Java J2EE Analyst Brussels Forex Derivative Markup XML XSLT / Knowledge of financial products (dealing rooms) is an asset / OO principle / UML

For a key customer of ours we are looking for a Java J2EE senior Developer / Analyst with strong experience/ knowledge/ interest for the financial products (derivatives, swaps, bonds, options, equities).
The consultant (he/ she) has to speak perfect English.
Ideally he/ she should have some basis in french and/ or Dutch.

The project takes place in Brussels and should last at least 6 months (very likely to be extended to a long term assignment).
The products you(the consultant) are responsible for belong to the Forex Derivative asset classes.

“Java Analyst-Developer for Forex Derivative products”

DESCRIPTION

IS (Information Services) Global Markets Systems is the department in charge of the development and integration of applications dedicated to the front-office users of "CLIENT" Bank trading rooms. The applications can be either in-house developed or package-based.

The systems we are developing/ implementing are used by all cross-border traders and Sales dealers within all "CLIENT" dealing/ trading rooms (Brussels, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, New-York & Asia) and all European branches; the systems allow to perform the functions of a.o. pricing, deal capture, position keeping, revaluation and sensitivity analysis for financial products, cash and (exotic) derivatives, belonging to the following markets: Foreign Exchange, Money Market & Fixed-Income.
The systems are based on client/ server architecture and provide a rich user interface (“smart client”) to the end users.

FUNCTION

Being part of the team responsible for the integration of ABN AMRO Forex & Rates activities into the "CLIENT" organization you are responsible to realize several developments around the Front-Office application (based on Murex) for the "subsidiary" needs. These developments are mainly focused to build interfaces between systems.

The products you are responsible for belong to the Forex Derivative asset classes.
You work within the development team and your main goals will be :
-to take in charge Java development from requirement analysis to production environment
-to elaborate strategy and development to realize communication between several environments


EXPECTED PROFILE / SKILLS

MANDATORY
- University degree or Master preferably in IT , with at least three years relevant experience.
- You are very attracted in object oriented development and your coding is efficient and clean.
- You have also an serious knowledge with markup language (XML, XSLT, …)
- You master the object orientation principles. You have a very good knowledge of Java and UML.

IDEAL
- Knowledge of financial products (dealing rooms) is an asset.

PERSONAL SKILLS
- team player.
- You are able to organize and prioritize your own work efficiently.
- Frequent travel is not a problem

Pierre Henri Golard
Aston Carter BLX


Aston Carter Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.