Fixed Income Trading Analyst in Boston, MA

Our client is seeking a Fixed Income Trading Analyst for their Boston, MA location.

Salary 70 to 80K+ depending on experience level with Charles River Order Mgmt system.

Responsibilities: Will serve as a reliable single point of contact for Fixed Income Trade Desk, to facilitate the following initiatives:
* Implementation of electronic trading systems
* Investigation of internet based bond trading systems
* Implementation of Bond Book, an Internet based trading system

Act as a liaison/work with Analyst accountable for all market data systems.

Act as a liaison/work with Business Analysts to determine customer needs/requirements and help implement.

Maintain current trading environment, investigate trading errors between Bloomberg trade book and internal systems, and maintain current market data systems, capacity planning, installation and administration.

Work with the Network Engineering team to ensure data security.

Create/develop and document standards for recurring functions/processes.

Requirements to be considered:

Local to area.

Business Skills: Minimum 3 years as a Trading Services Analyst, on or associated with the Fixed Income Department, ideally working in a buy-side mutual funds environment (or financial instruments such as mortgage backed securities, bond derivatives, hedge funds, money market instruments, etc.)


Communications Skills: Excellent oral and written skills are required. Candidate should be able to communicate effectively about projects, negotiate deadlines, and document standards/ processes. He/she must be able to initiate and manage ongoing
relationships with traders. This is a high profile position and this individual is expected to be a dependable self-starter.

Technical Skills:

At least 3 years of hands on experience and outstanding skill level in the following technologies is required:
Charles River Order Management System (almost an absolutely must have--highly preferred) but will consider other Order Management Systems such as Latent Zero, MacGregor, Bloomberg, etc.
MS Windows XP operating system
Sybase Open Client
Extensive knowledge of systems networks: TCP/IP if the network goes down,
it would be good for them to know how to troubleshoot the system rather than rely on Tech Support.
Working knowledge of leading market data providers/Trading Systems, e.g., Anderson Trading, Bloomberg Trade Book, Open Bloomberg, Yield Book, Reuters, FactSet.

Experience: Requirements to be considered: Local to area. Business Skills: Minimum 3 years as a Trading Services Analyst, on or associated with the Fixed Income Department,

ideally working in a buy-side mutual funds environment (or financial instruments such as mortgage backed securities, bond derivatives, hedge funds, money market instruments, etc.)

At least 3 years of hands on experience and outstanding skill level in the following technologies is required: Charles River Order Management System

(almost an absolutely must have--highly preferred) but will consider other Order Management Systems such as Latent Zero, MacGregor, Bloomberg, etc.

MS Windows XP operating system

Sybase Open Client

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