MRE Consulting, Ltd. (LM)
Required Industry Knowledge
- Understanding of all major global futures exchanges
- Knowledge of full exchange-traded derivatives trade lifecycle
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Commodity Trading & Price Risk Management or Capital Markets / Investment Banks – to bring credible externalization of mindset and approach and ensure we are cost: value competitive
- Knowledge of market data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, etc.) and liquidity aggregation platforms
- Understanding of financial regulations such as MiFID II, EMIR, and FCA guidelines
Role Overview
- Use technical skills to ensure business requirements are understood at all levels of delivery
- Assist with troubleshooting and issue resolution across development, support, and technical business users
- Serve as an subject matter expert for trading systems initiatives
- Communicate effectively with business, development, QA, infrastructure, and production support teams
- Analyze and map RFQ, order and trade lifecycles to help formulate solutions that will improve quality & efficiency across our trading systems
- Hands-on experience in delivering scalable algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible way. Experience of Algo regulation, audit and compliance (e.g. MIFID2 & RTS6) is highly desirable
Key Skills and Experience Required
- Knowledge of Third Party Networks and EMS/OMS software vendors. (e.g., TT, NYFIX, Bloomberg, TradingScreen)
- Experience working with instrument static data and/or other Market Data systems & protocols experience in both Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience in analyzing and implementing regulatory initiatives (e.g. MIFID II, MAD/MAR)
- Solid relevant experience in FIX Engineering
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets and propose innovative solutions
- Understanding of trading lifecycle, including order capture & execution, allocation workflow, settlement, and compliance requirements
- Experience with application support and vendor management
- Strong experience in exchange certification, application Deployment and support
- Must have strong technical skills in scripting, Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL or other programming languages
- Experience in messaging systems, and experience debugging network protocols such as TCP, multicast, would be highly regarded
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication skills to interact with traders, developers, and stakeholders
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure trading environment
- Proactive, self-motivated, and flexible with a positive attitude
- Ability to work under demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment