A . Department Description
The Local Currency Trading group deals with cross product market-making and positioning in local currency derivative and cash products across all Latin American asset classes. It is a provider of liquidity and customised risk profiles for Corporate, Sovereign and Institutional clients as well as structured transactions and issuances.
LCT has both a local and offshore sales and trading force which is integral to the growth and cultivation of a strong local client base. We currently have a very strong franchise in Mexico and in Brazil
B . Brief Description
The focus of this role will be to work with the offshore teams in Mexico/Brazil and work on integrating the local systems with the global systems. This will involve building new components and enhancing existing components in global applications like Rv2.
C . Job Responsibilities
Interact with onshore tech teams and understand the local requirements and document it
Keep track of onshore development efforts
Design and develop generic and flexible solutions for LCT which could also be re-used by other trading desks if required
Provide support to the users as and when required
D . Qualifications
Spanish/Portugese speaking
Excellent problem solving/investigation abilities
Excellent Communication skills (will be required to face off against traders/front office users)
Ability to translate user requirements into working code.
Solid server side Java design and implementation experience.
Database design (ideally Oracle)