Cantor Fitzgerald

Employment Opportunities

Updated:  January 30, 2012

Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. is a leading financial services provider that offers clients an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed income capital markets. These products and services include sales and trading, investment banking, market commentary and market data. For more than 50 years, Cantor Fitzgerald, a proven and resilient leader, has been committed to delivering a unique brand of unparalleled trading and distribution services, product expertise, innovative technology and customer service to institutional clients around the world.

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Oversee's Position
Director - Fixed Income Sales to the Middle East see bottom of page and direct CV to appropriate email

North America Positions

DEVELOPER:__Senior_GUI_Architect_-_Prime_Brokerage
DEVELOPER:_Java_Database_Prime_Brokerage
DEVELOPER:_Senior_Java - Aqua

Programmer_Analyst

Staff_Tax_Analyst_-_Temp_to_Perm

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DEVELOPER:  Senior GUI Architect - Prime Brokerage

Position is a Senior Technical Architect for Cantor Prime services technology division.  Position provides programming and development of custom software to Prime Broker technology platform.  Senior Architect is responsible for : -developing solutions for front-end GUI, database programming and SOAP services.  This position provides core competency around Prime service technology and is a critical position for maintaining the prime services business at Cantor Fitzgerald.  
Core Competencies:
•  Minimum of 5 years of capital markets industry experience
•  Minimum 10 years  in related technologies.
Key Technical Competencies:
•  .net
•   c#
•  Silverlight, experienced or knowledge
•  Must be experienced in SOAP architecture
•  Familiarity using JAVA services, our backend java
•  SQL server experience
•  WFM
•  WINDOWS
•  Business knowledge in Prime brokerage.
Key Non Technical Competencies
•  FAST paced environment and aggressive scrum development
•  Prime broker experience optional
•  Financial services systems experience.
Location: NYC – midtown
Travel:  0%
Send resumes to: bgillett@cantor.com

DEVELOPER: Java/Database Prime Brokerage
Job description:  Work with the technology team at Cantor Prime Brokerage department. Design and construct data warehouse. Load and consolidate real-time transaction, security and price data from difference sources and produce real-time reports using SQL server, Java, SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS). Publish data updates to front-end using JMS. Create and schedule batch jobs to load large volume of end of day activity, balance, position data files into data warehouse efficiently. Setup and maintain a portfolio management vendor product - responsibilities include portfolio setup, data feeding, data reconciliation, and report configuration. Create XML mappings to properly feed transaction, price data to Geneva and setup different types of security products automatically.
Key Technical Competencies:    
•    Java Programming experience
•    Programming experience in EJB, JSP, XML, OR SQL
•    Knowledge of web services, Javascript or Jboss application server
•    Knowledge of database architecture and design
•    Ability to interpret written requirements and technical specification documents.
•    Ability to code software according to published standards and design guidelines.
Key Non Technical Competencies:
•    Flexible attitude, ability to perform under pressure.
•    A commitment to quality and a thorough approach to the work.
•    Degree in Computer Science or related field
•    Minimum 5 years of programming experience.  
•    Experience must have included working with programming languages: Java, Shell Scripting; databases: Sybase ASE 12.5.x, SQL Server 2005/2008; O/S: Windows NT/XP/7, Unix, Linux; web technologies: XML, HTML, JBoss 5.1.x, JMS, Web Services, Mule EBS; other technologies: Eclipse, Ant, SSIS, SSRS, Advent Geneva 7.x/8.x(a plus, not required)
Location:  NYC-Midtown
Travel:  0%
Send resumes to bgillett@cantor.com

DEVELOPER:  Senior Java - Aqua
Aqua is an electronic trading platform focused on creating access to new pools of block liquidity for institutions, brokers, and hedge funds. Based in New York, Aqua has received regulatory approval to operate as an alternative trading system for U.S. equities. Featuring block liquidity contributed by a broad range of sell-side firms, Aqua is a safe, efficient and fast tool for electronic block trading between the sell-side and the buy-side.

Job description:  You will be a part of a small team that works very closely with the business to build new features and enhance existing features of the ATS platform. The team is actively engaged in producing/discussing new ideas and takes an iterative approach to feature development that helps us eventually create a product exactly as the business visualizes. The team has a distinct ‘start-up’ mentality in the approach it takes to build the products; features are turned around quickly and built upon incrementally.

Each team member has individual responsibility to produce while also sharing collective responsibility for the design and performance of the system. You will interact frequently with the testing team and will frequently get a lot of direct feedback on the features you build. Excellent communication skills and knowledge of this industry will play enormous roles in your effectiveness in this role.
Core Competencies:
•    Strong server-side java skills (multi-threaded programming / concurrency, javax packages)
•    Strong analytical and design skills
•    Excellent communicator – both verbal and written
•    Understanding of design and programming best practices
•    Very sound understanding of algorithms and data structures including java-specific knowledge of these areas.
•    Knowledge of the equities trading industry and FIX protocol
Core Technical Competencies:
•    Swing, web-rendered development
•    Experience with Linux, Tomcat servers
Additional Technical Competencies:
•    Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows
•    Database Management Systems: MySQL, Sybase, MS SQLServer
•    Languages:  Java, UNIX shell scripting, scripting languages (PERL/Groovy/Ruby/Python)
•    Java-Related: JDBC (Database Connectivity), Java Servlets, JSP (Java Server Pages),   RMI (Remote Method Invocation), Log4j Logging Utility), Ant (Make Utility), Java Swing
•    Web-Related: Struts, Spring, or familiarity with any MVC Model 2 web application framework, JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library), JavaScript, HTML
•    XML-Related: XML, XSL; XSLT; FOP, JDOM, SAX
•    J2EE Application Servers: Apache Tomcat Servlet Engine
•    Miscellaneous: Knowledge of and experience with OOAD and design patterns, UML, Java IDE (Eclipse / netbeans / intelliJ)
Location:  NYC- Midtown
Travel:  0%
Please send resumes to bgillett@cantor.com

Temp to Perm STAFF TAX ANALYST
Core Description
Responsible for the preparation of individual income, corporate, partnership, trust, foundation, sales, payroll tax filings and returns within the Corporate Tax Department. Prepare quarterly and annual tax provision calculations; Assist with extensions (1065, 1120, 990, 1041, 1120s, 1040); Assist with the identification of information reporting requirements. Perform tax research as appropriate under generally minimal supervision and provide other tax technical support as needed. Exposure to income tax to provision work (knowledge of 10-Q, 11-K) is a plus. Respond to inquiries from a wide variety of sources (e.g. tax authorities, auditors, etc.) for the purpose of facilitating communication and/or providing guidance among several parties; and providing information and/or referral for addressing inquiry.
Key Core Responsibilities
Candidate must be familiar with Tax Compliance (mainly Individuals/partnership/corporate tax returns); Preparation of (1040/1040NR/1065/1120) federal and state income tax returns; Provide Federal audit assistance, if necessary.
Candidate must be familiar with Thomson Reuters GoSystemRS. Assist in preparing quarterly tax provision, including detailed analysis of trial balances and identification and computation of Schedule M-1/M-3 adjustments. (Assist in the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly and annual year-end financial and regulatory reporting would be a plus)
Candidate must be familiar with Non-Income Tax Compliance; Preparation of non-income tax returns and filings, including: Form TD F 90-22.1 Report of Foreign Bank Accounts.
• Assist in preparation of estimated tax payments (made to IRS and states) as well as future withholding requirements under existing and new legislation.
• Identifying all withholding payments required to be submitted including backup withholding, IRA withholding, foreign withholding, etc.
Key Core Competencies
•    Computer savvy – mostly excel (knowledge of Access is a plus)/tax software.
•    Experience with Thomson Reuters GoSystemRS.
•    Strong written and oral communication skills.
•    Strong critical and analytical thinking skills and problem solving capabilities.
•    Willing to work the hours necessary to complete returns during Tax Season (team player).
Key Requirements:
•    Bachelors Degree in Accounting.
•    2+ years, minimum, work experience with individual/corporate income tax experience (i.e. Individuals, Partnership, S-Corp, consolidating returns).
•    Experience must be from either public accounting and/or big four. Financial services industry a plus.
•    Working knowledge of financial accounting reporting and procedures a plus.
•    Tax technical knowledge encompassing federal as well as state and local.
•    Effective project and/or people management skills a plus.
Location:  Midtown – NYC
Travel:  0%
Send resumes to bgillett@cantor.com

OVERSEAS POSITION

Director - Fixed Income Sales to the Middle East
Location: London
Salary & benefits: Competitive

Key Responsibilities: 

• To establish the Cantor Fitzgerald name in the Middle East as a high quality provider of Fixed Income products.
• Focusing on Fixed Income Sales to Middle Eastern Accounts through the marketing of the range of Fixed Income products of the Cantor Fitzgerald Group
• Disseminating and distributing product information to your Customer base
• Maintaining technical proficiency in the execution of market transactions and exercising reasonable judgement and discretion in handling transactions executed by the desk
• Communicate effectively with all brokers and traders on the desk and liaise with other broking offices within the Group worldwide
• Development of business relationships for the Company by socialising with customers and prospective customers outside of the workplace.

Skills/Experience:

• Achievement of First class Bachelors degree in a relevant area
• Fluent verbal and written skills in Arabic language
• Strong understanding of the culture of the region from having resided/worked within the Middle East previously
• A relevant existing client base and the ability to develop new business relationships
• Strong, proven understanding and experience of Fixed Income product, Credit and Rates, Structured and Flow
• If you are interested in this role, please email (in complete confidence) LMcGowan@cantor.com

(no telephone calls please) Quoting: “Director – Fixed Income” in the Subject box. Closing date for Applications: 13th February 2012