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In a career at Bloomberg, you will play a vital role in making it all happen. You will be joining a team of solution-finders, with a real passion for providing superb customer service in a fast-paced environment. Exciting. Surprising. Purposeful. Life at Bloomberg is many things, but it is never dull. We are a truly global business with a truly diverse workforce. We pride ourselves on being open, inclusive and collaborative and in providing a work environment that encourages our employees to be their best.
What's the role?
Are you passionate about working in financial markets and by the prospect of providing technical support for the world's leading financial professionals? If so, join the Enterprise Services Early-career Technical Program, as a technical services representative. In this role, you will have two critical focus areas: to provide superb customer service to a broad range of clients and ensure that you achieve a deep understanding of Bloomberg's many Enterprise Product offerings.
You will be exposed and responsible for answering a wide range of questions across Bloomberg Data, Connectivity, Integration and real-time market data offerings. The position includes assisting fast-paced clients operating in Capital Markets, Asset Management and Financial Services and working with them to understand how they are using Bloomberg's enterprise products. Moreover, as automation continues to grow in the industry, we are adapting to understand our clients' technological needs. We tackle our clients' software and data needs, we understand how it relates to their workflows and evolving business needs. Working with critical information and highly sophisticated tools, we enable our clients to leverage the full power of Bloomberg Data, connectivity and applications.
Who you are:
Equipped with prior technical client services experience, you come to work with a purpose, understand what vitality means to a trader, are curious and take pride in being customer service driven. You love being part of a team where clients count on you every day, and you challenge and support your colleagues to innovate, learn and deliver the best service possible.
What's in it for you?
We provide all new hires an 8-week long training program, which covers aspects such as an introduction to Bloomberg products and services, our clients, a broader insight into global financial markets, general daily inquiries, Bloomberg Data, Bloomberg Enterprise Technology and trouble-shooting. You'll never stop learning. We'll invest in your career, and coupled with our unrivaled approach to career development, we will help you expand your skills and opportunities in this role through project involvements. Our Bloomberg Enterprise Services Client specialists have the opportunity to be involved in mentoring, recruiting, quality control and idea generation. Following your training, you will be able to join one of our specialist technical services desk:
Enterprise Data technical support team (Service Delivery)
Our Service Delivery team is accountable for quickly and accurately identify problems and provides round the clock support to our Enterprise Data clients. They perform thorough troubleshooting to pinpoint the root cause and If needed, you'll escalate the issue internally with groups such as Network Operations, Global Data team, Data Feed teams, Implementation and Engineering - all whilst ensuring our clients receive an exceptional, seamless support experience.
Enterprise Technology production support team (ETEC)
Our ETEC team is responsible for maintaining technological stability and mitigating financial risk for our clients across their Bloomberg solutions and products. In a nutshell, technical application, escalated connectivity and integration support is provided to clients who integrate with Bloomberg products such as the Buy-side & Sell-side Order Management Systems, Order Execution Systems, Regulatory, Risk, etc. Our production support representatives are trusted authority for fixing, resolving, and owning issues impacting our clients directly. They handle integration inquiries on a variety of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) custom workflows between Bloomberg and client systems. They also interact with clients who code against various Bloomberg specifications, as well as handling connectivity and application inquiries using various protocols and standards, such as FIX, MQ, XML, SFTP, Web APIs and SWIFT.
You will have the opportunity to champion your career across the company or further develop your technical skills within Enterprise Services. Our alumni have a diversity of successful career paths to: Senior Client Service Roles, Sales, Enterprise Technology Services, Global Data, Compliance, Finance, Engineering as well as Advanced IT roles and Client Financial Services.
You'll need to have:
- Up to 3 years of technical client services experience, ideally in financial services or FinTech
- Familiarity with data management, network and connectivity
- A demonstrated interest in Finance, Technology, Computer Science and/or systems information.
- Ability to provide outstanding customer service to clients through live, interactive media (e.g. phone,
messaging, etc.)
- Desire to develop skills and experience in customer service in a fast-moving FinTech environment
- Multi-tasking and problem-solving skills as well as an ability to work independently and as part of a
larger global team
- A Passion for continuous learning across various areas (i.e. technology, financial markets)
- Ability to learn new technologies on the job and absorb new information quickly
We'd love to see:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- A basic understanding of market data and associated financial instruments
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux and protocols such as FIX or MQ is a plus
- A basic conceptual understanding of Web Services and API's
- Ability to work within highly connected and software-based systems
- Additional foreign language
You'll need to be able to:
- Start full time work by early March 2024
- Legally work full-time and will not require visa sponsorship now or in the future
- Occasionally work weekends or on a bank holiday (weekday off in lieu)
What's It Like To Work Here?
We work hard. We are ambitious and set ourselves tough business goals. We are a meritocracy where everyone has a voice - not a job title. Working with people you trust, respect, and can collaborate with is more important than titles or position. Things move fast, and we want people who will enjoy working in this environment and feed off the energy. But it isn't all about work. Giving back is one of our core values, and there are many ways to get involved in philanthropic initiatives from helping local school kids with their reading to helping clean up local parks and waterways.
What is Bloomberg?: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/what-is-bloomberg/
View our Benefits: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/careers/working-here/employee-benefits/united-states/?tactic-page=588601
Does This Sound Like You?
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know that the next steps are.
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Salary Range: 84,000 - 84,000 USD Annually + Benefits
The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.
We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation [Exempt roles only], paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.