My client is looking for a solid KDB+ developer to lead the KDB+ development activities across Fixed Income Rates and Currencies group in London.

The role will require a strong leader who can work closely with the front office business and lead the strategic direction of the KDB platform.

The team will work on the build out of the current KDB platform to meet new client demands across the Fixed Income Rates and Currencies group and to achieve this you work closely with the Front Office Quant and Trading business.

Work covers KDB architecture including but not limited to:

• low latency tick
• schema
• Q framework
• user focused analytics and visualization
• scripting
• some java components
• design of significantly sized KDB+ systems and Infrastructures
• development on a Unix or Linux environment
• low latency systems development and tick data capture
• core Java 

 Industry: Investment Banking

Our client is looking for two highly skilled server-side Developers to join their high performance team delivering state of the art, value adding solutions to their business stakeholders. This position is to work closely with
the Fixed Income and Equities eTrading business.

• You will have strong C# server-side development background. Extensive knowledge of .NET Framework 4.0 +, messaging technologies (idealy ZeroMQ and RabbitMQ), SQL, XML and source control systems such as Git and TFS are essential.
• Automated testing and CI experience is also desirable.
• A ‘can do’ attitude is required along with excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• My client would strongly welcome candidates from a solid Java server-side development background who would like to make that transition into .Net
• MSc in Computer Science, Mathematics or Business Science is desirable but not essential.

Please enquire by sending your CV to [email protected] Alternatively, please contact me on the following number +44 203 637 2833.

Industry: Financial Markets

We’re hiring!

Fleet Technology is the Technology recruitment arm of Fleet Search and Selection (Established 2009) and focuses on the recruitment of IT specialists across the globe with mandates covering Europe, the Americas and AsiaPac. We possess strong client relationships with Group CIO/ CTO’s across trading operations of global investment banking clients. Our Directors are highly skilled with 12 – 25 years recruitment experience in their field.

 WE BELIEVE THAT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND MARKET INSIGHT  

NOT HIGH TARGETS, LEAD TO HIGH FEES

WE OFFER AUTONOMY AND HIGH REWARDS FOR THOSE THAT THINK THE SAME

Our business has ROCKETED over the last year and we are looking for an ambitious and driven individual to work closely with our Technology Recruitment Director supporting his expanding workload in what might be your first or second recruitment role. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN AT GROUND LEVEL AND BE PART OF A FORWARD THINKING BUSINESS TO WORK ALONGSIDE AND LEARN FROM SOME OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED RECRUITERS IN THE CITY…

We are a small (7 person) team of like minded professionals with many years of recruitment experience. You will be based in our London office and will be working one-on-one with the Technology recruitment Director, assisting in the recruitment of permanent and contract front office technology staff globally. As you develop your sector knowledge and recruitment skills, we will give you exposure to Consultancy work and will support you to generate your own fees within a short period of time, ultimately progressing to a full time Junior Consultancy position.

Previous recruitment or sales experience is preferred. We will provide you with interesting recruitment projects, training, team support and a friendly open office in which you can excel. In return, you will apply a strong work ethic to make sure you deliver on expectations in both your targets and self-development.

Above all you must be smart, intelligent, a good negotiator, thoughtful, quick-thinking and be able to conduct a confident dialogue at senior management level.

This is an exceptional opportunity providing great earning potential if you can apply yourself to achieve all that you can.

The role:

• Build new candidate relationships through research and networking.
• Identify and approach potential candidates via the phone and online.
• Manage, organise and control your own recruitment processes.
• Negotiate on multiple levels with candidates.
• Advertise vacancies, processing applications and shortlisting candidates.
• Research the financial services technology sector.
• Provide market analysis
• Meet candidates and clients face to face.
• Maintain communication with established candidates to business develop and promote Fleet Technology.
• Identify potential recruiting needs and follow up on leads.
• Facilitate the hiring process including interviewing and screening candidates.
• Guide candidates through the hiring process.
• Maintain good working relationships with candidates and team members.
• Resolve and manage candidate issues.
• Maintain and build the candidate database.

 You:

• Demonstrable evidence of personal achievement.
• Some commercial / business experience (preferably Recruitment or Sales).
• Knowledge of the realities of a business career.
• Possess a strong work ethic to go that extra mile.
• Be pro-active in identifying and creating opportunities and supporting others.
• Be self motivated and confident working on your own as there will be occasions when your Team members are away on assignments.
• Intelligent, thoughtful, hungry and career-minded.

Our environment:

• Mature.
• Professional.
• Focused on long term growth not short term gain.
• Sociable.
• Flexible.
• Team orientated.
• Rewarding.
• Encouraging.
• Challenging.

 What we offer:

• Competitive starting base salary + commission.
• Full training and career progression plan.
• An open and supportive working environment
• Good career opportunities to develop your research and professional skills within a niche industry.

This vacancy is for a full-time permanent role. To apply, e-mail your CV and Cover Letter to [email protected]

Our client is a European Bank with a strong presence in the London market.  They are seeking someone to join the Compliance Audit Team covering compliance risk. The role offers excellent exposure to all the main risks of the firm across a range of business and product lines. The ethos of the business is one of professional nurture, and they offer great career development potential for the right candidates.

Role Highlights

• Leading and participating in audit activities to assess risk, and ensuring that all work undertaken meets agreed timescales .
• Supervising and coaching small teams as required
• Managing relationships, liasing with stakeholders, and collaborating with other teams as required
• Producing required management information (MI) for Senior Management.
• Experience in meeting tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written

Requirements

• Good academic and professional qualifications, including ACA
• Experience of compliance internal audit, either through another banking institution, or as part of a Big 4 Assurance Team

In addition to base salary, the role offers an excellent flexible benefits package including Private medical Insurance, Pension, and generous holiday allowance, and all benefits you would expect from a financial institution of stature

Our client is a leading Global Investment with Headquarters in London.  They are seeking someone to join their Quantitative Finance Audit section  in London at Senior VP level.  With a very strong background in Quantitative Finance, with a focus on Market Risk. The right candidate will have excellent quantitative and analytic skills, and an excellent knowledge of financial markets and banking products.

Requirements

• An advanced degree in a relevant quantitative field, eg Mathematics, engineering, finance or economics
• Good knowledge of financial models across all asset classes.
• Experience in another banking institution at VP Level
• Great communication and people skills

The Role:

• Contribute to the Corporate Audit Market Risk team’s coverage of model risk management
• Lead audit reviews of global market portfolios with an emphasis on market and credit risk valuation.
• Acting as subject matter expert for Quantitative and Market Risk Audit
• Participating in communications with regulatory agencies
• Continuous monitoring and verification of Value at Risk estimates, Stress testing results at many different levels of granularity for positions and portfolios in global markets
• Develop and maintain good professional relationship with associates in all areas of the bank, including risk, trading, middle and back office
• Managing ad hoc projects as required

Our client is one of the world’s leading Global Investment Banks.  They are looking for a VP/ ED to join their Wealth Management Audit Team in the UK, based in London.  As part of a small and talented team of five, you will have responsibility for delivering the audit services, leading risk assessments, developing audit plans and managing their execution and completion.  The role will involve delivering special project services and managing your own client portfolio and relationships across the business groups, as well as managing junior auditors.  The role also offers the opportunity to professionally interact with senior management, whilst keeping abreast of the latest developments in the bank’s environment and business activities of the Group.

You will be a high performing, results orientated individual with a strong audit background, and a track record in Wealth Management.

Requirements:

• ACA or ACCA with a minimum of 3 years’ experience at VP level in either Wealth Management or Private Banking Audit
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to interact easily with all levels of personnel, both within internal audit, and the business as a whole.

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Auditor with working knowledge of Capital Markets / Trading within the UK market looking for a new challenge within the highly reputable Investment Bank where you can truly progress and the value you add is recognised. Our client is seeking a bright, analytical and ambitious individual with an inquisitive mind as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join their ever growing Global Markets division.

You will work across all business areas within trading and get exposure to all asset class, however experience in equities rates / fixed income products would be of particular use.  They also encourage internal mobility, as well as the opportunity to become a specialist as well as progress upwards with a dedicated career development programme which is tailored to the individual.
Essential requirements

• ACA/ ACCA/ CIA or any other relevant Audit/ Accounting qualification
• Internal Audit experience from practice or a bank in the UK
• OR External audit experience with firm grasp of risk and control
• Sound knowledge of Capital Markets/ Trading products
• Understanding of risk and control on business process within an investment bank
• Strong analytical and technical nous
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – able to build stakeholder
• Relationship

Our client is a Global Investment Bank Global Investment banking firm with a strong footprint across EMEA, USA and Asia.  They are looking for an experienced IT Applications Audit professional to join their EMEA IT Audit division.

The nature of the bank’s business is within the wholesale / global markets space hence front office reviews will be part of your wider mandate, whilst the main focus will be within Support functions including Finance and Operations. Experience of client money, transaction reporting, collateral settlements would be a huge advantage. The role offers a wealth of opportunities for those wanting to deepen their technical knowledge, take leadership of projects, work on high profile engagements, face-off to regulators and progress further in their career. You will be part of a deeply technical IT Audit team who have consistently added value, hence the expectations are high but you will gain enormously from a thriving organisation.

Essential skills:

• Strong working knowledge of IT Applications Audit or Technology Risk
• Management with sound understanding of risk and control
• Sound understanding of Corporate Division / Support functions within an
• Investment Bank and technology which are relevant to these business areas
• Experience of managing projects / leading Audit engagements
• Ability to identify key risks and make sound judgement
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to build relationship with stakeholders/ auditees/ external parties, ie regulators
• Experience in coaching and managing junior staff
• Ability to lead regional and / or global projects
• Experience of data analytical tools

Our client is a European Bank with a strong presence in the London market.  They are seeking someone to join the Audit Team covering Operational Risk Audit in London. The role offers excellent exposure to all the main risks of the firm across a range of business and product lines. The ethos of the business is one of professional nurture, and they offer great career development potential for the right candidates.

Requirements

• A good understanding of Internal Audit process, and risk and controls within audit reviews
• An awareness of model risk, Stress Test exercises and Basel regulation
• Strong analytical skills, and capability in the use of Excel and SAS
• Great communication skills
• Ability to meet tight deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy

Main Duties

• Management of small / non-complex audits
• Providing guidance to more junior team members
• Contribution to the audit planning process.
• Contributing to the drafting of Findings, Recommendations and sections of the Audit Report.
• Supervising and providing coaching and support for more junior team members

In addition to base salary, the role offers an excellent flexible benefits package including Private medical Insurance, Pension, and generous holiday allowance, and all benefits you would expect from a financial institution of stature.

Our client is a leading global investment bank.  This is an exciting contract opportunity for a Capital Markets Auditor  to assist in the final section of the audit year end. The successful candidate will be working at VP level or above, and have an audit background in a similar banking or financial services environment within a Capital Markets Function.  Experience in the risks and controls governing front office is essential, and exposure to Equities, and rates / fixed income products would be particularly useful.

Essential requirements

• Relevant qualification, such as CA, or ACCA
• Internal Audit experience from practice or a bank in the UK
• Sound knowledge of Capital Markets/ Trading products
• Understanding of risk and control on business process within an investment bank
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Immediate Start – Contract length – 4 weeks +
Day Rate £500 – £700