Vice President

BlackRock•New York, NY

1d•$210,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Collaborate with our global trading and operations teams and Aladdin Business to deliver multi-asset trading solutions and technology across global markets. Support Fixed Income and FX trading connectivity. Build knowledge of FIX protocols and their application to financial services workflows within Order Execution Management Systems, Electronic Communication Networks and Post Trade Confirmations. Provide clear business requirements and liaise with the development team to drive the functional gaps through development and to the end user. Define workflows and specifications, liaise with development, test internally and with the counterparts, and deploy to our customers including training them when necessary. Define FIX requirements/specifications and propose new FIX workflows to extend electronic trading and post trade processes and protocols. Lead multiple technology projects throughout the software development lifecycle -iincluding release process, testing, certification, deployment, and training, all while aligning with client SLAs. Work directly with Clients, Brokers, and Platforms to certify, build and roll out new FIX connections. Manage the full lifecycle of new workflows and FIX sessions onboarding. Partner with engineers to bring specifications to life via the Aladdin product. Track and measure progress for each electronic trading initiative to ensure we deliver best in class capabilities on time. Participate in industry events, panels and conferences to keep abreast of the market trends.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Business, Finance, or related field, and 72 months of experience in job offered, or closely related role.
In the alternative, employer will accept a Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Businness, Finance, or related field, and 48 months of experience in job offered, or closely related role.
Experience with multiple FIX versions including 4.2, 4.4, and 5.0
Multiple Asset classes including Equities, Derivatives, FX and Fixed Income
Understanding of TCP and IP, firewalls, and connectivity issues in financial networks
Supporting global trading activities using technology solutions
Electronic trading end-to-end workflows including axes, orders, executions, allocations, and confirmations
Client integration for Foreign Exchange trading including NDFs, options, swaps and swaptions
Cross team collaboration with sales, technology, traders, operations, regulatory and services teams
Collaboration with external parties including clients and trading counterparties
Methodical development and execution of test plans to certify trading workflows
Working in a UNIX environment
Working with SQL, and corresponding tools such as Aqua DataStudio
Working with ticket management systems including Microsoft Azure DevOps, or Atlassian JIRA

Responsibilities

Deliver multi-asset trading solutions and technology across global markets.
Support Fixed Income and FX trading connectivity.
Define workflows and specifications, liaise with development, test internally and with the counterparts, and deploy to our customers including training them when necessary.
Define FIX requirements/specifications and propose new FIX workflows to extend electronic trading and post trade processes and protocols.
Lead multiple technology projects throughout the software development lifecycle -iincluding release process, testing, certification, deployment, and training, all while aligning with client SLAs.
Work directly with Clients, Brokers, and Platforms to certify, build and roll out new FIX connections.
Manage the full lifecycle of new workflows and FIX sessions onboarding.
Partner with engineers to bring specifications to life via the Aladdin product.
Track and measure progress for each electronic trading initiative to ensure we deliver best in class capabilities on time.
Participate in industry events, panels and conferences to keep abreast of the market trends.