Senior Application Support/Team Lead – Prestigious Hedge Fund
My leading hedge fund is looking for a bright, enthusiastic and driven Application Support Team Lead to join their ever expanding, highly successful, company. The candidate does not need previous Team Lead experience, but should have examples of when they have acted as the "go-to person" or senior member of a Support Team.
This person will be responsible for the smooth running of the production systems whilst answering users’ queries and managing expectations. This position offers fantastic career growth and the chance to work within a well established, prestigious Hedge Fund.
This role will be sitting within Middle/Back Office and the candidate should have strong SQL skills (for script writing, query writing and investigation of data feeds).
They must also have strong Application Support experience and middle/back office business knowledge, areas including: Risk, Book of Records, Reconciliations, Client Reporting, Data Management/Data Warehousing, Performance and Attribution, Confirmations, Trade Processing and Settlement.
Responsibilities:
• Support for in-house and third party applications
• Managing a team of around 3-4 support analysts
• Working closely with developers
• Dealing with troubleshooting issues and finding the root causes
• Pro-actively identify moves the development team can make to reduce support need
Essential Skills:
• Experience using SQL and the ability to write queries on a regular basis
• Strong business knowledge as well as technical skills
• Some C# .NET exposure
• Very strong interpersonal, communicational and motivation skills
• A passion for Application Support
• Previous experience within an Investment Management firm.
This support team is going to grow under the guidance of the new leader, so an idea of what makes a strong team is beneficial. This role involves a lot of database work, so technical skills are important. The firm also uses third party software (ie. Tradar, Imagine, Tableau) so experience using these software’s is beneficial.
If you have the skills listed, and would like more information regarding this position, please contact Abigail Rutter on 020 3465 0124.
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