Dealing Room IT Officer

Gulf Connexions
Bahrain

Ref: GP692-1242
Gulf Connexions

The Role


The Role


Our client, a leading global bank is looking for a Dealing Room IT Officer to join their expanding team in Bahrain. The ideal candidate has to work on projects for regional dealing rooms and fix bugs in the pricing systems (mainly using spreadsheets).

Responsibilities:
• Handle several different tasks and prioritise according to business risk.
• Anticipate requests and propose solutions to daily issues (both workaround and stable solution).
• Work closely on pricing systems with Quants (in London), discuss with traders to understand and perform amendments of pricing tools.
• Understand FI products (mainly vanilla and exotic products) and investment strategy so as to provide with a functional support to different sales desks (about 40 applications to support).

Requirements


Requirements


• Engineering school or Master's degree in Mathematics/Information Technology.
• Knowledge of finance environment (specifically Fix Income and ALM Treasury) is a plus.
• Knowledge of Reuters and/or Bloomberg (or at least one Market Data provider such as Six Telekurs).
• Excellent knowledge of VBA and of any OO language and a good knowledge of SQL and at least 1 database.
• Good level of English.

Candidates who qualify for this position may kindly apply online. Please upload your CV in MS Word Document format.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About the Company


About the Company


Gulf Connexions Group is the region’s leading specialist recruitment consultancy providing a wealth of local and international expertise and in-depth market intelligence for its blue-chip clients and candidates.

Contact our consultants directly for your specialist recruitment requirements. For candidates searching for job opportunities and requiring informed career advice, Gulf Connexions provides updates on the top positions available across the region.

Headquartered in Bahrain in the heart of central business district, Gulf Connexions maintains offices in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Singapore, fully equipped with state-of-the-art database technologies. Gulf Connexions has a rigorous screening process for all prospective candidates with interviewing facilities available throughout the region.

Gulf Connexions has the most extensive database of experienced and qualified banking candidates available for regional deployment. Gulf Connexions works closely with the region's leading blue chip organizations providing candidates with excellent career path development and unrivaled employment opportunities.
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