Job Title: Trade Support
Job Contract: 12 months fixed term contract
Type: Shift work
Location: London

Opportunity Overview: A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join my client, one of the leading invoice finances and asset-based lending companies in the UK, as a Trade/Functional Support Contractor.

Role Objective: Provide support to traders' using the ABN AMRO GES infrastructure to trade. To set-up new clients on the trading systems, administer trading limits on the systems, and perform daily and monthly duties around the functional administration of the GES systems, clients and department.

Key Responsibilities:
* Provide support for ABN AMRO Clearing Clients.
* Ensure smooth running of the trading systems, have regular contact with the ISV's Exchanges, other ABN staff and Traders.
* Monitor platforms and engage in kill switch activities.
* Set up new traders and remove old traders from the trading systems, enabling accounts, and connecting trading keys, passwords to exchanges to allow for traders to go live, or be restricted as required.
* Vendor testing and documentation of test results.
* Make functional administrative changes that need to be made to the systems on a day to day basis.
* Work with all GES global teams - participate in cross training and knowledge sharing activities.
* Administer risk limits in AACB trading systems and exchange GUIs.
* Handle customer complaints in an effective and productive manner, and prepare a lessons learnt document.
* Work with ISV's over bugs and required enhancements.
* Promote new GES business and build good relationships with existing clients.
* Keep Risk department informed of any information that would help them in performing their duties.
* Manage Day to Day activities in line with existing Level 1 risk and Controls
* Client on-boarding to be delivered within agreed deadlines
* Oversee trading activities in the event of ABN AMRO or Exchange downtime.
* Produce accurate billing for clients of GES on a monthly basis.
* Ensure good communication between GES Department and Compliance on any related issues.
* Working with our clearing departments on exchange upgrades

Requirements:
* Ideally degree educated, or a strong academic record to at least GCSE and/or A Level standard (including mathematics).
* At least 1 year of experience in an execution and Electronic Trading support role.
* MUST have knowledge of the following exchange GUIs: Eurex C7/T7, CME firmsoft, ICE clearing Admin, Xetra, EEX, LME
* Ability to communicate with clients, brokers exchanges and internal departments.
* Understanding of Financial Markets including both futures/options and equity markets.
* Understanding of the functionality of trading software (Trading Technologies/FIX engines)
* Accuracy and numerically astute.
* Good working knowledge of MS Office
* An awareness of the regulation that impacts automated and DMA trading.
* Knowledge of JIRA
* Basic knowledge of FX trading.

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