Senior Capital Markets Business Consultant

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior Capital Markets Business Consultant to act as a trusted client-side advisor and Subject Matter Expert during the implementation of Orchestrade and SpiderRock.

You will represent the client’s interests, translate business needs into clear requirements and ensure that vendor-delivered solutions meet the agreed scope, quality and functional expectations.

This is not a software development role.

• Act as the client’s subject matter expert throughout the implementation.
• Gather requirements from Trading, Risk, Operations and IT stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear functional and technical requirements.
• Review and constructively challenge vendor proposals and deliverables.
• Identify functional gaps, risks and inconsistencies and drive their resolution.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, delivered functionality and acceptance.
• Prepare and execute UAT scenarios across the trade lifecycle.
• Validate trade capture, execution, valuation, P&L, limits, risk calculations, data and integrations.
• Track defects, verify fixes and provide recommendations for functional acceptance.
• Support system configuration, change requests, go-live, hypercare and knowledge transfer.
• Provide clear updates and recommendations to client stakeholders.

• Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Work arrangement: 100% onsite
• Duration: 6–12 months, with the possibility of extension
• Language: Fluent English

Required Experience and Skills

• At least 5 years of experience in Capital Markets, Trading Technology or Investment Banking.
• Strong knowledge of equities, options, derivatives and risk management.
• Solid understanding of the complete trade lifecycle, including trade capture, execution, valuation, P&L, limits, risk and settlement.
• Senior experience with Orchestrade or a comparable platform such as Murex, Calypso, Summit, Sophis or Kondor+.
• Proven experience in business analysis, functional consulting or trading-system implementations.
• Hands-on experience with requirements management, vendor delivery review and UAT.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Fluent English, both business and technical.
• Willingness to work 100% onsite in Abu Dhabi for 6–12 months or longer.

Strong Advantages

• Direct experience with Orchestrade.
• Experience with SpiderRock or another algorithmic trading, options-execution, OMS or EMS platform.
• Previous experience representing a client during a vendor-led implementation.
• Knowledge of SQL, FIX protocol, APIs and system integrations.
• Ability to analyse system logs and validate data.
• Python or similar scripting experience for testing, reconciliation or data analysis.

Personal Profile

• Assertive and confident communicator who can challenge vendors constructively.
• Strong analytical and structured thinking.
• Detail-oriented, independent and focused on delivery quality.
• Able to communicate effectively with traders, risk specialists, IT teams and senior stakeholders.
• Strong ownership, negotiation and problem-solving skills.

• A key client-side role in a strategic Capital Markets transformation programme.
• Direct involvement in the implementation of Orchestrade and SpiderRock.
• A long-term international assignment with the possibility of extension.

We are currently one of the largest IT service providers in Central and Eastern Europe with offices in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Poland. We employ over 800 qualified and experienced specialists from our state of the art delivery centers and technical training facilities. We are strategic partners with leading technology companies including: Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, Avaya, IBM and HP to name a few. Soitron is also one of the very few Cisco Master Unified Communications accredited companies in Europe. More about us at www.soitron.com