Financial Markets/Vendors Vacancies

Last updated 24 November 2008

For more than a decade this client has dedicated itself to transforming raw financial data into valuable market intelligence. They started to build a better way for the global financial community to access, and make use of, disparate financial data and their solution is now globally used and they now have offices in NY, London and soon PAris . They are now establishing their software development division in Paris and are seeking to recruit their key project / development manager to run the development and new products .

Oversee the development, testing, packaging, deployment and debugging for end user applications. Lead a team of software developers in an agile software development environment. Manage multiple software projects concurrently. Must work effectively across multiple internal organizations to ensure delivery of operational ready and production scale software applications. Works with architectural and production staff to identify project and technical design requirements. Collaborates in approving technologies and key elements of the technical design. Participates in establishing priorities for projects and the allocation of resources between projects to ensure timely project delivery and achievement of strategic business objectives. Remains current with new technology and industry best practices through training and personal initiative . Recruit a team of developers.

Must have exposure to recent technologies: .NET, SQL , Agile methodologies, eXtreme Programmingetc.. Ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks in time-critical situations. Project management experience with agile techniques including adaptable iterative development cycles. Former experience as a developer required. Must be able to read/communicate code/development issues with technical resources and decision makers. Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate cross-functionally. Has strong persuasion and negotiation skills as well as conflict resolution skills/experience. Ability to both take and give direction. Ability to delegate tasks, coach people, and motivate a team. Fluent with collaboration tools including wiki, issue tracking, version control, test suites . Eagerness to work within a dynamic, client-focused, service-oriented environment.

This role will lead to the management /recruitment of software developers and will be an integral part of the growth of this division in France.

This company is the undisputed global leader in credit ratings and analysis data for the financial institutions worldwide. Their Paris office is now seeking to recruit an additional sales person who need to be a strong business developer with good capital markets knowledge. Key targets being major financial institutions, insurance companies, asset managers and corporates. You may be required to travel within Europe depending on territory. This role will look at both upselling to existing clients, and to organisations who are not currently clients . Fluent French and English are required, with additional European languages a bonus. The successful candidate will need to work closely with the sales support teams, product management and marketing to leverage the capabilities of the client's within the territory space defined. Primary responsibility will be for the achievement of target through direct sales.

Typical activities will include: Pipeline generation and successful conversion of opportunities, Building and maintaining effective professional relationships with clients, Hunting for new business within territory – solution selling new services, Contributing to business plans through market intelligence, Maintaining a record of activity in Salesforce.

Knowledge & Experience: Demonstration of a minimum of 2 years successful achievement in target-driven sales, A highly motivated ‘self-starter’ who is, at the same time, an excellent team player, Excellent communication skills both with the market and internal colleagues are essential, Enthusiasm to travel.

The role could lead to a senior Sales role - Sales Director, after 2 years provided successful sales results .This is clearly a very good opportunity for a dynamic sales person to join a very well established company and grow his/her career .

The head office in Paris of this global leading provider of cross asset classes trading systems is seeking to recruit a managing Director with the responsibilities of heading up a division of 30+ staff and managing the P&L . The division includes several products and solutions , mainly Capital Markets oriented, that are supported from Paris and distributed to the regional offices in Southern Europe, Benelux and Switzerland. The role includes to manage the sales/support of these products and act as a solutions sales/consultancy experts.

The ideal background for this role is a proven experience in Project management-Solution Sales- pre sales and a good knowledge of the Trading systems and their environment. The working language is English therefore a total fluency in English is a must (French and other languages are a plus). Availability to travel 1-2 days /week within the area of responsibility is also required. This is clearly a good opportunity for an experienced and dynamic manager to demonstrate his people and business management skills with a well established vendor.

Please send your cv in English and French and call us for an initial confidential conversation.

This client, market owned and market governed, is the world's largest provider of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity and fund transactions.

As Sales and Relationship Manager, your mission is to be the point of contact to manage the relationship for a pool of assigned clients, maintain and grow existing accounts in Germany , Luxembourg and possibly Switzerland, win new clients . Your responsibilities include the management of the whole sales process from cold calling to closing, and growing existing accounts (Tier 1 & 2 Banks & Financial Institutions)

The ideal candidate is autonomous, combining excellent sales skills with the ability to build good long term relationships with a wide variety of clients. He/she has good analytical skills with excellent presentation and communication skills. He/she is client focused, self motivated, a fast learner, a very good net-worker and negotiator, stress resistant, organised, flexible and aware of market developments. 4-5 years experience in a similar account management or sales role and a financial industry experience . Very good knowledge of English and German is mandatory.

Please send us your cv and contact us for an initial and confidential discussion.

This company has a 20 year heritage and track record of providing treasury and high performance transaction processing software to the world’s leading financial institutions and corporations. They have an outstanding reputation for quality and responsive service, and they are now setting up a strong team of professionals in charge of selling their portfolio of products (ranging from Fx, transaction systems to treasury systems, Risk,..) in the UK and Europe.

This is an ideal moment to join this client if you are a dynamic new business sales professional with at least 5 years experience of selling financial solutions to leading financial institutions. These roles would suit you perfectly if you have experience of systems such as Avantgard, Quantum, Opics, Calypso and Reuters Kondor -KTP.

please send us your cv and contact us for an initial and confidential discussion.