Flex / Excel VBA Strategic RAD Developer – High Profile project within Prime Brokerage, Tier One Investment Bank recruitment
Flex / Excel VBA Strategic RAD Developer - High Profile project within Prime Brokerage, Tier One Investment Bank
Introduction: Montash Associates have been engaged by one of the most prestigious banking organisations in the world, to assist in the acquisition of a highly motivated, experienced, Front Office Flex / Excel VBA developer to play a key part in the expansion of the Equity Treasury business globally.
The Organisation: A top-tier investment bank, one of the few that has performed well over the past year and that is now looking to grow a key business area.
The Team: The successful candidate will join a front office team responsible for assistance with user / technical requirements, design, development, implementation and support of the global Prime Brokerage business.
The Project: The Equity Finance IT group is looking to expand and develop the system, in order that the business can explore new revenue opportunities.
The Role: Not a typical RAD role, as there is the need to develop a clear strategy before developing solutions. As well as working on a project to expand the Equity Treasury technology offering, this individual will also assist in developing a robust reporting framework. The main duties of the role are requirements gathering for new applications, Technical Design of new solutions and rapid development of applications.
The Technology:
- Strong Adobe Flex, Excel / VBA , MS-Access Programming , SQL (Sybase/Oracle), Java Swing
- Knowledge of C# ( .Net technologies) – nice to have
- Be able to establish strong relationships with the business users.
- Understanding of Equity Finance particularly Portfolio Swaps or Equity Swaps
- The candidate should be a quick learner and have worked in a Front Office environment. The candidate should have a positive attitude and have an ability to work well with a team. Excellent written and oral communication skills as you will be required to work with a wide range of people split across multiple destinations across the globe. With this in mind an ability to work with multiple groups on accomplishing common goals is required.
- Good understanding of full software development life cycle process
- Ideally experience of working in financial markets with knowledge in some or all PB supported products especially Stock Lending or Collateral management
- To degree level: Computing, Mathematics
The Package: This bank are looking to attract the best developers from their competitors, as a result they won’t be beaten on total comp. A base of up to £120,000 plus a very good discretionary bonus mean that only the best need apply.
Contact: If this opportunity is of interest, please send a CV to paulk@montash.com, or if there are any questions about the position / the banking market in general please call Paul Kirtley on 0207 749 6060
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