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Role: Programmer / Analyst
Firm: $8+ Billion Hedge Fund in Connecticut
Description: The firm has 300+ employees globally, 15% of which are in IT
Requirements: We are looking for a junior software developer willing to have direct exposure to risk management and back office business processes. We have plenty of spreadsheets developed by our risk analysts and we would like to automate their creation and integrate spreadsheet-implemented reporting functions into our proprietary risk management system.
Most of the software development will be in the areas of Microsoft Office automation, data transformations with Microsoft SQL, process integration with C#/.Net, report writing with ASP.NET and Crystal. Critical part of this job is to take over support of existing spreadsheets and continue support of the reporting functions going forward. Support will include updating spreadsheets, maintenance and monitoring of related automation processes, identification and resolving various back office data errors.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- On a daily basis create spreadsheets, run calculations, identify data issues, notify business groups about the issues, monitor corrective actions, verify reports/results, and distribute them
- Create inventory of existing spreadsheets, document their structure, data sources, and cross-dependencies
- Develop automation procedures to eliminate routine manual activities around spreadsheet creation/distribution processes
- Develop data transformation and valuation processes to replicate functionality of the spreadsheets within risk management system in a form of reports and on-demand spreadsheets
- Monitor relevant automation processes
Experience:
- One to Three years of software development and support in financial industry – trading desks or risk management. (High Level Internships May Be Substituted).
- (THIS IS A JUNIOR LEVEL ROLE-NO CANDIDATES WITH MORE THAN 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE POST GRADUATION WILL BE CONSIDERED)
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Office development (specifically - VBA for Excel, coding for pivot tables, working with data sets)
- hands-on experience with SQL programming, and C# programming
- report writing with Crystal
Note: Role is not commutable by public transportation. You must have car..
Note: Restricted VISA candidates will not be considered as there is no VISA Sponsorship Offered.
Characteristics: Ability to work well in a collaborative team environment while able to take initiative to resolve critical problems and to lead by example.
No showboating but competency and assertiveness in terms of having a great skill set and being proud of it will get you far in this firm.
Education: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Equivalent.
Coursework in Database Designs and Applications
Introductory Courses to Finance and Financial Engineering
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Job City Location: North Greenwich (Near Armonk, New York)
Job State Location: Connecticut
Job Country Location: USA
Salary Range: To $70,000 depending on experience.
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Job ID Code: R42350007347
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Jeffrey Schreider
Senior Executive Recruiter
Professional Services, Technology
The Mergis Group
350 Park Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
JeffreySchreider@mergisgroup.com
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