?Head of Commodities Index Technology
The Commodities business is continuing to expand its product offering of indices composed of commodities. This role is for a team leader for a newly formed Commodities Index technology team. The ideal applicant will be a hands on developer with considerable experience and a track record in Commodities Index construction, trade lifecycle and risk. Previous line management experience is an advantage but not essential.
Team/Function Overview
Commodities Operations and Technology is a part for the Global Macro technology organization within Citigroup. The Index trading technology team is located across locations with a primary focus in London and Pune. This role is for a technical lead for Index trading technology team. The role is based in London and requires both technical team leadership and strong business knowledge. The role also includes relationship management with the traders and multiple support partners (such as legal, compliance), operations, development and support teams to ensure that we are all delivering a quality solution in line with the overall business and technology strategy.
Role / Position Overview
The role is to manage and drive the technology initiatives for the index desk from London working with Trading and Support partners. The successful candidate will be responsible for the definition of the approach and the management of delivery within their teams and with other teams.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will:
- Be hands on in development of core systems that are in java/.net and hosted on Linux/cloud and not just contribute, but drive/lead adopting cutting edge technology.
- Be a subject matter expert with a track record in the index and exotics business, including index composition, risk management booking and associated trade lifecycle events.
- Establish strong relationships with the global business stakeholders, Technology team and drive/develop and implement complex projects.
- Ensure transparency of project deliveries to all stakeholders
- Partner/collaborate with Production Support team to improve stability and scalability of systems and providing tools that help users.
Development Value:
The candidate has the opportunity to be a major contributor to the Citi Markets and contribute towards the goal of increasing revenue leveraging the technology platform. The candidate will have the opportunity and visibility to work with on the business and technology heads and the successful candidate can make a significant difference to the business performance.
Criteria/Qualifications
Knowledge/Experience:
- Experience in J2EE and working knowledge of.Net development, working knowledge in Oracle 11
- Global Financial Markets exposure, strong knowledge of the index business (ideally based on previous experience with commodities)
- Extensive experience in developing, defining and delivering trading and risk systems
- Strong leadership experience leading teams.
- Good communication skills in handling varied business stakeholders and ensuring project transparency
- Test-driven development, Agile continuous integration, adoption of jenkins/sonar
- Knowledge of DevOps and tools
Approach:
- Excellent communication skills
- An enthusiastic ‘can do’ approach
- A positive and pro-active attitude
- Willingness to learn
- Flexible and adaptive, team player
- Analytical and interpersonal skills
- Understanding of financial concepts
- Technology skills – Java/J2EE/.NET C#/Oracle DB
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree.
- Preferable in computer science related or financial related.
Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.
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