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As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
Job Description
SS&C Technologies seek an experienced Best Execution Analyst to be based at our offices in London. Performing transaction cost analysis across all orders executed by our in-house agency trading desk. Candidates must have experience in analysing, global equities, fixed income (rates & credit) and ETFs.
About SS&C Technologies
SS&C Wealth & Investment Technologies is a leading provider of award-winning technology and services for the investment management industry worldwide. Our 5000+ clients across 50+ countries include asset managers, wealth managers, family offices, alternative investment managers, fund administrators, brokers, banks, and insurance. Our solutions streamline their processes for portfolio management, trading and order management, compliance, accounting, performance analytics, reporting and more.
This is a unique opportunity to blend financial industry knowledge with technology skills, in a vibrant, international work environment. You get to tap into the knowledge of leading financial institutions as well as our experienced team, to learn and develop skills that will ultimately help you progress your career and grow a solid network within the fin-tech industry.
At SS&C, you will find a rewarding career where you can thrive at every level. We are proud of our unique business culture, founded on the passion of our people, dedicated to the success of our clients. As a company, we reward innovation and professionalism and support personal development. We invest in our employees through offering competitive compensation and benefits, comprehensive training opportunities, and employee programs to promote a healthy work-life balance and personal well-being. Our culture thrives on teamwork and diversity. Therefore, we hope to see you bring your unique perspective and talent to SS&C, and thrive!
Responsibilities
- Analysing execution performance on a daily basis, across all street-side trades executed on all trading venues types
- Advising the head of trading, and traders, on trends and overall performance
- Identifying mark-out trades and slippage issues across algorithmic trades, and Smart Order Routers.
- Arranging external monthly meetings with clients to discuss our execution performance using detailed reports
- Present results on the performance of the trading desk, at the internal monthly Best Execution Forum
- Identify trends across all trades executed with street-side counterparties, including Market Makers, Agency Brokers, and Banks.
- Report to the traders any trends or issues with counterparties such as ‘’adverse selection’ and information leakage.
- Keep apprised of all FCA regulations (COBS) and market trends in TCA.
- Monitor trades to ensure the order execution policy is being adhered to by our trading team, and identify venue concentration.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years experience performing this role, at a bank or broker.
- Strong knowledge of equities, fixed income, ETFs. Candidates must demonstrate knowledge in TCA protocols outside of equities.
- Knowledge of the bond market, and expected performance for different trade sizes, across credit and rates, and all countries
- Proficiency in using TCA platforms. Liquid Metrix is a prerequisite. Using BestX and BTCA is welcomed.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- High level of integrity and ethical standards.
SS&C quality
All employees are accountable for the delivery of a Quality service, driving for excellence in all their work activities:
- To be quality driven, aiming for 100% accuracy and timeliness of delivery.
- To effectively plan the way services are delivered so that all activity is directly related to providing quality services and meeting the expectations of the customer.
- To continuously review processes and practices relating to the role and act as a catalyst for change and improvement in individual and team performance.
- To observe proper standards of market, business, and personal conduct, demonstrating integrity in the execution of duties.
- To communicate and promote the values which reinforce and support a consistent quality culture.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a diverse workforce in the widest sense.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from head-hunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
Background Checks
All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in the hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background-checking process should you be successful.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
