Programmer Analyst
Job Description
Company Description:
AB is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional clients, individuals and private clients in major markets around the world. AB employs more than 500 investment professionals with expertise in growth equities, value equities, fixed income securities, blend strategies, and alternative investments, and, through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, operates in more than 20 countries. AB's research disciplines include fundamental research, quantitative research, economic research and currency forecasting capabilities. Through its integrated global platform, AB is well-positioned to tailor investment solutions for its clients. AB also offers independent research, portfolio strategy and brokerage-related services to institutional investors.
IT Group Description:
The Private Wealth Development department supports the Private Wealth Sales, Institutional Sales, Wealth Management, Marketing and Operations departments. This role is within the Equity Investment Management Technology (EIMT) group which is responsible for the Private Client Portfolio Management system known as SPSR. SPSR is used by the Private Client Portfolio Management team to manage and invest over 35,000 private client accounts with roughly $50 billion in assets under management. The SPSR system is comprised of numerous automated processes that continuously analyze and rebalance AB's Private Client portfolios using highly quantitative tools and portfolio optimizations that leverage AB's proprietary research models and algorithms.
In addition to the automated rebalancing and trading processes, the SPSR system provides interactive tools that the Associate Portfolio Managers use on a daily basis for handling account-specific activities such as individual account optimizations, asset mix changes and new account investments.
We are seeking a Nashville-based Programmer to join our Private Wealth Technology Team.
Describe the role: This position will be responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, deploying, and supporting the SPSR system described above. The candidate will work on strategic and tactical projects to enhance system capabilities while continuing to support existing processes. In addition to designing and implementing software, this candidate will be expected to partner closely with business users to gather requirements and support time-sensitive requests for information. The ideal candidate must have at least 3 to 5 years of C++, Java or C# experience as well as significant SQL development experience.
The key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
What makes this role unique or interesting?
As a member of the Private Wealth Technology team, the developer will work with state-of-the-art technologies to create software solutions that solve complex financial issues and provide portfolio managers with the tools they need to implement and execute their investment strategies. This integration of technical and financial skills makes the position both highly challenging and interesting.
What is the professional development value of this role?
The candidate will be provided access to state of the art on-line training, including Pluralsight.com. All members of the team are not only encouraged to keep their skills current, they are required to completely many hours of training in a calendar year. Additionally, the individual will be exposed to many areas of the Private Client business.
Job Qualifications (The ideal candidate should have the following):
Qualifications, Experience, Education:
Skills:
Special Knowledge:
Location: Nashville, TN
Nashville, Tennessee
AB is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional clients, individuals and private clients in major markets around the world. AB employs more than 500 investment professionals with expertise in growth equities, value equities, fixed income securities, blend strategies, and alternative investments, and, through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, operates in more than 20 countries. AB's research disciplines include fundamental research, quantitative research, economic research and currency forecasting capabilities. Through its integrated global platform, AB is well-positioned to tailor investment solutions for its clients. AB also offers independent research, portfolio strategy and brokerage-related services to institutional investors.
IT Group Description:
The Private Wealth Development department supports the Private Wealth Sales, Institutional Sales, Wealth Management, Marketing and Operations departments. This role is within the Equity Investment Management Technology (EIMT) group which is responsible for the Private Client Portfolio Management system known as SPSR. SPSR is used by the Private Client Portfolio Management team to manage and invest over 35,000 private client accounts with roughly $50 billion in assets under management. The SPSR system is comprised of numerous automated processes that continuously analyze and rebalance AB's Private Client portfolios using highly quantitative tools and portfolio optimizations that leverage AB's proprietary research models and algorithms.
In addition to the automated rebalancing and trading processes, the SPSR system provides interactive tools that the Associate Portfolio Managers use on a daily basis for handling account-specific activities such as individual account optimizations, asset mix changes and new account investments.
We are seeking a Nashville-based Programmer to join our Private Wealth Technology Team.
Describe the role: This position will be responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, deploying, and supporting the SPSR system described above. The candidate will work on strategic and tactical projects to enhance system capabilities while continuing to support existing processes. In addition to designing and implementing software, this candidate will be expected to partner closely with business users to gather requirements and support time-sensitive requests for information. The ideal candidate must have at least 3 to 5 years of C++, Java or C# experience as well as significant SQL development experience.
The key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Work closely with business users to understand their needs and formulate solutions.
- Translate raw data into useful information to fulfill time-sensitive business needs.
- Design and implement software.
- Coordinate and oversee the quality assurance and user acceptance testing phases.
- Ultimately responsible for the success of the projects and tasks assigned.
- SQL Server Development (procs/udfs/db design).
What makes this role unique or interesting?
As a member of the Private Wealth Technology team, the developer will work with state-of-the-art technologies to create software solutions that solve complex financial issues and provide portfolio managers with the tools they need to implement and execute their investment strategies. This integration of technical and financial skills makes the position both highly challenging and interesting.
What is the professional development value of this role?
The candidate will be provided access to state of the art on-line training, including Pluralsight.com. All members of the team are not only encouraged to keep their skills current, they are required to completely many hours of training in a calendar year. Additionally, the individual will be exposed to many areas of the Private Client business.
Job Qualifications (The ideal candidate should have the following):
Qualifications, Experience, Education:
- Bachelor's degree in CS or Math
- Minimum 3 years professional experience
Skills:
- Wealth Management/Investment Management process and data domain knowledge.
- 3 to 5 years C++, Java and/or C# ( C++ and C# with experience in GUI design using WinForms preferred).
- 1-2 years SQL (Sybase ASE or Microsoft SQL Server) including stored procedures and table design.
- Solid analytical and trouble-shooting skills.
- Graphical user interface design and development.
- Strong objected oriented analysis and design.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related major.
- Very strong written and oral communication skills.
Special Knowledge:
- Although not required, knowledge of Azure, DevOps, Git, Swift, Python and Xamarin are desirable.
Location: Nashville, TN
Nashville, Tennessee
Date Posted
08/09/2022
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