Senior Trading Product Specialist

About the role

The Senior Trading Product Specialist functions as a technical account manager for a book of FactSet’s EMS (Execution Management System), Portware. They work closely with the product and engineering teams, as well as Implementation Team, and Support teams. They are responsible for retention of the client by developing bilateral collaboration and trust with the client and advocating internally for the client’s goals and requests.

Responsibilities

• Participated in the pre-sale process to assess client needs before the start of implementation.
• Implement Portware Enterprise post sale following SOW requirements.
• Create a strategy and set objectives for each client account.
• Manage and implement a book of work focused on delivering new features of the EMS and projects driven by client need.
• Projects and efforts include product upgrades, workflow changes, new asset class and trading strategy implementations, broker and liquidity provider connectivity, new user training, updates to the front-end GUI, and creation of client facing reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in financial markets front office environments with core knowledge of market structures across multiple asset classes and types.
• Experienced project manager with the ability to drive and deliver concurrent, significant, and priority conflicting projects to completion.
• Experience as a technical business analyst with deep understanding of translating business needs into functional requirements.
• Experience working directly with software engineers/developers as well as Technical Architects on business requirements.
• Experience with securities trading (FX or Fixed Income strongly preferred, other asset classes such as derivatives and equities a plus).
• Experience with the FIX protocol and its practical application.
• Demonstrated commitment to learning and gaining from both successes and failures.
• Experienced logical, systematic, conceptual, and practical thinker. Understand EMS system and its components both holistically and separately.
• OMS experience is a nice to have.
• Competency to execute at varying levels of work from operational to strategic.

Qualifications

• Prior light coding experience (Java) is highly desired.

What's In It For You

• Talent Champion - Led by a top-rated CEO.
• Total well-being benefits - Health, life, and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, discounted employee stock purchase program, paid time off for holidays, family leave, and companywide wellness days.
• Flexible work accommodations - Accommodations to help achieve success both at work and in personal lives.
• A global community - Dedicated to volunteerism, sustainability, and inclusivity.
• Career progression plans - Dedicated time each month for learning and development.
• Business Resource Groups - Open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging.

What's In It For You

At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means:

• Contributing to a firm with over 40 years of consecutive growth, named a 2023 Best Place to Work by Glassdoor and led by a top-rated CEO.
• Talent Champion - Led by a top-rated CEO.
• Total well-being benefits - Health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, family leave, and company-wide wellness days.
• Flexible work accommodations - Accommodations to help achieve success both at work and in personal lives.
• A global community - Dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.
• Career progression planning - Dedicated time each month for learning and development.
• Business Resource Groups - Open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging.

Company Overview

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner.