
Senior Trading Systems Analyst – OMS, Portfolio Platforms
Broadridge
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Newark • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $115,000 - $125,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Support and enhance trading, OMS, portfolio management, and security master platforms.
- Perform deep analysis of application behavior, trade lifecycle events, and cross-system data flows.
- Use MS SQL extensively for complex data analysis, reconciliation, validation, and issue diagnostics.
- Analyze and interpret FIX messages to trace order and execution workflows.
- Evaluate system integrations including APIs, batch jobs, real-time market data feeds, and downstream reporting.
- Trace data lineage from raw vendor feeds through normalization, mapping, and portfolio consumption.
- Work with market data providers such as Bloomberg, ICE Data Services (IDC), and similar vendors to validate pricing and reference data.
- Identify structural improvements and implement automation, scripting, or AI-assisted monitoring where appropriate.
- Review object-oriented code to understand application logic and support system enhancements.
- Contribute to system stability, release validation, and platform optimization initiatives.
- Act as a senior technical resource within the broader trading technology function.
Requirements
- 5–7+ years of experience in finance, fintech, or computer science/technology driven environments.
- Strong background working with trading, OMS, or portfolio management systems.
- Advanced MS SQL with hands-on usage for data interrogation, reconciliation, and cross-system analysis.
- Object-oriented programming experience required.
- Proficiency in at least one: VB, C#, Java, or Python.
- Solid knowledge of financial asset classes including equities, fixed income, derivatives, and FX.
- Solid understanding of FIX protocol and order/execution message structures.
- Experience with security master data models and trade lifecycle workflows.
- Experience working with vendors such as Bloomberg, ICE Data Services (IDC), or similar market data providers preferred.
- Understanding of vendor mnemonics, pricing feeds, reference data structures, and end-to-end data lineage.
- Exposure to AI or machine learning concepts applied to monitoring, anomaly detection, or workflow automation preferred.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Bonuses
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Hard Skills & Tools
MS SQLobject-oriented programmingVBC#JavaPythondata analysisautomationscriptingAI-assisted monitoring