Excel VBA Analyst Developer – Fund Manager – London recruitment

Responsibilities:

The role will be largely development focussed but will include a significant amount business analysis and direct face to face contact with the front office team.

- To work as part of a development team developing robust enterprise wide solutions for the front office utilising industry standard practices and technologies.
- Delivering low maintenance robust applications to budget and deadline.
- To focus especially on quick turnaround, predominantly spreadsheet/data extract based developments.
- To liaise with project teams, line manager and development leads to ensure accurate delivery.
- To follow and support the full project lifecycle
- To support the business in the day to day use of front office applications, efficiently managing and resolving any issues arising
- To liaise with the front office in order to accurately identify and document business requirements
- To manage the translation of these requirements into functional specifications, detailed technical documentation and provide effective solutions in a timely and cost effective manner

Required:

We require an individual with a blend of business and technical skills to join the Investment IT Development team. You will be expected to be a team player and to posses a very high level of proficiency and experience in both front office business analysis and development using the Microsoft suite of development tools.

- Excel (Maintenance and development of s/s including pivot tables and vba)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 (including SSIS and SSRS)
- Web Service technologies
- Good knowledge of capital market products. (Fixed Income, Equities and Derivatives)
- Strong documentation skills to support the business analysis component of the job
- History of delivering high quality global solutions to a demanding user base
- Experience of the full project lifecycle, from initial requirements gathering through to implementation and ongoing support