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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| Global IT Development Director | Paragon Executive Excellent and Benefits | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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Our client a Global Asset Manager with £575Bln AUM and network of 26 offices globally is currently looking to ...
| Category Manager | Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited GBP35000 - GBP50000 per annum | UK-Edinburgh | 21 May 13 |
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Category Management Position available in Edinburgh City Centre with a very fast paced and changing financial ...
| BSc/MsC Computer Science Junior Quantitative Developer - C++/STL/Developer/London. | Selby Jennings Circa £50,000 - £60,000 plus bonus and b... | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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BSc/MsC Computer Science Junior Quantitative Developer ? C++/STL/Software Development/London. Leading Global ...
| FX Product Support Analyst (Temp to Perm) | Mako Group COMPETITIVE | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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Mako have recently rolled out a new FX trading venue ("MAKOFX"), associated front-end and infrastructure. We a...
| Information Security Risk Director required by Tier 1 Investment Bank based in London | DBFS Up to £100,000 basic salary + excellent... | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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DBFS are currently working with a market leading Tier 1 IB that are searching for a Information Security Risk ...
| Murex Datamart Consultant | Cititec Associates Limited Negotiable | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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Murex; Datamart; Reporting My client in London are rolling out Murex 3.1 for a new product area. They require...
| C#/WPF Developer- Hedge Fund | Real Staffing GBP45000 - GBP60000 per annum + Bonus | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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* A City based leading Hedge Fund requires an experienced C# developer to join thieir team.
| Application Support (CDS and Perl) | Hudson IT £55,000 - £65000 | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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Financial Services firm seek an Application Support Engineer for the eTrading Fixed Income Application. Techni...
| Business Analyst-Counterparty Risk/ Market Risk- Investment Bank | McGregor Boyall £90-100k | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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Business Analyst- Counterparty Risk/ Market Risk/ Credit Risk/ Cross Asset/ Derivatives- Investment Bank My ...
| PMO Manager | Eames Consulting - Change Insurance £60-75,000 | UK-London | 21 May 13 |
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PMO Manager required by Leading Lloyd's market Insurance organisation - £75,000 plus The purpose of the role w...
| Client Support Analyst | Eze Software Group Competitive Compensation | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Eze Software Group is seeking a Client Support Analyst to join the Tradar PMS™ Client Service team in its Lond...
| C++ Developer/Junior Quant Developer (London, £45k) | Nicoll Curtin Ltd GBP35000 - GBP45000 per annum | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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An excellent opportunity for a talented and intelligent C++ technologist to work in a well established Financi...
| Desktop Support/ Support Analyst | Morgan McKinley Negotiable | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Desktop Support, Support Analyst
| Junior Quantitative Trader or Developer - London | Carlton Senior Appointments Competitive | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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This is an opportunity to start your career in quantitative trading with an exceptional high frequency trading...
| Programme Delivery Manager - Investment Services | Nyman Resourcing Excellent | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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A leading Asset Management company is looking for a Programme Manager who has extensive experience of managing...
| Senior Network Engineer - 50-65K - Banking | Huxley Associates GBP50000 - GBP65000 per annum + Banking... | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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A boutique global investment bank is looking to hire a Senior Network engineer (Cisco R&S/ISO/CUCM) to manage,...
| Business Analyst - Commodities - Counterparty Risk - Cross Asset | McGregor Boyall £80k - £95k base | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Business Analyst - Commodities Risk - Cross-Asset classes - Counterparty Risk Leading Investment Bank would...
| Linux SME/Linux Technical Expert - Hampshire - £70K+5KCar/Bonus | Empiric GBP66000 - GBP75000 per annum + bonus | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Linux SME/Linux Technical Expert - Hampshire - £70K+5K Car/Bonus Permanent - Financial Services - Payments
| Technical IT Business Analyst | .Barclays Market Rate | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Exciting opportunity for a Technical Analyst to develop IT solutions for the Collateral Management Unit. Liai...
| C# Opportunities - Finance - London | Westbourne Partners will pay well for strong candidates | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Senior & Junior C# Developers required by West End Hedge Fund. Must be smart and have excellent C# I''m hirin...
| 1st/ 2nd line Support/Infrastructure Support- Nairn | Morgan McKinley Negotiable | UK-Aberdeen | 20 May 13 |
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1st/ 2nd line Support/Infrastructure Support/ Wintel
| Project Manager / Business Analyst - Rates / Credit Front-to-Back Trade Flow, Investment Bank | Alexander Ash Consulting 600-700/day | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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A major investment bank requires an experienced project manager for a major intercompany trading project spann...
| PMO/Admin Support | The JM Group GBP35000 - GBP45000 per annum + BONUS | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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PMO required at a leading investment bank in London offering fantastic career opportunity.
| Production Support Analyst | McGregor Boyall £45000 | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Production Support Analyst - Windows - SQL - Investment Bank - London - Perm One of the leading Investment B...
| Equities Development Manager | Deerfoot IT Resources £95,000 | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Equities Development Manager – London – Investment Banking – to c.£95k base + good bonus + good bens Key s...
| Java Developer Analyst (Maths) Hedge Fund London | Durlston Partners £60,000 + Full Benefits + c100% Bonuses | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Junior Java Developer with Matlab and strong Maths required to join a Quant Desk at world class hedge fund
| Investment IT Project Manager (Front Office) | Schroders Market Rate | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Schroders requires a Project Manager for the Investment IT Fixed IncomeTeam to lead the Migration Project of S...
| Head of Consumer Cost Management - IB Operations | UBS Competitive rate | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Experienced PM required to be responsible for all IB Operations Consumer Costs. Must have extensive exposure f...
| Lead Developer | AXA Wealth Competitive Salary | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Here at Architas we are an investment company focused on delivering multi-manager investment propositions. We ...
| Development Manager/PM - FX Ecommerce - Front Office | Huxley Associates GBP600 - GBP800 per week | UK-London | 20 May 13 |
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Development Manager/PM - FX Ecommerce - Front Office