The successful project / programme manager will be competent and highly regarded individual who has experience delivering projects in a range of scenarios for Capital Markets clients.

You will have the following experience:

• Successful delivery of Capital Markets software solutions (bespoke or packaged)
• Successful estimation and delivery of fixed price engagements for clients
• Expertise in one or more Capital Markets business areas and/or asset classes.

You will be prepared to work on the client’s site and work on a variety of projects of varying scale for that client.

In addition to project delivery work, the role may include the following:

• Pre-sales consulting, proposal development  and project estimations
• Mentoring and line management
• Technology consulting
• Business analysis and requirements gathering.

Qualifications:

•  Bachelors degree or similar
• Prince 2 or comparable project management methodology experience

Skills

• Client-facing consulting experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• People management, motivational and leadership skills

What we are looking for in you:

• Entrepreneurial spirit, personal and professional integrity and a desire to relentlessly strive to obtain excellence
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills
• High attention to detail and exceptional technical knowledge.

What we offer:

• A challenging and varied role in a Capital Markets consulting firm
• The ability to grow and attain levels of seniority within a growing company
• An above average salary with a generous, quarterly bonus package
• The chance to join a fun, energetic and dynamic team of people.

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The successful applicant will be a competent and highly regarded individual who enjoys a varied role and is able to build strong working relationships with traders and end users in a range of scenarios for Capital Markets clients.

You will be prepared to work on the client’s site and work on a variety of projects of varying scale for that client. You will be an expert in:

• Wintel and Unix server infrastructure
• Enterprise messaging middleware, including RV, EMS, MQ, MSMQ and other specialist middleware (e.g., 29West)
• High-availability infrastructures
• Grid computing and other CPU-intensive calculation infrastructure
• Market Data infrastructure: Reuters, Bloomberg, others
• Expert knowledge in multiple RDBMS vendor technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase)
• Trading Applications: eg, Fidessa, ION MarketView, others
• Advanced networking skills: LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, multicast
• Industry protocol experience: (e.g.: SWIFT, FIX)
• Datacentre and Virtualisation infrastructure (e.g.: SAN technology, SRDF, VMWare)
• Hands on experience as a DBA, SA, or similar, with experience in OS-specific script authoring.
• With top level communication skills you will be customer focused and be able to demonstrate high levels of expertise to clients. You will have demonstrable experience working as a software/infrastructure architect.
• Suitable candidates will have a background in investment banking/private banking/trading environments and will be used to dealing with the complex infrastructure requirements needed trading environments.

In addition to project work, the role may include the following:

• Mentoring and line management
• Technology consulting

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or similar

Skills

• Client-facing consulting experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• People management, motivational and leadership skills

Qualities we look for:

• Entrepreneurial spirit, personal and professional integrity and a desire to relentlessly strive to obtain excellence
• A team player
• High attention to detail and exceptional technical knowledge.

What we offer:

• A challenging and varied role in a Capital Markets consulting firm
• The ability to grow and attain levels of seniority within a growing company
• An above average salary with a generous, quarterly bonus package
• The chance to join a fun, energetic and dynamic team of people.

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The successful Market Data Specialist will have extensive experience within the financial / securities industry, working with Low Latency systems and applications such as RMDS, Wombat, Celoxica, Bloomberg BPIPE or other market data providers.

You will be able to build strong working relationships with traders and end users in a range of scenarios for Capital Markets clients.

Your prime responsibilities will be to support, implement and maintain Market Data platforms and connectivity for our clients.

You will be prepared to work on the client’s site and work on a variety of projects of varying scale for that client.

• UNIX and Linux
• Trading Applications; (Fidessa and/or GL Trade)
• Bloomberg, Reuters Dealing 3000, EBS Dealing, Bridge Telerate & Reuters Data Feeds
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Basic network skills; LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX
• Development and maintenance of Shell Scripts within UNIX environments
• Perl Scripting
• Expertise in one or more Capital Markets business areas and/or asset classes.

You will ensure sub-millisecond speed, zero data loss and be able to deliver data in multiform conflated and non-conflated market data feeds according to our clients’ needs.
Suitable candidates will have a background in investment banking/private banking/trading environment and be used to dealing with the high level of customer service and fast-paced reactions required for a front office position.

In addition to project work, the role may include the following:

• Mentoring and line management
• Technology consulting

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or similar

Skills

• Client-facing consulting experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• People management, motivational and leadership skills

What we look for:

• Entrepreneurial spirit, personal and professional integrity and a desire to relentlessly strive to obtain excellence
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills
• High attention to detail and exceptional technical knowledge.

What we offer:

• A challenging and varied role in a Capital Markets consulting firm
• The ability to grow and attain levels of seniority within a growing company
• An above average salary with a generous, quarterly bonus package
• The chance to join a fun, energetic and dynamic team of people.

Apply now

The successful project manager will be competent and highly regarded individual who has experience of managing projects in a range of situations for financial services clients.

It is absolutely essential that this includes some experience of delivering bespoke software applications, and/or fixed price solutions and/or projects delivering solutions to investment banking arena.

You will be prepared to work on site (within the City) and work on a variety of complex and large scale applications.

You will have good product knowledge in one or more areas (derivatives, rates, credit, FX, equity) but with a particular experience with Fixed Income platforms.

The role will include the following:

•  Work with teams of other Project Managers, analysts and programmers as required
• Use structured tools and methods
• Assist with added value consulting services as well as technology solutions
• Pre-Sales and delivery role

Qualifications:

•  Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent
• Prince 2 project methodology framework is essential
• Client-facing consulting practices experience
• Training in risk management
• OOAD, UML and RUP

What we look for in you:

• Entrepreneurial spirit, personal and professional integrity and a desire to relentlessly strive to obtain excellence
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills
• High attention to detail and exceptional technical knowledge. You will need to profess as an expert
• Be able to work accurately without close supervision (at times under pressured conditions)

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• Consultancy to utilise tool-set to assess latency in the financial services sector; customers given necessary insight into increasing competitive edge and performance of their trading systems.

LONDON, 2nd May 2012 – Grey Spark Partners, the capital markets consultancy with offices in London and Hong Kong, today announced a strategic partnership with Velocimetrics, a London based software company that develops real-time performance monitoring solutions for trading environments. GreySpark will now be using the Velocimetrics tool-set to assess latency on all related projects.

Velocimetrics uses innovative software to monitor and manage high-performance highly-distributed applications, providing key business performance indicators, such as measured latency, a key focus and speciality for GreySpark. As part of GreySpark’s services, they offer research and strategy consulting via their research arm, Capital Markets Intelligence. Following this division’s annual review of latency vendor offering and latency benchmarking, delivered via report entitled “Low Latency: Faster than Light” in February, GreySpark decided to formerly commence a partnership with Velocimetrics. During the research cycle for this report, GreySpark consultants were trained extensively by Velocimetrics’ experts to use their technology throughout, in order to accurately evaluate low latency technology providers and strategies to reduce latency.

Using Velocimetrics tool-kit, GreySpark consultants will be able to analyse the business flows in high capacity, high frequency trading environments in real-time, to provide traders and trade desk managers with immediate information regarding the performance of their systems and networks. This will give their customers the insight needed to increase their competitive edge and the financial performance of their trading systems.

Steve Colwill, CEO and Chief Architect, Velocimetrics, commented: “The bespoke nature of trading systems means that monitoring solutions must be customised to suit. Of the consultancies that we considered, GreySpark demonstrated an unrivalled understanding of how trading systems operate and how parameters such as latency can influence their performance and competitiveness. GreySpark’s technical expertise and experience in this area make them the ideal partner to undertake new implementations of Velocimetrics based solutions for customers.”

Frederic Ponzo, Managing Partner, GreySpark Partners, added: “When we were evaluating potential partners specifically for the latency research, Velocimetrics was a clear front runner, and well suited to the task we had at hand. The ability to integrate the solutions into multiple different hardware and software environments, along with the interface being highly intuitive with a strong graphical, drag and drop functionality, meant that our research into latency has only been enhanced. We look forward to working more closely with Velocimetrics and its experts on future projects.”

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Cognito Europe
+44 (0)20 7438 1100
greyspark@cognitomedia.com

The successful C# .Net developer will be competent and highly regarded individual who has experience developing projects in a range of scenarios for Capital Markets clients.

You will have the following experience:

• C# and/or VB .Net and the .Net environment.
• Advanced OOP concepts, Design Patterns, Enterprise library and Software Engineering best practices.
• Development processes and methodologies (e.g., RUP / XP / UML).
• Technical team leader and/or architect in one or more projects.
• Expertise in one or more Capital Markets business areas and/or asset classes. derivatives, rates, credit, FX, equity)

You will be prepared to work on the client’s site and work on a variety of projects of varying scale for that client.

In addition to project delivery work, the role may include the following:

• Mentoring junior developers
• Actively participating in the skill development of your colleagues (workshops, presentations)
• Proposal development and project estimations

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent subject
• Microsoft .Net certifications or Brainbench certifications are a plus

Skills

• Client-facing consulting experience
• Multitier architecture and the technologies associated with it (.Net Remoting, Windows Communication Foundation, Web services, SOAP)
• Understanding of Multithreaded applications and .Net framework internals
• Relational Databases (MSSQL, Oracle) (queries, design and normalization)
• XML family technologies (e.g., XML Schemas / XSL / XPath)
• Unit Testing and mock objects
• Use and best practises for source control systems (CVS / SubVersion / Clear Case / TFS)

What we are looking for in you:

• Entrepreneurial spirit, personal and professional integrity and a desire to relentlessly strive to obtain excellence
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills
• High attention to detail and exceptional technical knowledge.

What we offer:

• A challenging and varied role in a Capital Markets consulting firm
• The ability to grow and attain levels of seniority within a growing company
• An above average salary with a generous, quarterly bonus package
• The chance to join a fun, energetic and dynamic team of people.

Apply now

The successful business analyst will be a competent and highly regarded individual who has experience analysing requirements in a range of scenarios for Capital Markets clients.

You will have the following experience:

• Proven experience in business and functional requirements gathering
• Experience of business case development
• Excellent data-handling experience including, but not limited to, advanced Excel, SQL and XML
• Experience of the full software development lifecycle, with experience in testing
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Good business knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Cash Equities; Futures and Options; Fixed Income, Derivatives; Credit and Rates Products or Structured Products.
• Good knowledge of the front to back processing required in Capital Markets businesses.
• Experience of working in a team and aiding developers to produce a quality product.
• Quantitative skills (e.g.: NPV/IRR, Monte Carlo methods, Derivative pricing).

You will be prepared to work on the client’s site and work on a variety of projects of varying scale for that client.

In addition to project work, the role may include the following:

• Mentoring and line management
• Technology consulting

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or similar

Skills

• Client-facing consulting experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• People management, motivational and leadership skills

What we are looking for in you:

• Entrepreneurial spirit, personal and professional integrity and a desire to relentlessly strive to obtain excellence
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills
• High attention to detail and exceptional technical knowledge.

What we offer:

• A challenging and varied role in a Capital Markets consulting firm
• The ability to grow and attain levels of seniority within a growing company
• An above average salary with a generous, quarterly bonus package
• The chance to join a fun, energetic and dynamic team of people.

Apply now

• New hire brings over 17 years of experience within the global investment banking sector
• New role to focus on system Trading Architecture, Infrastructure and Support practice

The successful candidate will be competent and highly regarded individual who has keen interest or experience in design and branding with significant print and web design experience. An interest in marketing, writing and copy-editing is also essential.

Required Qualities:

• Visual design skills and a good creative eye for web and print graphic design, typography and typesetting.
• An excellent command of the English language and demonstrable skills in copywriting, and copy-editing for both print and web.
• Creativity with an ability to communicate in a professional manner.
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to synthesize information.
• An interest in marketing and social media.

Desired Qualifications:

• A degree or diploma in web/print design.
• Certifications or proven experience in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
• A-level or better in English.

Desired Skills:

• Web design:
• Good experience with Adobe Photoshop with the ability to create and prepare graphics for the web or print.
• Knowledge of web usability, accessibility, information architecture and user experience best practices.
• Webmaster experience with WordPress is a plus.
• Illustration:
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator, with the ability to create polished and professional-looking vector graphics from scratch using the software.
• Typesetting:
• Experience with Adobe InDesign, with the ability to lay out visually appealing brochures, reports, white papers and sales collateral such that they are printer-ready, or publishable as PDF.
• Copywriting and editing:
• A good command of written English with the ability to write copy suited to both the subject and the medium of delivery.
• Excellent English vocabulary and grammar with the ability to proofread and polish text written by others.

Role Description:

• Proofreading, design and layout of industry reports, white papers, case studies and related print collateral.
• Preparation of marketing materials and associated graphics for research or client projects.
• Management of company websites and corporate social media sites.

What we offer:

• A challenging role in a small but growing consulting firm with the opportunity for growth in a number of areas including research, consulting or marketing.
• An opportunity to build a portfolio in professional design.
• The chance to join a fun, energetic and dynamic team of experts.

If you are interested, please email your CV and a covering letter to our HR Department at careers@greyspark.com.

The successful Java Developer will be competent and highly regarded individual who has experience developing projects in a range of scenarios for Capital Markets clients.

You will have the following experience:

• Java/J2EE/J2SE.
• Advanced OOP concepts, Design Patterns, and Software Engineering best practices.
• Development processes and methodologies (e.g., RUP / XP / UML).
• Technical team leader and/or architect in one or more projects.
• Expertise in one or more Capital Markets business areas and/or asset classes.

You will be prepared to work on the client’s site and work on a variety of projects of varying scale for that client.

In addition to project delivery work, the role may include the following:

•  Mentoring junior developers
• Actively participating in the skill development of your colleagues (workshops, presentations)
• Proposal development  and project estimations

Qualifications:

•  Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent subject
• Sun certifications or Brainbench certifications are a plus
• Knowledge of a particular asset class is a plus

Skills

• Client-facing consulting experience
• Experience designing N-tiered applications, with multi-tier architecture
• CORBA/RMI, Web services, SOAP
• JSP, JDBC, Java Servlets, Javabeans/EJBs, ASP
• Understanding of Multithreaded applications and Java internals
• Strong relational database experience (DB2, Sybase, SQL, Oracle 8i/9i/10g/11i)
• XML family technologies (e.g., XML Schemas / XSL / XPath)
• Unit Testing and mock objects
• Use and best practises for source control systems (CVS / SubVersion / Clear Case)

What we are looking for in you:

• Entrepreneurial spirit, personal and professional integrity and a desire to relentlessly strive to obtain excellence
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills
• High attention to detail and exceptional technical knowledge

What we offer:

• A challenging and varied role in a Capital Markets consulting firm
• The ability to grow and attain levels of seniority within a growing company
• An above average salary with a generous, quarterly bonus package
• The chance to join a fun, energetic and dynamic team of people.

Apply now