Summary:

Global IT department (GIT) brings together all the IT departments in charge of developing and running CACIB and

Credit Agricole S.A.'s IT system and technological infrastructure.

This position is within the Capital Markets IT (CMI) division which manages information systems for capital markets

activities which include Front Office (FO) booking platforms, Risk Management (RM) control and regulatory reporting

Systems, financial product and contract valuation systems, and much more.

CMI department is looking for a RAD Developer/Commando in NY to work with the trading desks, and lead the local Commando team.

Description of the role:

· Understand key business requirements of Rates and Bonds desks (mainly on pricers and Risk & PnL tools)

and provide an efficient IT accompaniment (support, enhancement, new dev) in terms of tooling, advices,

solutions to help the desks.

· Contribute to trading desks’ growth by providing robust tools and applications in line with IT transformation

program by :

o Refactoring the legacy stack and embracing new technological standards (K8s, AWS cloud)

o Reviewing/enhancing the current tools while upholding high quality standards (coding, CI/CD, DevSecOps standards…)

o Automating any manual process

o Building Web applications when necessary (using Python/C#/React)

o Implementing strong monitoring and knowledge sharing within the community

· Be an active member of the Chapter Commando (a worldwide community of commandos):

o Take part in the training sessions

o Reuse the target tools developed within the Chapter

o Collaborate by sharing new ideas, achieving any ambition…

o Contribute to the new internal development platform framework for Capital Market IT

o Be the chapter main point of contact in NY and drive the change for the commandos in the US

· Maintain strong working relationships with IT teams (including the Chapter members and delivery teams) and

any other team you may interact with.

This role requires a sense of independence and ability to work within a challenging environment.

A broad general knowledge of banking is important.

Management duties as a team lead:

· Supervision of the local Commando team (consultants or perms)
· Assign personnel/services to the various projects and tasks, direct their activities and ensure adequate project reporting.
· Coordination with team’s on-shore/off-shore, third parties or Head Office for major projects.
· Provide input to general architecture - including hardware, network, tools, software, etc.
· Consult with and advise other departments on systems and procedures.
· Develop good relations with the business; follow relationship with third parties, manage / assist members.
· Actively work on continuously improving the environment and bring efficiencies to either improve quality, time to deliver or reduce cost.
· Ensure integrity of all systems - including out of hours support (24/7), where required.

Management Duties as a team lead continued:

· Supervise installation of accepted proposals and integrate the new services into existing systems in conjunction with the department managers and personnel affected; explain the new systems and interpret computer output.

· Ensure issues are addressed in a timely manner and as per procedures defined / standards when applicable

· Conduct feasibility studies, systems design and make recommendations on the appropriate action to be taken.

· Ensure the following processes are in place and efficiently executed: change management, incident management, problem management, knowledge management, demand management.

· Exercise the duties of a manager with respect to supervision of all personnel within the team including staffing, training and development, performance appraisals.

Overall Department Objectives including:-

· Assisting in the meeting of agreed budget goals
· Maintain and improve service quality
· Maintain and improve customer satisfaction (internal and external)
· Perform assigned responsibilities in a professional manner, and in accordance with company policy.
· Timely reporting within the IT department’s time tracking system.
· Timely reporting of incidents, outages, system errors and possible enhancements within the appointed system
· Maintain awareness of current technological developments, both internally and externally to CACIB

Salary Range: $160k - $200k

#LI-DNI

·         Degree in Computer Science or Finance

Reporting:

·         Timely reporting within the IT department’s time tracking system.

·         Timely reporting of incidents, outages, system errors and possible enhancements within the appointed system

·         Maintain awareness of the regulatory markets and competitive environment.

·         Maintain awareness of current technological developments, both internally and externally to the firm

Key Internal Contacts:

·         IT Management

·         Trading Desk Heads (GMD)

·         Infrastructure Team Heads

Key External Contacts:

·         Any external provider involved in related projects or applications support.

·         Head Office and other CACIB branches.

Essential skills for the Commando Lead

·         10+ years of experience in writing Excel VBA and SQL code, developing and troubleshooting.

·         Ability to work independently and as a team player in fast paced dynamic software development/support environments. 

·         Strong analytical skills for problem solving.

·         Knowledge of Fixed Income / FX products like CDs, CPs, Bonds, Repo, Futures, Interest Rate Swaps, FX Spot, FX Forwards, FX Swaps

·         Derivatives

·         Knowledge of financial markets

·         Experience in working in trading floor

·         Python

·         VBA

·         10 years’ experience on in a similar bank or direct market feed vendor environment

·         Extensive experience supporting a live Trading environment

·         Strong experience providing technical support for FI Desks within an Investment Bank.

Strong experience working with both project team & users.

·         Strong Client Focus

·         Client facing

·         Respect for deadlines / SLA’s

·         Excellent communication skills 

·         Knowledge of Capital Markets systems and products.

Values to include

·         Transparency

·         Accountability

·         Commitment to excellence and client service quality.