Senior Vice President, Application Development Manager

About the role

Pershing LLC seeks a Senior Vice President, Application Development Manager in Jersey City, NJ to perform all phases of the systems development and implementation process. The role involves providing analysis, design, development, testing, and ongoing support for client area application systems across diverse platforms and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Analyze organizational needs for application development and interface with clients to ensure systems meet their business requirements.
• Develop, install, and maintain application programs.
• Interface regularly with clients and project managers to align systems with business needs and specifications.
• Ensure the availability, integrity, and stability of production systems by managing resources and responding to issues promptly.
• Communicate and enforce strict adherence to development and quality standards, monitoring compliance.
• Provide timely and accurate project-related information to relevant parties.
• Act as an advocate for change management, encouraging innovation and creativity in technology solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related field, with ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered, or in a related IT occupation in the financial services industry.
• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience must include:
• Brokerage and Trust Accounting including Clearance, Custody, and Settlement processing, Order, Trading, and Bookkeeping transactions for various trading accounts including Cash, Margin, Short, COD, IRA, Retirement Solutions, and Principal and Income accounting;
• Utilizing Investor Communication products that include Confirmations, Statements, and Tax Documents for Retail and Institutional Investors, and performing trust accounting using GlobalPlus integration and processing;
• Simplifying software container orchestration within the architecture using Kubernetes, and the Kubernetes building blocks to test cloud native applications, and deploying and troubleshooting a stand-alone application;
• Using Opentext’s Extreme product to compose documents in IBM’s Advanced Function Presentation (AFP), and designing, deploying, and troubleshooting complex documents including brokerage statements on both Exstream mainframe and cloud platform;
• Performing Agile Development as well as implementations in COBOL/CICS and enterprise development in Python, JAVA, and Angular framework to integrate with various vendor and third-party products.

Skills

Qualified candidates should demonstrate proficiency in multiple programming languages and technologies, including COBOL/CICS, Python, JAVA, Angular framework, and familiarity with cloud-native applications and Kubernetes.

Benefits

The company offers a competitive compensation package, including a base salary range of $189,592.00 - $200,000.00 per year at the commencement of employment. Additional benefits include flexible global resources, paid volunteer time, and access to a variety of wellness programs.

Pay

The base salary/range for this position is expected to be $189,592.00 - $200,000.00 per year at the commencement of employment.

Schedule

This position is at-will, and the Company reserves the right to modify the base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.