In this sector, you'll find all of our Information Technology jobs, or IT jobs, in investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity funds, insurance companies and other financial services firms.
Good technology is often the important factor that puts one financial services company ahead of its competitors. Technology can also help the organization save money by speeding up processes and increasing efficiency. As a result, firms in the financial sector spend a very large amount of money on IT recruitment.
The biggest user of technology in an investment bank is the trading floor and everything related to it. Technology may be required to help with buying and selling financial products electronically, processing them through smart-order routing systems or communicating to help trades go through smoothly and quickly. These multimillion dollar technology projects are absolutely crucial to successful operations.
IT careers in financial services fall into five separate departments. These are usually development, business analysis, project management, infrastructure and technical support.
Developers are at the frontlines of the IT department. Some development jobs may require developing completely new systems in-house, which offers opportunities for developers using Java or other coding languages to use their knowledge. Often, however, banks buy software off the shelf from third-party companies. In these cases, the developer will need to modify the software to serve the institution's particular needs or integrate it into existing systems.
When creating systems for flow products like equities or FX, developers aim for "low latency" or to reduce the amount of time taken while executing and processing a trade.
Business analysts connect with both the IT department and the business side of the organization, investigating how technology can be used to improve the bank's competitive advantage.
Meanwhile, project managers will take the reins of the new venture once it's been given the go-ahead. Project management roles are strategic and involve planning, structuring and eventual completion of the projects. Project managers work with a team of developers, liaise with third-party vendors and are answerable to the business should plans go awry.
Those in technical support jobs solve problems when they arise on the trading floor. Infrastructure roles deal with the nuts and bolts of IT - everything from servers to operating systems to databases.
This section also includes IT jobs working for third-party vendors, which specialize in providing software for a particular sector.
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| Senior Manager, Technology Risk, Global Investment Bank | Aurec Superb Salary & Package | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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A multinational Investment Bank is seeking a Senior Manager, Technology Risk to lead a improvement program in ...
| Algorithmic Trading Developer | UBS Australia Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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This role is for a C++ and Java developer within Equities IT - Cash Execution APAC.
| Business Analyst – Financial Markets | T+O+M Up to $850/day | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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Our client is a leading provider of financial services products in the retail and institutional space.
| Temporary: CAF Junior Web Developer | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Business Analyst - Dodd Frank * | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Category Sourcing Vendor Manager - Technology Procurement- Sydney Based Role * | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Project Manager - Market Operations Project Team * | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Senior Java Developer - Futures Clearing | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Solution Architect/Solution Designer - E-Commerce Platforms COG MRB | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Project Portfolio Manager - Risk Management and Information Risk Technology * | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Project Analyst, Enterprise Technology Finance | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Technology Aligned Risk Manager * | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| webMethods Developer | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Lead Business Analyst / Project Manager - Risk & Compliance * | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Test Lead - Service and Operations | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Project Manager - COG MFG | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Senior Support Analyst - Electronic Execution - COG MSG* | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Business Project Manager - BFS Service and Operations* | Macquarie Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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| Managed Services Analyst | Ambition c$90k | Australia-Melbourne | 20 May 13 |
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Rare Front Office Systems Analyst opportunity in Melbourne CBD, working for a global industry leader.
| Junior Analyst / Project Coordinator - Funds Management | Ambition $200-250 p/d | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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Global Financial Services firm is looking to hire a junior analyst/coordinator to assist with an inhouse fina...
| Solution Design Practice Lead | Ambition 180-220k | Australia-Melbourne | 20 May 13 |
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Hands-on and Team Management opportunity for an experienced Solution Designer in Melbourne CBD.
| Business Architect - Banking | Ambition Negotiable on experience | Australia-Melbourne | 20 May 13 |
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Business Architects with specific experience across regulatory compliance projects (Dodd Frank, FATCA, Basel ...
| Senior Manager, WU Digital - APAC | Western Union Business Solutions Base + Super | Australia-Sydney | 20 May 13 |
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Western Union, a Global Fortune 500 Company, is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Digital in Sydney.
| Technical Business Analyst - Advice Documentation | Porterallen super + bonus | Australia-Sydney | 19 May 13 |
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My client is one of Australia''s most recognisable dealergroups who are currently on an aggressive recruitment...
| Servers and Storage Engineer - Sydney, 6 month contract | PWC Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 19 May 13 |
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| Storage Administrator, Core Business Services, Sydney | Ernst & Young Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 19 May 13 |
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| Senior IT Project Manager, Core Business Services, Sydney | Ernst & Young Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 19 May 13 |
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| Infrastructure Technician | UBS Australia Competitive | Australia-Sydney | 17 May 13 |
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Global Technology Information Systems (GTIS) provides the support infrastructure for Information Technology sy...
| TECH LEAD – C++/JAVA – INVESTMENT BANKING - SYDNEY CBD | iKas International Australia AUD$120k - $160k | Australia-Sydney | 17 May 13 |
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Are you a Seasoned Technical Lead equally comfortable driving the development of sophisticated Java or C++ Fin...
| APPLICATIONS & SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE ENGINEER .NET, LINUX, UNIX - SYDNEY | iKas International Australia AU$600 - AU$800 per day | Australia-Sydney | 17 May 13 |
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Seeking enterprise solutions performance experts to optimize and tune large complex web systems - .NET, Window...