FactSet

Senior Trading Product Specialist

FactSet$119K — $125K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Economics, Business, Computer Science, or related field.
  • Minimum 5 years in financial markets front office environments with multi-asset class knowledge.
  • Experienced project manager adept at managing complex projects.
  • Technical business analyst with a strong grasp of functional requirements.
  • Experience collaborating with software engineers and Technical Architects.
  • Familiarity with securities trading, especially FX or Fixed Income.
  • Proficient in the FIX protocol and its application.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in pre-sale client needs assessments.
  • Lead post-sale implementation of Portware Enterprise as per SOW.
  • Develop strategies and objectives for client accounts.
  • Gather requirements during implementation projects and daily operations.
  • Champion client needs through effective partnerships.
  • Advocate for clients internally to raise visibility on their needs.
  • Focus efforts on aligning with clients' business priorities.

Benefits

  • Support for total well-being, including health and life insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
  • Flexible work accommodations to promote work/life harmony.
  • Opportunity to work in a global community dedicated to sustainability and inclusivity.
  • Career progression plans with dedicated learning and development time each month.
  • Employee-led initiatives promoting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion supported by executive management.
Full Job Description

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.  The role requires business acumen, technical insight, and customer relationship skills at a high level. 

They are tasked with managing and implementing 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.  

What You'll Do

  • Participated in the pre-sale process to assess client needs before the start of implementation. 

  • Implement Portware Enterprise post sale following SOW requirements. Be a project lead during implementation working with various teams across FactSet.

  • Create a strategy and set objectives for each client account. 

  • Participate in the requirements gathering process at the onset of implementation projects as well as during the day-to-day process to ensure that the appropriate resources are allocated. 

  • Champion customers’ current and anticipated needs through effective partnerships. 

  • Act as a client advocate internally to create visibility of client needs. 

  • Focus activities on the clients’ business and priorities. 

  • Identify business opportunities that support FactSet objectives. 

  • Work with Product Management, Support, and Development as well as Sales and Pre-Sales Engineering to ensure efficient and cost effective client implementations. 

  • Work with Support on resolution of any issues. 

  • Act as a role model to inspire higher standards, efforts, and results in others.

What We're Looking For

Required Skills

  • 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. 

What's In It For You

  • Contributing to a firm with over 40 years of consecutive growth, named a by Glassdoor and led by a top-rated CEO Talent Champion.

  • Support for your total well-being. This includes 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 companywide wellness days.

  • Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives.

  • A global community dedicated to , sustainability, and inclusivity, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.

  • Career progression plans with dedicated time each month for learning and development.

  • Employee-led that align with our DE&I strategy and are wholly supported by Executive Management.

Highly Desired: 

  •   Prior light coding experience (Java) 

Job location: New York, NY, Norwalk, CT and Boston, MA

Working Environment: Hybrid

For U.S. locations, must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

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: 

  • The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.

  • Support for your total well-being. This includes 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. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives. 

  • A global community dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions. 

  • Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development. 

  • open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging. 

Learn more about our benefits . 

Salary is just one component of our compensation package and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and certifications. 

The budgeted amount range for this position in New York City and Connecticut is $119,000 -$125,000

About FactSet

FactSet Research Systems Inc. provides integrated financial information and analytical applications to the investment community in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company delivers insight and information to investment professionals through its analytics, services, contents, and technologies. Its applications suite offers tools and resources, including company and industry analyses, full screening tools, portfolio analysis, risk profiles, alpha-testing, portfolio optimization, and research management solutions. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
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10,691 employees
Market Cap
$15 billion
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Net Income
$380.1 million
Founded
1978
5 Year Trend
+8.6%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
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