the Core Trading development team to support and align with business demand in the short term and business strategy in the long run.
• Maintain a close relationship with both internal and external users, and suppliers to ensure the value created through the utility and warranty of services assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

1. Educational level:
• University degree in computer systems design or computer science.

2. Knowledge & Experiences:
• 3+ years of equivalent work experience
• Strong knowledge of securities trading business including related risk management perspective
• Good knowledge of trading technology, STP, SWIFT, FIX protocol, and the overall trading architecture
• Strong knowledge of Pre-trade/Post-trade business processes and risk management
• Knowledge of project planning and management procedures, practices, and techniques
• Strong business and systems analysis skills, test planning and testing skills, troubleshooting skills, and experience with numerous environments and architectures
• Experience in requirements management, use case, and modeling tools
• Ability to conduct cost/benefit analysis

3. Technical skills: 
• Technically fluent in programming languages
• Good project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures, project lifecycle models, etc
• Knowledge of database design and file management techniques
• Working knowledge of network and PC operating systems
• Knowledge of network hardware, protocols, and standards
• Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives

4. Soft skills:
• Strong customer-service orientation
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Ability to conduct research into application development issues and products
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Keen attention to detail
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment