Cash Equities Technical Writer in New York, NY

A large financial institution located in midtown Manhattan, seeks a Technical Writer out of a Cash Equities line of business for a 6 month plus contract. Position Summary The Technical Writer has the primary responsibility to document and maintain updates to the Cash Equities production environment. Additionally provide documentation for the support procedures Run Books' that are needed to operate the environment. This position will also support the creation of weekly senior management communication presentations based on input from Program Managers, Project Managers and team leads. Business coverage and Location This position will cover technical analysis for the Cash Equities production environment in both North America & Europe. Job Responsibilities . Work closely with project managers, release management and production support users to document changes to the existing production enviroment . Verify and validate the production environments and secure sign off from the appropriate stakeholders . Work with project managers, team leads, senior management to create/update weekly communication presentations based on input from these groups. General Experience Requirements . Minimum of 2 years experience as a Technical Writer supporting a Cash Equities business . Equities market knowledge and a strong familiarity with trading, trading workflows . Production Support including exposure to live environments and support procedures. . Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills (writing sample required for onsite interviews) . Proven usage of standard writing/communication tools e.g. Visio, Power Point , Word & Excel Specific Business/Technical Experience . Use of FIX as a standard message protocol . iSeries knowledge would be a nice to have' Experience: Candidate MUST be from a cash equities environment or will not be considered. Please forward an attached MS Word version of your resume along with hourly pay requirements to To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here