SmartTrade Consultant

SkySparc is a business and capital markets consultancy focused on delivering value to financial institutions through domain expertise, technology excellence and trusted advisory. For over 20 years, we have supported clients with innovation, strategic delivery and deep operational insight across treasury, trading and risk domains.

We are keen to speak to experienced consultants with a strong background in SmartTrade technologies and practical exposure to configuration, implementation and support. This role is a long-term assignment embedded within a major UK bank, working closely with both business and technology stakeholders.

You will play a hands-on, client-facing role, supporting the configuration, optimisation and ongoing delivery of SmartTrade platforms. The role requires strong analytical skills, a structured delivery mindset and the ability to translate business requirements into effective system configuration.

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Key Responsibilities

• Engage with business and technology stakeholders to gather, analyse and validate requirements, translating them into SmartTrade configuration and solution design

• Lead or support system configuration activities, including setup, mapping, testing and validation

• Participate across the full delivery lifecycle, including discovery, build, SIT, UAT, go-live and post-implementation support

• Provide functional and production support, troubleshooting issues and ensuring stable day-to-day operations

• Work closely with project managers, IT teams and third-party vendors to ensure aligned delivery and high-quality outcomes

• Identify opportunities for optimisation and continuous improvement within the platform and surrounding processes

• Produce and maintain clear documentation covering configuration, processes, changes and training materials

• Support knowledge transfer and, where required, deliver training or walkthrough sessions to client teams

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience working with SmartTrade platforms or similar electronic trading systems in a consulting, implementation or production support environment

• Strong configuration experience, with the ability to translate business requirements into practical system solutions

• Solid understanding of electronic trading and capital markets workflows

• Experience supporting testing activities (SIT and UAT) and go-live phases

• Strong communication skills and confidence working with both business and technical stakeholders

• Background in investment banking, financial markets or trading technology environments is highly desirable

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