Aladdin Client Transformations – Trading – Director

Aladdin Client Transformations – Trading – Director

Requirements

• 10+ years’ work experience in within the financial services industry, preferably in a technical capacity.
• Deep understanding of trade execution and preferably post-trade workflows.
• Knowledge of buy-side processes and understanding of investment.
• Experience with order management systems and experience working directly with senior traders.
• Familiarity with Execution Management Systems, Broker/Dealers, Dark Pools and other ECNs.
• Superior communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts simply and clearly to clients.
• Customer service oriented and experience facing off with clients.
• A Working understanding of FIX Protocol.
• Multi-asset understanding of Equity, Fixed Income, Derivative and FX Trading.

Responsibilities

• Understand client objectives and goals paired with strong emotional ownership to deliver on solutions utilizing Aladdin capabilities.
• Engage the Client’s key leaders to understand, redesign, and deploy strategic business workflows across the full spectrum of their Trading requirements, including logical and physical internal and external routing of orders, vendor and venue connectivity, pre and post-trade trade charges, fees and TCA.
• Collaborate closely with the Client’s senior management team (Chief Operational Officer, Heads of Trading and Heads of Desks) and provide strong leadership throughout the Aladdin Implementation.
• Work directly with the Client to create and administer the implementation project plan, as well as the coordination of resources across multiple functional areas.
• Gain an in-depth knowledge of Aladdin functionality and workflows to ensure clients take full advantage of the suite of Aladdin products and tools.
• Lead and assist in Aladdin configuration, testing and user training.
• Work closely with the client and Aladdin Product Managers to support client development needs.
• Participate in Aladdin business development activities assisting in Platform demonstrations as well as system validations and due diligence meetings with prospective clients.
• Actively manage client communications regarding Aladdin product changes and configurations, as related to Aladdin onboarding.
• Aid in developing improved practices to make the Implementation model more efficient with each new implementation.
• Develop strong relationships within BlackRock Solutions and BlackRock to ensure the best client experience.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.