VP Of Risk Technology in New York, NY

VP of Risk Technology - NYC FTP $0.00 - $150,000.00 VP of Risk Technology Description Company is seeking an experienced project manager to grow the technology requirements for firm-wide risk management group. The candidate must possess a strong background in credit risk management systems and risk management concepts. Experience building, integrating and deploying a firm-wide system is an absolute requirement. This is a high profile role, with frequent intra-day contact with senior risk managers including the chief risk officer and senior technology managers. The candidate will be fluent in the business of risk management and technology management. As the firm is embarking on a complete overhaul of the enterprise risk management system, this is the perfect opportunity at the ground level to bring in best in class practices and ideas, from customer master, trade master all the way to firm-wide risk management and reporting.Location: NY-Midtown, Travel: 20%ResponsibilitiesImplement and deploy the firm's new enterprise-wide risk management system.Lead a small group of dedicated risk technologists in New York and London.Bridge the technology/business gap between risk and technology management.Lead, mentor, develop a small group of dedicated risk technologists in New York and London while fostering a team environmentEnsure collaboration efforts with remote IT teams are successfulParticipate in staff hiring, development, and management.Focus on continuous process and quality improvement, along with supporting high levels of customer satisfactionMaintenance and monitoring of established measurement metricsManage team of 5 - 8 developers in different regions in a 24x5 onsite coverage, 24x7 on call coverageHands on support role as 24x7 coverage demands that all team members have support/development knowledgeWork with Business and IT teams to identify functional and technical solutions to meet business process requirements, this includes documenting technical requirements, as well as designing solutions.Non-Technical Required Skills General product knowledge, eg bonds, equities, futures, FX, swaps, etc.Specific knowledge of bonds and futuresFull understanding the following concepts: VaR, CVaR, exposure, PFE, Monte CarloStrong analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose/resolve complex issuesAbility to multi-task and switch gears to meet changing priorities and tasks to accomplish goals/objectives of the firm, not just individual tasksAble to proactively identify potential issues and propose resolutions Experience with managing development resources located in a different region of the world.Experience, commensurate with team requirements to support applications including issues, tools upgrade, version upgrades, etc.Must be independent and creative in approach to problems and issues. Ability to work independently.Excellent oral and written communications skills, particularly in documenting requirements and specifications, and communicating to end users. Ability to build, maintain, and follow project plansAbility to proactively manage up well, including owning issues/support, and escalating appropriately to managementMust have the ability to appropriately set priorities for self and team when necessaryAbility to own communication stream to users, infrastructure groups, and follow up/through"Can do attitude" relating to accomplishing projects/tasks/workload for teamability to work directly with users in the business to understand issues, drive solutions, and prioritize requestsTechnical requirements/skill sets: 5 years working experience with J2EE5 years working experience with Sybase3 years working experience with Microsoft C#3 years working experience with IBM MQ and JMS Technologies3 years experience in the development of relational data models.Working experience with Solaris Unix and Windows PlatformsExperience or working knowledge in the development tool platforms: HTML, XML, Perl. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here