Options, a US company providing cloud IT services to global capital markets, has announced it is doubling its workforce to 200.
The announcement comes as the Fintech firm moves to a new Belfast office, based at the Linen Loft in Adelaide Street.
Previously occupying space at the European Commission building on Belfast’s Dublin Road, the move will bring 100 new posts in addition to the 100 created when it first opened in Belfast in 2014.
The company is now recruiting for its Belfast-based roles in technical support, engineering, cyber security, account management and marketing.
With offices in London, New York and Hong Kong, it is led in Belfast by company chief operating officer Danny Moore.
Mr Moore said: “As well as providing greater opportunity for Belfast’s dynamic and highly educated workforce, the growth of our Belfast operations will help deliver critical support, sophisticated engineering and secure managed services to Options’ global client base.
“We are delighted to be part of Belfast’s rapidly expanding financial technology hub and are confident that the breadth of local talent, both technical and non-technical, will ensure our new headquarters, state-of-the-art training facilities and technology resources are an integral part of our mission to transform the sector.”
Stephen Morrow, Options head of account management, said: “From outstanding industry expertise to computer science and engineering talent, Belfast has been instrumental in the development of our business in recent years.
“In what is a period of vast innovation and global expansion for Options, the opening of our new offices in Adelaide Street will ensure Options continues to raise the bar for service excellence and cement the next phase of growth for the firm.”
Options was named among the UK’s leading growth companies in the 2018 and 2017 Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table.
Founded in 1993 in London, Options started as a hedge fund technology services provider and later diversified to become the first provider to offer private cloud services to the financial sector. It opened its first US base in 2005, and then opened in Asia three years later.
It now provides ‘front to back office’ cloud infrastructure to over 200 clients around the world, including global investment banks, hedge funds and private equity houses.