Ian Mills

Product Connectivity Manager @Bloomberg

London, GB

I work with the sales force Globally EMEA, APAC & US. It is my role to work with new and existing Tradebook clients to put in place connectivity solutions. I would engage in consultations with traders, IT, compliance and legal to clearly understand the technology and risk/compliance requirements before setting up and managing a project through to completion.Key roles:Work in a pre-sales capacity with traders, IT and business to clearly identify the workflow and ensure that the solution meets the firm’s technology, compliance and risk requirements.I cross asset classes Equities, spot FX and Futures, Options in bound order flow (DMA, SOAR and Algo\'s) and drop copies, Staging, FX quotes, STP exchange connectivity to stream FX top of book and depth of book to tier one banks.Manage/Build Certification tools for Bloomberg ETI to utilize. Fix Specs (all Asset classes), Simulator, UAT environment, Documentation/Procedures.Manage all aspects with integration into Third Party vendors & network providers building out from Tradebook FIX specs and putting together the GUI frontend. I will also ensure the reasonable costs and master agreements are in place and agreed with our compliance/legal. Then with this the Tradebook sales person can leverage to get commitment from the client.Manage projects for existing clients for circuits requirements that move to cheaper network providers in the drive to bring down Tradebook’s costs.Responsible for all client integration into Bloomberg\'s internal systems (AIM/SSEOMS/EMSX) This involved discussing all aspects of the project.Order flow from Buy side, Sell side, Hedge Funds (Direct, FIX network, Service Bureau) Order flow to Brokers and tech only solutions. Order flow to all Global Exchanges Inbound Drop Copies/Stage orders FIX trade feed.