IT Investment Banking Business Area is currently looking for a Development Manager/Team Lead to join the team in London.
ROLE SUMMARY:
Development manager of the team implementing and delivering complex functional and application architecture changes of a critical risk management application – the market risk calculation and reporting system (MaRS).
THE ROLE INVOLVES:
- Work with the clients to define scope of MaRS releases. Planning, management and delivery of MaRS releases.
- Lead the implementation of value-at-risk (VaR) and other market risk models and reporting functionality.
- Implementation of software components using C++, STL and SQL
- Understanding and converting user requirements into high quality functional solutions within the risk application
- High level design and technical specifications
Additional duties and responsibilities:
- Occassional support of the current application will be required outside normal working hours
- As player/coach manage the day to day activities of team members
- Ensure that the sofware development process within team conforms to the bank’s standards and policies.
- Ensure that the system technical architecture and support documentation conforms to the bank’s disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity plans (BCP)
TO QUALIFY YOU MUST POSSESS:
- Comprehensive knowledge of C++ (including STL), and at least 2 years’ solid experience of software development using these.
- Excellent faculty for logical reasoning.
- Ability to handle mathematics of first year degree standard, including good grasp of statistics.
- Experience in design methodologies (UML, Component Design Tools, etc.)
- Exposure to large database systems, preferably on Oracle
- Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work at a fast pace in a team and adapt style to ensure the project is successful.
- Ability to foster a cooperative work environment for all stakeholders.
Candidate Value Proposition:
- High expectations, looking to develop the best Risk systems in the Industry.
- Will join at a time of considerable growth for CRO IT.
As one of the world's leading financial services group, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needs of a wide range of clients, offering advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally. The Credit Suisse Group is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 40,000 people. Further information can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.
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