We are currently searching for a Developer/Application Architect with the following skills & experience:

The ideal candidate will have prior experience integrating 3rd party business

applications in a Financial Services environment including CRM, Front Office Trading

and Analytics, Accounting, Investor Relations and Fund Raising.

Hands on experience supporting one or more of the following vendor applications or

similar vendor applications is a plus: Sage Sales Logix (CRM), Microsoft Solomon

(Accounting), SS&C The Next Round (Investor Relations, Partnership Accounting),

Markit Wall Street Office (Portfolio Management), Blackmountain Everest (Trade

Order Management, Analytics), Dynamics CRM, Dynamics, NAV.

Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science and 7+ years of experience.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate recent hands leadership for application

design, along with development experience and in depth knowledge of Microsoft

development technologies including SQL Server, .net, Sharepoint, SSRS, SSIS, etc.

Programmer/Application Architect

The primary responsibilities of this position include the identification, design, and hands

on implementation of in-house developed applications, customizations, and/or

integration and reconciliation processes to support the business, with a focus on data

integration and reporting. This position will be the technical lead for the design of

technology solutions that will enhance the existing vendor application suite.

Responsibilities also include the establishment of a development platform and

associated standards that will be the foundation for future development, meeting all

compliance requirements and providing the tools for streamlined, quality deliverables.

The candidate will be most successful in this role if he or she has a blend of very strong

technical skills combined with an inquisitive nature, business analysis and project

management skills to generate ideas to move the technology platform to the next level

and deliver exceptional service and solutions to our business clients. The following

outlines the responsibilities in more detail:

·        Leverage prior experience to ensure that our development platform has the

proper controls to support development, all types of testing, and production

implementation with a low rate of errors or rework.

·        Generate innovative ideas to leverage our existing technology platform to design

and develop in-house, value add programs to ensure we are getting the most

value out of our technology investments.

·        Focus on streamlining data integration between systems, and enabling the end

user to gain easy access to data for informed decision making.

·        Design, develop and implement integrated solutions. This will require a

thorough understanding of the data architecture and the ability to develop

programs within the Microsoft/.net framework to interface data between

applications.

·        Be well versed in database management and data modeling concepts.

·        Ensure that proper application security is in place based on the users?

requirements.

Programmer/Application Architect

Principal Accountabilities:

·        Stay current with new technology in order to design and propose innovative

solutions that meet our clients? needs, ultimately reducing operating costs,

increasing revenue, or offering competitive advantage.

·        Work closely with the business users to prototype new concepts, gain consensus,

and develop an incremental delivery plan to meet the overall project goals.

·        Make crisp and convincing oral presentations to individuals or groups and facilitates

an open exchange of ideas.

·        Understand and empathize with our client?s issues and requests, and present

solutions in an understandable, convincing, and organized manner.

·        Demonstrate flexibility and respond appropriately to the expressed needs of people

internal and external to the organization; assess and balance the interests of a

variety of individuals; readily adjust priorities to respond to pressing and changing

internal/external demands.

·        Anticipate potential problems or opportunities and recommend/influence new

solutions that are best suited for the firms application infrastructure based on

the overall company strategy and technology goals.

·        Ensure projects are completed within budget and on schedule including determining

resource needs, time-frames, priorities and strategies to achieve the long and shortterm

goals of the organization.

Additional Qualifications

Self-motivated, team oriented with excellent analytic and problem solving skills

Client oriented with excellent customer service skills; ability to work remotely

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Proactively stays current with technology to develop innovative solutions for the business