Front Arena Implementation Specialist

About the company

If you're looking for a supportive team that's invested in your growth you've found the right place! At First Line Software, we build the company around people. That means we prioritize your satisfaction at work, and finding your unique career path on our team. We can easily spot strong potential and passion. So, for us, it is not just about what experience you have when you join. It's about how big you can dream, and how we can help you achieve it!

We are an international team of more than 500 motivated professionals connected across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and India. As our company grows, we are on the lookout for fellow tech enthusiasts and team players who think big and love getting their hands on new challenges. Sound like your kind of team? Read on!

The project and your role

We are currently looking for a Front Arena Implementation Specialist to support our client within the Financial Sector.

• Initially, you will be embedded in current projects to deliver our solution, but we will require you to rapidly assimilate the capabilities of the solution to lead implementations of our software within 3 months
• You will act on your own or as a team leader for functional and technical aspects of consulting projects for our hedge fund customer base for front office trade entry, position keeping, greeks and sensitivities, watch listing, NAV and cash management, as well as operational aspects of reconciliation to primes and custodians and Nav, sign off and performance tracking
  
• Mentoring, guiding, advising, and/or checking the work of less experienced business systems analysts and technology once up to speed
  

• Installation and setup of applications

• Developing scripts, customizing implementation of applications

• Writing test plans and test cases to ensure that enhancements made to applications meet client requirements and maintain application integrity
  
• Influencing clients, business partners, and service providers regarding priorities hardware/software selection and/or vendor selection
  

• Working directly with clients at the client site

• You will eventually work as a pre-sales support specialist when needed

Your skills

• Bachelor's degree in one of the following disciplines: Information science, computer science, business administration, economics, finance, or a combination of education and work experience
  
• You will come from the industry either from the IT of a hedge fund organization or have deep experience working for front and back-office solutions for the hedge fund space
  
• You must have had hands-on experience directly implementing a similar solution to our flagship Cross Asset Trading and Risk Platform (as known as Front Arena) such as Enfusion, Orchestra de, Tradar, Murex, or Calypso
  

• Familiarity with the needs of Global Macro, Vol, and Convertible Arbitrage strategies is a must

• Good verbal and written communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences at 

  different hierarchical levels

• Good analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, interpersonal, teamwork, negotiation, 

  conflict management and time management greeks kill

• Ability to persuade and influence others of the best course of action

Bonus if you have

• Knowledge of Cross Assets Risk and Trading Platform (Front Arena) and services and the financial services industry.
  
• Proficiency in at least one appropriate application programming language, such as Python, C#, C++, and/or Java

What we can offer

• Our modern stack projects are the right mix of exciting and challenging

• Gain access to our diverse range of training programs, courses, and certifications

• We offer the freedom of flexible working hours

• Enhance your language skills with our corporate English classes