MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world's largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one's ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we're going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There. The Role As part of the Legal team, the Legal Counsel will be involved in a broad range of legal in house disciplines and opportunities and will have the opportunity to get involved with business matters from the outset. This role is an excellent opportunity to play a key part in helping to maintain a strong legal culture and in supporting the business to lawfully achieve its growth ambitions. Reporting directly to Assistant General Counsel and working closely with other members of the team in EMEA and APAC Legal and Compliance team (located in London). The Legal and Compliance team is headed by the General Counsel for EMEA and APAC (London) and comprises a team of 13 (4 lawyers, 1 paralegal, 1 Regulatory Affairs & 7 Compliance professionals across the UK, EU and Asia). The Legal Counsel will work as a team member of the EMEA & APAC Legal team, and shall support the team's workload generally, How You'll Make an Impact Being first point of contact in contractual processes and vendor management, asking initial questions and working with internal stakeholders to understand the types of services, and identify any legal and regulatory implications, outsourcing, privacy, intellectual property, liability, insurance, employment etc and to proactively manage to resolution as necessary Advising, negotiating and drafting commercial contracts for a wide range of services, both incoming and outgoing, such as vendor agreements, software license agreements, data contracts, client agreements and amendments for new products and customers, standard terms of business, intra group agreements and NDAs Review and possible renegotiation of existing contracts due to new regulatory obligations imposed pursuant to the forthcoming Digital Operational Resilience Act The candidate will be expected to take on primary responsibility for drafting and negotiating such agreements, and representing the company on commercial negotiations, and proactively managing the negotiations through to execution of the contract, with minimal supervision and escalating as appropriate Managing high volume contractual workflow and demand for legal support, by regular interaction with the business Liaising with the internal HR team as the first point of contact for employment related queries and first drafts of agreement (with supervision); and Ensuring proper distribution of executed agreements Assisting with company secretarial work and liaising with EU Finance team on ad hoc matters What We're Looking for Mid level UK/ Common law qualified lawyer with some experience of working without close supervision In house experience strongly preferred Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts without close supervision (data or software in particular) governed by English law or other common law jurisdiction required Experience in drafting employment agreements and in house employment matters preferred Corporate / technology experience preferred An understanding of privacy law and outsourcing rules in the EU or UK, sufficient to incorporate into contracts and understand client queries, is strongly preferred Strong written and verbal skills, ability to communicate efficiently and succinctly Excellent grammatical and drafting skills An enjoyment of contract drafting and interest in the law, attention to detail Organised, highly efficient, diligent and ability to prioritise pro actively and with remote management Ability and/or willingness to work with software that supports the business such as Salesforce, CRM tools, contract management software 100% Reliable and responsive. Self starter with ability to pro actively manage own workload and operate without constant supervision Willing to do all levels of work in a cooperative small team 'all hands on deck' environment Ability to challenge robustly and to think independently In addition to English - fluency in any of German or French is useful but not essential. What You Can Expect from Us Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's. Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days Reward for your service: We offer a two week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a "Share Incentive" plan Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences Collaboration and innovation are integral to our success - it's how we got to where we are and how we'll maintain and grow our competitive advantage. We believe this best happens in an office environment. Employees work in the office 4 days a week. This approach still allows for flexibility depending on the business function you work within but also helps us maintain a collaborative office environment long term.
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world's largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one's ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we're going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There. The Role As part of the Legal team, the Legal Counsel will be involved in a broad range of legal in house disciplines and opportunities and will have the opportunity to get involved with business matters from the outset. This role is an excellent opportunity to play a key part in helping to maintain a strong legal culture and in supporting the business to lawfully achieve its growth ambitions. Reporting directly to Assistant General Counsel and working closely with other members of the team in EMEA and APAC Legal and Compliance team (located in London). The Legal and Compliance team is headed by the General Counsel for EMEA and APAC (London) and comprises a team of 13 (4 lawyers, 1 paralegal, 1 Regulatory Affairs & 7 Compliance professionals across the UK, EU and Asia). The Legal Counsel will work as a team member of the EMEA & APAC Legal team, and shall support the team's workload generally, How You'll Make an Impact Being first point of contact in contractual processes and vendor management, asking initial questions and working with internal stakeholders to understand the types of services, and identify any legal and regulatory implications, outsourcing, privacy, intellectual property, liability, insurance, employment etc and to proactively manage to resolution as necessary Advising, negotiating and drafting commercial contracts for a wide range of services, both incoming and outgoing, such as vendor agreements, software license agreements, data contracts, client agreements and amendments for new products and customers, standard terms of business, intra group agreements and NDAs Review and possible renegotiation of existing contracts due to new regulatory obligations imposed pursuant to the forthcoming Digital Operational Resilience Act The candidate will be expected to take on primary responsibility for drafting and negotiating such agreements, and representing the company on commercial negotiations, and proactively managing the negotiations through to execution of the contract, with minimal supervision and escalating as appropriate Managing high volume contractual workflow and demand for legal support, by regular interaction with the business Liaising with the internal HR team as the first point of contact for employment related queries and first drafts of agreement (with supervision); and Ensuring proper distribution of executed agreements Assisting with company secretarial work and liaising with EU Finance team on ad hoc matters What We're Looking for Mid level UK/ Common law qualified lawyer with some experience of working without close supervision In house experience strongly preferred Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts without close supervision (data or software in particular) governed by English law or other common law jurisdiction required Experience in drafting employment agreements and in house employment matters preferred Corporate / technology experience preferred An understanding of privacy law and outsourcing rules in the EU or UK, sufficient to incorporate into contracts and understand client queries, is strongly preferred Strong written and verbal skills, ability to communicate efficiently and succinctly Excellent grammatical and drafting skills An enjoyment of contract drafting and interest in the law, attention to detail Organised, highly efficient, diligent and ability to prioritise pro actively and with remote management Ability and/or willingness to work with software that supports the business such as Salesforce, CRM tools, contract management software 100% Reliable and responsive. Self starter with ability to pro actively manage own workload and operate without constant supervision Willing to do all levels of work in a cooperative small team 'all hands on deck' environment Ability to challenge robustly and to think independently In addition to English - fluency in any of German or French is useful but not essential. What You Can Expect from Us Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's. Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days Reward for your service: We offer a two week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a "Share Incentive" plan Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences Collaboration and innovation are integral to our success - it's how we got to where we are and how we'll maintain and grow our competitive advantage. We believe this best happens in an office environment. Employees work in the office 4 days a week. This approach still allows for flexibility depending on the business function you work within but also helps us maintain a collaborative office environment long term.
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Technology London, England Full-time Company Description MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world's largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one's ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we're going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There. The Role We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our European Regulatory Operations Scrum team. The Senior Test Automation Engineer will have a background in trading or investment banking domain and will be working within the scrum team to design and run automated tests and to help deliver value via features/user stories each sprint. How You'll Help Take Us There Designing test suites for automation to validate functional and non functional requirements Designing test automation framework in Java, Selenium and creating Automation scripts for regression Maintaining and improving existing regression test suites Executing automated and manual test cases Leading offshore test team members on feature/project delivery Keeping up to date with new developments and strategies within their area and the general IT marketplace Offering ideas, advice, and support regarding improvement initiatives within the team Doing what is necessary to ensure all team tasks are completed on schedule Working closely with Product Owners, Developers and Client Support staff What We're Looking For 5+ years' experience in automated testing and creating test automation framework 2+ years' experience in Financial Services Ability to analyze and develop test cases for trading applications Ability to build on trading system knowledge and provide inputs to the team Experience with Java, C# and other object oriented programming languages to create/modify automation framework Experience testing FIX APIs Hands on experience working on the Cucumber framework for behavior driven development (BDD) to automate software testing Experience with Selenium is a plus SQL knowledge with SQL Server or Oracle experience Experience working with offshore teams Exposure to systems developed on various platforms (Windows and Linux) ISEB/ISTQB certification to at least Foundation level is a plus Agile Ways of Working, preferably SAFe framework What You Can Expect from Us Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days Reward for your service: We offer a two week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a "Share Incentive" plan Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.
Technology London, England Full-time Company Description MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world's largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one's ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we're going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There. The Role We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our European Regulatory Operations Scrum team. The Senior Test Automation Engineer will have a background in trading or investment banking domain and will be working within the scrum team to design and run automated tests and to help deliver value via features/user stories each sprint. How You'll Help Take Us There Designing test suites for automation to validate functional and non functional requirements Designing test automation framework in Java, Selenium and creating Automation scripts for regression Maintaining and improving existing regression test suites Executing automated and manual test cases Leading offshore test team members on feature/project delivery Keeping up to date with new developments and strategies within their area and the general IT marketplace Offering ideas, advice, and support regarding improvement initiatives within the team Doing what is necessary to ensure all team tasks are completed on schedule Working closely with Product Owners, Developers and Client Support staff What We're Looking For 5+ years' experience in automated testing and creating test automation framework 2+ years' experience in Financial Services Ability to analyze and develop test cases for trading applications Ability to build on trading system knowledge and provide inputs to the team Experience with Java, C# and other object oriented programming languages to create/modify automation framework Experience testing FIX APIs Hands on experience working on the Cucumber framework for behavior driven development (BDD) to automate software testing Experience with Selenium is a plus SQL knowledge with SQL Server or Oracle experience Experience working with offshore teams Exposure to systems developed on various platforms (Windows and Linux) ISEB/ISTQB certification to at least Foundation level is a plus Agile Ways of Working, preferably SAFe framework What You Can Expect from Us Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days Reward for your service: We offer a two week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a "Share Incentive" plan Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.