Front Office Support Manager - Asset Manager/Buy Side/Production Support/Charles River

Our leading asset management client, based in Central London, currently have an opportunity for a Front Office Support Manager to join their team. This is will be to lead the production support of infrastructure and applications supporting the Front Office investment management group.

Key Skills:

• Experience as a Support Manager or in a similar role, ideally in Investment Systems Production Support, Application Support or Infrastructure Support
• Strong experience/understanding of Front Office Investment Management, including the investment process/technology that supports the Front Office
• Experience with Charles River
• Good knowledge of Equities/Fixed Income
• Technical background
• Exposure with VDI
• Experience with Aladdin - highly desirable
• Asset Manager/Investment Manager/Buy Side - background

This is a permanent role, paying between £65,000 - £120,000 per annum + bonus + excellent benefits.

If you feel you have the right skill-set, please apply. Successful candidates will be contacted within 5 working days.

Front Office Support Manager - Asset Manager/Buy Side/Production Support/Charles River

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JOB SUMMARY

Our global client is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join their busy Project Management team. You will be tasked with managing the performance and overall completion of single or multiple projects of up to £5M value involving the development, manufacturing, installation of Electronic, ElectroMechanical and Software Systems and equipment.

This positions offers the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology within the transportation sector. With an extensive list of high profile projects you will be exposed to all areas of transportation technologies including the latest innovations in automated fare collection and contactless payments.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directing projects involving extensive Software Engineering Development
• Serving as the primary contact for the customer
• Managing, overseeing, monitoring and approving all elements of assigned projects from inception to completion
• Reviewing and approving technical approach, feasibility and cost estimates
• Planning and managing resource availability for projects including engineering, manpower, production, computer support or installation facilities

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

The successful applicant will need to possess a degree or equivalent in an Engineering or other technical discipline, Prince 2 qualification, strong experience of full life cycle Project Management, experience of managing, building and motivating teams, good experience of Project Management tools including scheduling, spreadsheets and presentations.

In addition, any previous experience of multi-tiered Software or Engineering Development projects would be highly desirable.

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I have an exciting new opportunity which would suit someone looking for the next step in there career. 

This role will suit an experienced support analyst looking to make that transition into the BA world. You will have a strong understanding of the Investments/Asset Owner business environment and the front and Middle Office applications deployed, with the ability to effectively articulate and translate user requirements into workable systems solutions

Key skills:

• Experience of Portfolio Management Systems, Primarily Charles River.
• Analysis of current state and definition of future state processes
• Exposure to both in-house builds and third party package software implementation
• Good understanding of Front Office processes, portfolio analysis and trade life cycle
• Use of SharePoint, JIRA, MS Outlook (highly desired) 
• Experience of Investment EDM platforms (highly desired)

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Leeds


Salary £55k - £65k + benefits package

Role: 

A growing software company is currently seeking an Agile Scrum Master to facilitate teams of software developers and testers through the Agile life cycle of their projects. You will have ownership of the Agile Scrum processes and help guide and the team/projects through to successful delivery. 

Responsibilities: 

Working as a Scrum Master you will work closely with the product and development team to deliver software development projects following an Agile Scrum approach.

This will include:

. Manage projects in an agile/Scrum environment 
. Running daily SCRUM meetings 
. Facilitating Sprint Planning and Review meetings 
. Facilitating Sprint Retrospective meetings 
. Managing the Product and the Sprint backlog with the product owners
. Authoring Sprint artefacts and processes 

Skills & Experience:

. Experience working as an Agile Scrum Master/Agile Project manager 
. Understanding of other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/organisation 
. Good knowledge of the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures 
. Good knowledge of the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team 
. Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics 
. Understand backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition 
. Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices 
. Certified Scrum Master desirable

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing business where technology and a formalised Agile approach is key to the delivery of the highest quality software within their business. If you are interested in this opportunity please send in your CV for immediate consideration.

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Python/VBA Developer (Algo/Derivatives/Structured products) sought by leading investment bank based in the city of London.

-Agile methodologies
-Python
-VBA
-MSSQL (or similar RDBMS)

Desirable technical skills:
-Exposure to Java/C++

Business Knowledge (highly desirable):
-Algorithmic indices
-Cross-asset derivatives/structured products
 

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