This section contains all our Information Technology jobs within investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity funds, insurance companies, and other financial services firms.
The right technology is often the differentiating factor in giving a financial services company the edge over its competitors. It can also, in the long run, help the organisation save money. Not surprisingly, therefore, firms in the financial sector are among the biggest spenders on IT recruitment.
In an investment bank, the really big user of technology is the trading floor and everything related to it. Whether it's a question of actually buying and selling financial products electronically, processing them through smart-order routing systems, or communicating to ensure that trades go through smoothly in the smallest amount of time possible, multimillion dollar technology projects are crucial to successful operations.
Within financial services, IT careers tend to fall into five camps - development, business analysis, project management, infrastructure and technical support.
Developers are at the coalface of the IT department. Although some of the job will involve developing new systems in-house, offering opportunities for developers using Java or other coding languages, banks often purchase software off the shelf from third-party vendors. A developer's job will therefore include tailoring the software to suit the institution's particular needs or integrate it into existing systems.
Within flow products like equities or FX, developers aim 'low latency' or reducing the amount of time it takes to both execute and process a trade.
Business analysts act as the liaison between the IT department and the business side of the organisation, investigating how technology can be used to improve the bank's competitive advantage.
Meanwhile, project managers will take the reins of the new venture once it's been given the go-ahead. Project management roles are strategic and involve planning, structuring and eventual completion of the projects. Project managers work with a team of developers, liaise with third-party vendors and are answerable to the business should plans go awry.
Those in technical support jobs solve problems when they arise on the trading floor. Infrastructure roles deal with the nuts and bolts of IT - everything from servers, to operating systems to databases.
This section also includes IT jobs working for third-party vendors, which specialise in providing software for a particular sector.
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| Product Specialist (Technical Client Support) French-speaking | SunGard not disclosed | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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French-speaker to join the AvantGard GetPaid EMEA support team as a Product Specialist. This role provides sof...
| Front Office Developer | Credit Suisse UK Competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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The role will cover all aspects of the trading platform, including interaction the exchange price feeds and tr...
| URGENT - London Based Consultancy Seek – Lead RAFT OR ROME Credit Risk Business Analyst – Contract or Perm | Bramwith Consulting £60,000 - £80,000 | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Global leading management consultancy seek a bright, articulate lead business analyst with strong understandin...
| Sales Services Technology - Business Intelligence & Workflow architect | Goldman Sachs Competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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The Sales Services Technology Business Unit creates and maintains technology for all sales desks in the Securi...
| Java Developer - Greenfield E Trading Credit Derivatives Platform | Radley James £80k-£140k | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Radley James has been retained by a Top Tier 1 Investment Bank to find an experienced Core Java, Low Latency D...
| Risk Anchor - Credit and Liquidity Risk, Basel II, Basel 2.5, Basel III | DJ Global Ltd GBP 80k to 130k depending on experience | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Our client a Global Consultancy are looking for experts in Risk Management for 6 different Tier 1 investment b...
| Cards Domain Consultant/SME | DJ Global Ltd GBP 70000 to 110000 depending on experie... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Our Client a Tier 1 Consultancy is looking for a Senior Consultant/SME to work with one of its Top Tier Financ...
| Excellent Market Risk Systems Architect | Huxley Associates £75000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus, Bene... | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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Excellent Market Risk Systems Architect Opportunity Key words: Architect, Architectural, Design, C++, C-Sharp,...
| Business Analyst - Credit Risk | Bank of America Merrill Lynch Competitive | UK-London | 16 May 12 |
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An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Business Analyst with Credit Risk experience to join the Risk Tec...
| Java Developer / Senior Java Developer, Scala, Market Leading Investment bank | Montash Limited Up to £120,000 + Bonus + Benefits | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Montash Associates have been retained by a world leading Investment Bank, to assist in the search for and acqu...
| Java Developer / Senior Java Developer, Low Level, Multithreading, Market Leading Investment bank | Montash Limited Up to £120,000 + Bonus + Benefits | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Montash Associates have been retained by a world leading Investment Bank, to assist in the search for and acqu...
| Senior C# WPF Developer / Front Office C# WPF Technologist – Greenfield Credit eTrading Platform Build Project, Leading Investment Bank | Montash Limited £80k - £120k + £Benefits + £Bonus | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Montash Associates have been retained by a prestigious, industry leading Investment Bank, to assist in the acq...
| Business Analyst - Payments, SEPA, SWIFT, CHAPS, Fundtech | McGregor Boyall £60K base + bens | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Business Analyst - Payments, SEPA, SWIFT, CHAPS, Fundtech My client, a leading corporate bank are looking t...
| Director, Programme / Project Manager Change, Risk Clearing Investment Bank London | Alexander Ash Consulting £125000 to £175000 plus bonus and packag... | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Director, Programme / Project Manager Change, Risk Clearing Investment Bank London
| VP Credit Risk Reporting (Data Quality) | Barclay Simpson £70-100,000+bonus | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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A top tier Investment bank is looking to recruit a VP level position in their market-leading Credit Risk Repor...
| Credit Risk Business Analysts | Carr Lyons Search and Selection Excellent | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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My client, a top Tier Investment Bank, are looking to hire two Business Analysts to join their credit risk tea...
| Credit Risk Business Analyst/Project Manager | Carr Lyons Search and Selection Excellent | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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My client is seeking a highly experienced business analyst/project manager to report into the head of a credit...
| Technical Business Analyst - Regulatory - Financial Services | Orgtel £55000 - £75000 per annum + Excellent pa... | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Technical Business Analyst required to work on a new regulatory programme at financial software house .
| Business Analyst, Credit Risk | Agg Jones £400-500 per day (Ltd Company) | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Agg Jones are currently working with the Wealth arm of Tier 1 Bank who are looking to appoint a Business Analy...
| VC++ C# Developer - XML SQL Oracle - Pricing Fixed Income Derivatives | Adlam Consulting Ltd £500 - £600 /day | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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C++Developer with Fixed Income experience. Good Maths & develop some Server Side componets in C#. Development ...
| Senior Business Analyst (Derivatives) | Northern Trust Competitive | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Northern Trust is recruiting a Senior BA to join the Derivatives team supporting Northern's Global Custody and...
| Treasury Systems Subject Matter expert (SME) | Burns Sheehan £400-500 per day depending on exp | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Treasury specialist Business Analyst required to work on-site at a leading global trading firm. The successful...
| Programme Manager- Market Risk IT | Cititec Associates Limited £90000 - £120000 per annum | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Market Risk Programme Manager is required by a leading investment bank to manage a global Change the Bank IT p...
| C++/SQL Credit Risk Engines Developer | McGregor Boyall 600 | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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C++ SQL Credit Risk Engines Developer C++ SQL Credit Risk Engines Developer required for this top tier bank...
| Data Support Analyst | Bank of America Merrill Lynch Competitive | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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An exceptional opportunity has arisen to work for Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a Data Support Analyst for ...
| C#/WPF Developer - eCommerce | Nomura £60,000 to £70,000 | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Nomura International are looking for an experience C#/WPF Developer to join a growing eCommerce Development Te...
| Java Deevloper - Fixed Income - Perm | Nomura Competitive | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Java developer required for Rates Cash Trade Processing platform. This role would involve strong real time dev...
| Business Analyst/Project Manager - Commodities | Investigo Change Solutions £475 - 575 per day | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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My client, a leading global Investment bank is looking for an accomplished business analyst/project manager to...
| Counterparty Risk Data Specialist VP Tier 1 Investment Bank | Orgtel £70000 - £100000 per annum | UK-London | 15 May 12 |
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Counterparty Risk Data Specialist VP Tier 1 Investment Bank The Counterparty Credit Risk Reporting Team at thi...
| Senior Developer - Information Technology - Standard & Poor's Rating Services, EMEA | TheMcGraw-HillCompanies not disclosed | UK-London | 14 May 12 |
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