Lead Software Engineer, Fixed Income Systems recruitment

Position Description:

The Conmpany:
Tracing our roots to 1928, Wellington Management Company, LLP is one of the world's largest independent investment management firms. With US$719 billion in assets under management as of 31 March 2012, we serve as a trusted adviser to institutional clients and mutual fund sponsors in over 50 countries. Our innovative investment solutions are built on the strength of proprietary, independent research and span nearly all segments of the global capital markets, including equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative strategies. As a private partnership whose sole business is investment management, our long-term views and interests are aligned with those of our clients. We are committed to attracting a talented and diverse workforce, and to fostering an open, collaborative culture of inclusivity because we believe multiple perspectives lead to more informed investment and business decisions. We welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject-matter expertise.

Overview:
The Fixed Income Systems team is responsible for providing front-office Information Services capabilities to Wellington's Fixed Income Investment teams. The team plays a critical role in our firm's success by providing technical solutions which improve the efficiency, speed and quality of the highly complex investment decision-making process.

As a member of the Fixed Income Systems team, this individual will be responsible for solutions delivery for Fixed Income Investment business. This is an ideal opportunity for an IT professional to apply business and/or technical skills to enable investment process to become more efficient:
•Lead delivery of high quality business solutions;
•Interface and coordinate with the broad Information Services teams to ensure successful delivery;
•Demonstrate strong project management and leadership skills with ability to handle multiple activities in a dynamic fast paced environment.
•Interact with Investment professionals at all levels of the organization as needed, to proactively identify opportunities for new/improved systems to improve the investment process.

Responsibilities:
•Lead the implementation of business solutions in conjunction with the technical development.
•Perform gap analysis between investment process and existing systems
•Lead and establish effective processes for productive partnership with offshore technical teams.
•Lead implementation of business process improvements involving (but not limited to) investment process efficiency, data quality improvements and simplifying investor work flow.

Qualifications:
Technical Requirements
•Minimum of five years of hands-on design and development experience in commercial environments
•Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of modern software development and testing methodologies.
•Excellent analytical and problem skills using either one or both of the following:
oExperience in relevant financial domain i.e. business technical understanding of Fixed Income, Derivatives securities or financial markets like Foreign Exchange, Money Market, etc.
oExperience developing J2EE applications using JDBC, JNDI, JMS and other related technologies like Swing, RCP, developing Web applications using JSP, AJAX, SPRING, Web Services and other related technologies (HTML5, etc) is strong plus.
•Intermediate level expertise with SQL and Excel VBA

Non-Technical Requirements
•Degree in Computer Science or directly related field
•Excellent written and verbal communications skills
•Willingness to work independently in an energetic, fast-paced, business-critical and team oriented-environment
•CFA or working towards CFA is a strong plus.
•Demonstrated experience in problem-solving skills and delivery of quality solutions with good mathematical acumen.
•A strong team player, with ability to work in collaboration across teams.