Careers at CMA

Reporting Line: Director of Sales

Date Posted: April 2008

Compensation: Highly competitive, commensurate with experience (+ bonuses and benefits package)

CMA seeks an experienced Account Manager / Client Support Professional possessing at least 3 years of experience interfacing with clients in the financial IT industry. This role will be based in our New York office and will involve some travel in North America and to London.

The successful candidate will have some level of familiarity with finance, specifically within fixed-income. Knowledge of the credit markets is an advantage, especially relating to trading CDS and cash bonds.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Application and data support, technical support and account management
• Training and coordinating implementation of products at client sites
• Working closely with sales, implementation consultants and coordinating resources from the New York office
• Client retention

Key requirements include:

• Educated to at least Bachelor degree level
• A strong client orientation, excellent problem solving skills and a highly professional demeanour
• Open, positive, fast learners with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work well under pressure while handling multiple tasks
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• A strong interest in the commercial and technical aspects of the role

Knowledge of technologies used in the financial services including:

• Windows Server 2003 / 2000 and Windows XP
• MS Office 2000 / XP / 03- especially Outlook and Excel (add-ins and macros)
• SQL Server 2000
• Windows Services, Windows Registry and Event Viewer
• Remote Support and remote access technologies (e.g. VPN)
• Exchange and Lotus Notes

Date Posted: August 2008

Compensation: Highly competetive and comensurate with experience (+ bonuses and benefits package)

CMA seeks a Data Analyst to join our London office. Data Analysts are responsible for providing support on data related queries.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Participation in on going creation and maintenance of financial reference information including hands-on data management of Bonds, Loans, CDS and CDS index data, ensuring timely updates for new entities, identifier mappings and corporate actions
• Provide client specific data solutions such as entity mappings and customized historical data sets
• Provide intraday CDS levels to news reporters
• Answer data-related questions raised by clients
• Research and analyze credit events and activities that impact the market and our clients business
• Work closely with client on requested support for new securities and instruments
• Work closely with internal Data Editing team to improve over all quality of service
• Work closely with sales team during pre-sales questions and items of research
• Assist the engineering team in enhancing our parsing software

The candidate will require:

• Good back ground in fixed income. Background in credit a plus
• Very strong analytical skills and ability to understand what affect markets and financial instruments
• Excellent communications and client facing skills
• Good understanding of MS Excel and other market tools. Knowledge of SQL databases a plus
• Good team participant

All candidates will be expected to demonstrate a personal interest in market trends and new products, and will require a good grasp of market practices and conventions. The role will involve external client facing work and requires a highly professional demeanor and the ability to work well under pressure while handling multiple tasks.

Candidates should also exhibit strong interest in the commercial as well as technical aspects of the job and be able to demonstrate the flexibility and commitment expected within a small fast growing company. They must be educated to at least bachelor degree level, be fast learners and possess a positive personality.

Date Posted: May 2008

Compensation: Highly competitive, commensurate with experience (+ bonuses and benefits package)

CMA seeks two experienced Data Editors to join our New York Office. Data Editors are responsible for research, validation and correction of quotes that our software cannot parse. These quotes cover a variety of financial instruments and require lateral thinking and the ability to quickly identify patterns and trends.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Liasing with Account Managers, Software Development and IT Support to maintain and improve data accuracy and data flow
• Isolation and correction of errors
• Researching and raising new tickers as necessary

Key requirements include:

• Open, positive, fast learners with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Professional demeanour
• Experience of working in financial services an advantage

Reporting Line: CEO

Date Posted: August 2008

Compensation: Highly competitive base salary + bonus and benefits package.

CMA seeks an experienced Director of Data Management possessing 5 to 8 years experience with an investment bank, asset management group or a data

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the provisioning of 3rd party content for security reference information, identifiers, pricing data and reference data of various types.
• Organizing the ongoing maintenance, cleansing and creation of new security reference information related to CDS, Indices, Bonds, Loans, ABS and MBS
• Ongoing management of corporate/government entities and their capital structure definition including handling of corporate actions and other key events
• Managing a team of over 20 analysts and data editor responsible for cleansing pricing information
• Develop methodology for improving overall quality management practices
• Work collaboratively with the Product Management Team and Engineering Team to optimize our internal processes related to data management
• Productize reference information that is created and managed by team and develop a new revenue stream

Candidates must have strong knowledge of the cash and derivative credit markets, the main data providers and the commonly used trading platforms.

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a personal interest in market trends and new products, and will require a good grasp of market practices, methods and calculations, ideally with trading experience in OTC markets.

Good management and communication skills are a must. They must be educated to at least bachelor degree level, be fast learners and possess a positive personality.

A good command of MS Excel, including add-ins and VBA, SQL and some experience with financial research/trading software is also expected.
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Reporting Line: CEO

Date Posted: April 2008

Compensation: Highly competitive base salary + bonus and benefits package.

CMA seeks an experienced Director of Project Management to manage the company's DataVision product line. The candidate should possess 7 -10 years experience with an investment bank, hedge fund or a technology or data vendor serving the financial markets.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Product lifecycle management (road mapping, product planning, release management and competitive analysis)
• Training (internal training of sales force and other groups, key client training)
• Market Analysis (market sizing and segmentation, product positioning and market positioning)
• Product specification and documentation (overall product architecture, specification to support software development process, documentation to support sales and client support teams)

Key requirements will include:

• Strong understanding of credit and fixed income markets
• Hands-on management style providing effective leadership of a mid-sized group with a diverse skill set
• Deep knowledge of CDS and cash bonds markets
• An understanding of the business requirements and workflow of risk managers and investment professionals in investment banks and hedge funds
• Understanding of all vendor solutions available to middle office professionals to assist product positioning
• Excellent quantitative skills and a detailed understanding of all mathematical models used to assist in the computation of pricing information for credit and fixed income products
• Analytical capability to assist in thinking about overall market conditions

The following areas of expertise are a requirement:

• Good command of Microsoft Excel and SQL

Reporting Line: Product Management

Date Posted: April 2008

Compensation: Highly competitive base salary + bonus and benefits package.

CMA seeks an experienced Product Specialist / Business Analyst possessing experience gained in a structured software development environment.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Proactive collection, research and documentation of user requirements for new and existing products
• Analysis of market and competitor products to identify gap closing requirements
• Production of detailed functional specifications and data models
• Creation of client facing documentation to explain content, functionality and user interfaces
• Liaison with development teams and participation in project management throughout the product lifecycle

Key requirements will include:

• Very strong analytical skills and ability to understand pricing of financial instruments
• Experience and knowledge of structured business analysis methodologies
• Strong knowledge of UML modeling approaches
• Good technical understanding of SQL databases and advanced Excel skills (VBA)
• Knowledge of Credit Derivatives market, its main data providers and commonly used trading platforms
• Excellent communication and client facing skills

All candidates will be expected to demonstrate a personal interest in market trends and new products, and will require a good grasp of market practices and conventions. The role will involve external client facing work and requires a highly professional demeanor and the ability to work well under pressure while handling multiple tasks.

Candidates should also exhibit strong interest in the commercial as well as technical aspects of the job and be able to demonstrate the flexibility and commitment expected within a rapidly expanding company. Candidates must be educated to at least bachelor degree level, be fast learners and possess a positive personality.

Reporting Line: Vice President, EMEA Sales

Date Posted: July 2008

Compensation: Highly competitive, (base plus commission and benefits package)

CMA seeks a Sales Professional to join their London office who has gained experience in selling technology to the financial services or asset management industries. A knowledge of fixed-income would be advantageous as is a specific understanding of the credit markets including CDS and cash bonds. The successful candidate will join a highly respected company with a prestigious client base that is undergoing a period of rapid growth. This is an outstanding opportunity for a motivated self-starter to join a company that is at the heart of the rapidly evolving credit market.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop and manage the full sales cycle for new revenue streams within the European market
• Source and close new business opportunities
• Work closely with New York sales team, marketing and product team to ensure effective client communication

Key requirements include:

• Educated to at least Bachelor degree level
• Proven closing ability with a demonstrable track record of selling into financial services firms
• A strong client orientation, excellent problem solving skills and a highly professional demeanour
• Open, committed, positive, fast learner with good attention to detail
• Ability to work well under pressure while handling multiple tasks
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• A strong interest in the technical aspects of the role

Of Benefit:

• Understanding or experience of the credit markets
• Strong relationships with buy-side clients and knowledge of the alternative investment industry
• French and / or German language skills, other languages considered

To apply for this role, please email your CV with a covering letter describing your suitability for the role to careers@cmavision.com

Reporting Line: Quality Assurance Director

Date Posted: May 2008

Compensation: Competetive and comensurate with experience

CMA seeks an experienced Test Analyst to join the product development team. The successful candidate will be looking for a challenging role within a software company focused on the financial markets. The role will involve testing and quality assurance across multiple projects.

Required skills will include:

• 5 years experience of testing or quality assurance analysis (manual & automated) including test deisgn, formal documentation, scripting, fault reporting, testing requirement hierarchy, traceability matrix and risk assessment
• Knowledge of the software development cycle and an understanding of development methodologies (V Model, Agile, Waterfall etc.)
• 3 years experience using Test Director / Quality Centre / WinRunner /QTP / Load Runner
• Knowledge of UAT, system testing, integration and function testing, black box and white box testing
• Understabding of Microsoft .NET framework, C#, SQL, XML, VBA
• Email connector understanding, e.g. POP, SMTP, MAPI, IMAP, Outlook 2k3
• Ability to drive multiple testing efforts

Preffered skills will include:

• ISEB Foundation
• Financial experience, particularly in the credit markets
• Knowledge of Excel development and RTD Server
• Exchange Server and Lotus Notes / Domino Server
• Knowledge of performance, regression, useability, operational and non functional testing

Education

• BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent

Date Posted: April 2008

Reporting Line: Director of Support and Client Services

Compensation: Highly competitive base salary + bonus and benefits package.

CMA seeks an experienced Service Specialist with at least 3 years experience interfacing with clients in the financial IT industry. This role will involve some travel within North America. The successful candidate will have the opportunity of acquiring detailed market knowledge in one of the most exciting sectors of the fixed income (OTC credit products), while working with many of the finest institutions in the financial services industry.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Application, data and technical support
• Supporting clients during the sales and training process
• Understanding clients' requirements and workflow
• Customization of spreadsheets and portfolios according to client needs
• Close cooperation with sales, product specialists and implementation consultants

Key requirements will include:

• Educated to at least bachelor degree level
• Strong client orientation
• Professional demeanour, excellent face-to-face, telephone and written communication skills, good listener
• Ability to work under pressure while handling multiple tasks, excellent attention to detail
• A strong interest in the credit and fixed income markets, especially relating to CDS and cash bonds
• A keen interest in the technical aspects of the position
• Ability to set client expectations in a pressured environment
• Knowledge of technologies used in financial services

The following areas of expertise are a requirement:

• Strong Interest in Financial Markets (fixed income, credit markets)
• Excellent Excel VBA Skills
• Competent in TSQL, SQL (querying large data sets)
• Windows XP
• MS Office 2000/XP/03 - Especially Outlook and Excel (add-ins and macros)

The following areas of expertise are an advantage:

• Windows Server 2003/2000
• Knowledge of CMA QuoteVision and DataVision products
• SQL Server 2000 , 2005
• Windows Services, use of Windows Registry and Event Viewer
• Remote support and remote access technologies - VPN etc.
• Exchange and Lotus Notes experience