Middle Office Technology Trade Support

ABOUT US

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (Jefferies, we, us or our) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia. 

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law. 

Responsibilities

1. You will be part of a global middle office trade support allocation technology team.  You will be based in Tokyo as part of a global interacting with counterparts across the globe.
2. Middle office groups are in Jefferies offices in NY, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, India and Sydney, Australia
3. Strongly prefer that candidate will be familiar with global equity trading in Fidessa products such as USTP, ETP, ATP and JTP and allocation workflows in the Fidessa CTAC (Client Trade Allocation Confirmation) module. 
4. Candidate will work with local middle office groups to support their daily allocation workflows in the Fidessa CTAC application, including:
   1. Investigate and resolve Middle Office allocation issues with CTM, FIX 4.4, Tag 1 pre-allocation, allocation templates and manual allocation workflows.
   2. Status and troubleshoot issues with blocks sent to the Fidessa CTAC by the upstream Fidessa global trading platforms.
   3. Status and troubleshoot issues with blocks sent by a proprietary Jefferies system that sends in blocks into the Fidessa CTAC system from Jefferies proprietary algorithmic and DMA trading systems.
   4. Status and troubleshoot issues with affirmed allocations passing from the Fidessa CTAC application to downstream Jefferies systems.
5.  Learn a proprietary in-house Jefferies application that is tightly integrated with the Fidessa CTAC application that:
   1. Passes in the blocks to CTAC over FIX from the proprietary Jefferies Algorithmic and DMA trading systems.
   2. Passes affirmed allocations from the Fidessa CTAC application to downstream Jefferies proprietary systems.
6. Enter JIRAs for end-user enhancement requests and bug fixes.
7. Participate in designing new Fidessa CTAC allocation functionality.
8. Do post release application check outs.

Requirements:

1. Minimum 3 years of experience in the investment industry/financial markets across different equity business such as CASH/ETS/SWAP/Derivative/FX etc.
2. Knowledge of global equity trading and allocation workflows
3. Experience with Fidessa CTAC module and Fidessa FDM
4. Knowledge of FIX and strong SQL queries strongly preferred
5.  Experience having supported a trading or allocation system from a technology point of view, such as configuring layouts, updating registry files, showing users how to install and launch applications, etc.
6. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills via analytical tools on written and verbal communication in English
7. Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
8. Ability to work under pressure and manage to deadlines under a fast-paced environment.

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.