Location: NYC
Status: Contract to Hire
Duration: 3 months
Title: Prime Services Program Manager
Salary: Open – commensurate with experience

Description:
The Prime Services Program Manager is responsible for developing a cross asset class prime brokerage platform

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
Act as the dedicated project manager for the build out of the US Prime Services desk.

Develop project plans, arrange resources, communicate with stakeholders, manage relationship with steering committee and make key decisions or recommendations.

Assist the Head of Prime Services in the review of current market trends, establish overall direction, identify current/future client requirements, review gaps in internal processing flows, develop business case for strategic projects and recommend solutions.

Work closely with all work streams (Front Office Tech, Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal, etc*) to ensure coordination of projects and deliverables from a client delivery perspective.

Worked with IT developers to define project scope, develop business requirements, test products, manage UAT Processes, rollout products while managing risk and product deliverables.

Business Product Experience:
Listed Futures Advanced 10-15yrs
Quant PB (Prime Services) Advanced 10-15 yrs
Synthetic PB (Prime Services) Advanced 10-15 yrs
Cash PB (Prime Services) Advanced 10-15 yrs

Technical Skills / Knowledge:
MS Office (2000-2007) Advanced 10-15yrs
Microsoft Visio Advanced 10-15 yrs
Microsoft Project Advanced 10-15 yrs
Trading, Execution & Process Plat Advanced 10-15 yrs

Qualifications
College Degree required

10-15 years in Prime Brokerage business and experience dealing w/ Front to Back departments (Front office ,Tech, Ops, Finance, IT, Compliance, etc).

Previous experience in working in the front office prime brokerage capacity dealing directly with clients.

Previous experience in operations in prime facility.

Understands the commercial aspects of cash prime brokerage.

Solid understanding of how synthetics work.

Solid understanding of Equity Finance.

Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills

o Ability to bridge communication amongst technologists and between Business Analysts and Technologists

Ability to work across business groups and in a team environment

Ability to lead and drive change
o Strong collaboration and relationship management skills

o High sense of urgency with ability to drive results.

Demonstrated Project/Program management capability
o 6+ years performing business analysis/definition and Project

Management to support large projects and business change
o Experience running large programs

o Experience in full project lifecycle management

Have proven requirement and process definition and documentation skills, with ability to handle diverse workload and tight schedules – ability to drive to closure, reputation for execution

Strong Risk assessment, negotiation and problem resolution skills

Location: NYC
Industry: Finance Industry
Status: Contract to Hire
Duration: 3 months then Hire
Title: Equities Cash/ADR Project Manager
Salary: Open – commensurate with experience

Description:
Our client, financial industry, is seeking a Program Manager for the Cash/ADR business.The purpose of the Cash-ADR business is to sell/buy ADR securities to/from clients on an agency and facilitation basis as well as trade on behalf of the firm*s principal book. Agency and facilitation/principal trades can also be converted from ADRs to ordinaries and vice versa. Primary Responsibilities and

Duties:
Responsible for the global management and oversight of Cash/ADR projects.

Has direct (and matrix) management of multiple project managers.

Partner closely with Middle Office, Finance, Operations and COO teams (including Sr. Management) and Technology Partners to define/re-define business processes and implement related technology solutions.

Responsible for front-to-back project planning and coordination.

Manages the regional and global program *book of work* and reporting.*

Defines the deliverables and goals of the global program.

Identifies, manages and drives to resolution issues.

Responsible for all change in the program and driving it to completion.

Resolve cross project issues at a regional / global program level including resource balancing.

Is the primary focal point for the Equity IT relationship for delivery.

Business Product Experience:
Solid understanding of the following trading scenarios:
Agency Trading, Principal Trading, Facilitation
Trading, Conversion Trading, Market Making Advanced 10-15 yrs
Cash / Cash ADR Advanced 10-15 yrs
Program Trading Intermediate 10-15 yrs
Electronic Trading Intermediate 10-15 yrs
Convertible Bonds Intermediate 10-15 yrs
Systematic Trading Intermediate 10-15 yrs

Technical Skills / Knowledge:
Trading, Execution & Processing Platforms Advanced 10-15 yrs
MS Office (2000-2007) Advanced 7-10 yrs
Microsoft Visio Advanced 10+ yrs
Microsoft Project Advanced 10+ yrs

Qualifications
o College Degree required
o 10-15 years in cash equity business and extensive experience dealing w/ Front to Back departments (Front office, Tech, Ops, Finance, IT, Compliance, etc. )
o Strong knowledge of equity cash securities processing and systems, from trade capture through to GL processing
o Strong Understanding of financial processes

Ability to articulate full product life cycle and understanding of the trade lifecycle
o Experience in Middle Office/Finance/Operations re-engineering initiatives
o Understanding of business unit control functions and corporate reporting
o Must have ability to apply strategic thinking to multiple, complex organizational and business issues
o Ability to translate into practical plans for project execution
o Broad business experience in defining business and systems requirements for Corporate-wide applications. Previous experience in systems development
o Sub-ledger, P&L or General Ledger experience required
o Ability to architect business and software solutions and define related requirements
o Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills
o Ability to bridge communication amongst technologists and between Business Analysts and Technologists
o Ability to work across business groups and in a team environment… demonstrated

Project/Program management capability
o 6+ years performing business analysis/definition and Project Management to support large projects and business change
o Experience running large programs
o Experience in full project lifecycle management
o Have proven requirement and process definition and documentation skills, with ability to handle diverse workload and tight schedules
o Strong Risk assessment, negotiation and problem resolution skills