Associate Director, Front-Office Developer

Job Title: Associate Director, Front-Office Developer

Department: Information Technology

Reports To: Vice President, Front-Office Analytics

FLSA Code: Exempt

Estimated Salary: $120,000 - $130,000

Job Summary:

Cohen and Steers is currently seeking a highly motivated C# developer, Excel, Power BI developer to join our Information Technology department. The individual will be part of the development team that works primarily with rapid application development tools for both on-premise and Azure, solves complex problems and develops custom software solutions for our front office investment analytics team. Cohen & Steers is committed to an inclusive culture, valuing diversity in support of our people and clients.

Major Responsibilities/Activities:

• Support and enhance the firm’s reporting, integration and automation solutions related to front office investment analytics.
• Develop and expand solutions to allow business teams to access data from our strategic platforms (Datawarehouse, Trading OMS, Security Master, Market and alternative Data, Risk and Performance/Attribution)
• Develop applications utilizing Azure App Services (PaaS), Azure SQL Database, and Microsoft Fabric
• Work with developers and other IT members in identifying and proposing application system changes, enhancements, or troubleshooting issues.
• Supporting business users, investigate, and resolve application errors, data discrepancies and queries.
  
  
  

Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in the Information Technology field is required
• 3-5 years’ experience with C#, .NET Core, SQL Server, and Excel in a similar financial services environment
• Experience with Microservices, building Microsoft Excel add-ins, advanced Excel concepts, Microsoft Power BI, and Python.
• Strong customer service skills, with excellent written and verbal communication, in order to communicate with all levels of end users
• Experience in developing application solutions through all phases of the application lifecycle from initial requirements gathering to ongoing enhancements
• Ability to work with users and managers to prioritize between tasks
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  
  
  

Beneficial Skills:

• Experience with Excel RTD, Managed Xll, ExcelDNA
• Experience with Azure DevOps (CI/CD)
• Experience with data wrangling, ETL, and Python libraries.
• Experience with Bloomberg Terminal
• Experience with Azure Application Insight
• Experience of using job scheduling software (JAMS, ActiveBatch, AutoSys or equivalent)
• Technical writing and documentation proficiency.
• Recent experience in an Asset Management Firm or Hedge Fund
• Knowledge of publicly traded asset classes (Equity, Fixed Income, etc.)
• Knowledge of portfolio management process (Positions, weights, benchmarks, etc.)
• Knowledge of an investment & trade lifecycle and data flow (straight through processing)
  
  
  

Note: This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. The job title or duties and responsibilities may be changed by the Company at any time.