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 Core JAVA Developer | Hays SH Attractive Remuneration | China-Shanghai | 24 May 12 |
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Leading Regional Investment Bank in South China seeks Senior Core JAVA Developer in their Futures and Options ...
| Investment Banking Technology Leader | Hays SH Attractive Remuneration | China-Shanghai | 24 May 12 |
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Global MNC Banks are seeking Technology Leaders in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenzhen. China. Covers Back Of...
| Head of Equities Technology | Hays SH RMB ¥1200000.00 - RMB ¥1300000.00 per an... | China-Shanghai | 24 May 12 |
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This job has been created in their effort to establish a Technology Centre of Excellence in Shanghai to build ...
| Investment Banking Analyst Programmers | Hays Competitive | China-Shanghai | 24 May 12 |
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Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou China
| C# / WPF - GUI Developer | Hays RMB ¥300000.00 - RMB ¥400000.00 per annu... | China-Shanghai | 24 May 12 |
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C# / WPF - GUI Developer -Structured Products - Shanghai China- Global Investment Bank.
| Front Office Real-Time Risk Analytics/Valuation Java/C++/Scala Developer - Shanghai | Pinpoint Asia Excellent Remuneration | China-Shanghai | 24 May 12 |
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High-profile front-office opportunity for seasoned developers with strong risk or mathematical/quantitative ba...
| VP / AVP - Front Office Credit Trading Systems Developer - Shanghai | Pinpoint Asia Excellent Remuneration | China-Shanghai | 24 May 12 |
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Looking for experienced and seasoned Java/C# developers to work on cutting-edge, next-generation analytics/ris...
| T&D SH, CBT - Finance Technology Application DBA | Morgan Stanley not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 23 May 12 |
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| T&D SH, CBT - Finance Technology Application Developer | Morgan Stanley not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 23 May 12 |
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| T&D SH, CBT - Finance Technology Application Delivery Manager | Morgan Stanley not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 23 May 12 |
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| Treasury & Securities Services - QA Analyst/Lead -Shanghai | JPMorgan Chase not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 23 May 12 |
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| Technical Account Manager | SunGard not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 23 May 12 |
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| Head of IT Infrastructure | Confero (Licence No. C808601F) Package | China-Shanghai | 23 May 12 |
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If you're an experience focused Infrastructure or IT Manager with strong Core infrastructure experience from w...
| Morgan Stanley - Java Developer | Morgan Stanley not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 22 May 12 |
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| Quantitative Developer | UBS AG Competitive | China-Shanghai | 22 May 12 |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join UBS as a Quantitative Developer.
| Senior IT Infrastructure Manager | Michael Page Attractive Salary | China-Shanghai | 22 May 12 |
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Broad exposure to mangement and regional senior management. Good chance to work with CTO and get involved in t...
| Operation Change Manager | UBS Securities Market Competitive | China-Beijing | 22 May 12 |
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The candidate needs to have minimum 6 years experience working in IT department of multi-national financial co...
| T&D SH, ISGT E-Trading C# Developer | Morgan Stanley not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 21 May 12 |
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| T&D SH, CTS - Senior Quality Assurance Engineer | Morgan Stanley not disclosed | China-Shanghai | 21 May 12 |
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| MSCI - Quantitative Developer - Portfolio Optimization (Beijing) | MSCI Inc. Negotiable | China-Beijing | 21 May 12 |
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Master or PhD degree in a quant field (maths, physics, engineering, finance) with 3-5 years C/C++ development ...
| Senior Product Manager, Online Banking Department | Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Competitive | China-Shanghai | 21 May 12 |
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Excellent opportunity to join Bank of Communications, one of the leading banks in China.
| Senior Product Manager, E-commerce Department | Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Competitive | China-Shanghai | 21 May 12 |
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Excellent opportunity to join Bank of Communications, one of the leading banks in China.
| Information Security System Architect | Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Competitive | China-Shanghai | 21 May 12 |
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Excellent opportunity to join Bank of communications, one of the leading banks in China.
| Senior Product Innovation Analyst | Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Competitive | China-Shanghai | 21 May 12 |
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Excellent opportunity to join Bank of Communications, one of the leading banks in China.
| Senior Analyst -Modelling | Hays Guangzhou Competitive Package | China-Guangzhou | 18 May 12 |
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As subject matter expert of modelling, develop and apply a diverse set of advance data mining tools including ...
| Head of Process Change Delivery | Michael Page International - China Attractive Package | China-Shanghai | 17 May 12 |
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You will build and head up the change delivery team to improve the process efficiency.
| Java Developer | Palm Mason DOE | China-Guangzhou | 16 May 12 |
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A top investment bank in China are looking for Java developers to join their team, as they are rapidly growing...
| COO - e-commerce - Strong Customer Service and Operations background - Shanghai | Randstad Hong Kong Excellent package and benefits | China-Shanghai | 15 May 12 |
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COO, strong e-commerce experience, Financial / Engineering / Technology background, strong customer service an...
| Sourcing & Procurement Director | Carmichael Fisher Singapore (Licence No. J103401I) To be discussed | China-Guangzhou | 15 May 12 |
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We are looking for a Chinese national from Guangzhou that has excellent English and can articulate customer ne...
| Delivery manager(banking software solution company) | Hays - Beijing 20k-30k/month RMB | China-Beijing | 14 May 12 |
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Our client is an international software development company, specializing in products designed for the Wholesa...