Group Manager

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is an award-winning provider of global custody, foreign exchange, securities lending, and brokerage services for many of the world's most sophisticated mutual funds, investment managers, banks and insurance companies. BBH is a world class organization that was founded in 1818 and operates from 16 offices around the world with over 3,000 employees. Join BBH, and you're joining a team of high-performing, dedicated and caring people who believe that working together is the foundation for building superior customer relationships. Across our lines of business, our philosophy is the same: Partnering works for all of us.Line of Business: SYSTEMSThe individual filling this position will be responsible for the managing the Corporate Actions Systems group and will oversee a team of between 15 and 20 individuals. He/she will be responsible for all application development projects, application support, budgeting, resource management and administration within the Corporate Actions Systems environment. The candidate will work very closely with senior members of various business lines to identify business needs and then work with his/her team to develop a technology strategy and launch specific projects to address those needs. He/she will need to liaise with other senior members of the systems staff to coordinate the integration of any corporate action systems projects with other applications groups.
The Corporate Actions Systems group will typically work on several major projects, dozens of smaller projects and handle all application support issues for all Corporate Action applications. Our Corporate Action Systems run on multiple platforms but the ideal candidate should be familiar with or have experience working in the following technologies: mainframe/CICS, DB2, Websphere, Java, EJB and MQ series.Requirements:
Manage the Corporate Actions Systems group and ensure that all of the projects under his/her charge are completed on time and on budget. The group is made up of between 15 and 20 technical resources who work in a multi-project environment.
Manage the Corporate Actions Systems budget.
Prepare senior management reporting specifically relating to project status, budget, staffing, administrative topics, etc.
Set the strategy for how the Firm?s Corporate Actions systems should be designed and built (working closely with Systems management and with the Operations business heads).
Ensure that the Corporate Actions production application environments are running properly with no business interruption, that the applications are secure, that there are sufficient monitors in place to alert of any issues, that any changes to the environment are professionally managed (proper testing and implementation planning, etc.) and that production issues are addressed in an urgent manner to minimize any possible client impact.
Provide technical guidance and support to others project members, especially with respect to overall application strategy and design.
Enforce standards within the group including the use of project management methodologies and tools.
Work closely with the user community to better understand their business needs and requirements and with other internal application development teams to coordinate integration of application and infrastructure components.
Review and approve estimates and technical recommendations for new development.Requirements:
BA/BS in Computer Science or related field
15+ years experience in the development of large systems in both the mainframe and distributed environment
5+ years of Senior Project Management experience
5+ years managing JAVA / EJB development initiatives
Experience with IBM WebSphere, WSAD and RAD,
Experience with IBM MQ Series
Experience with IBM DB2 (both mainframe and server environments)
Experience with IBM CICS
Strong OO and GUI design skills or experience managing resources with these skills
Knowledge of financial services (ideally Corporate Actions Systems or Custody / Fund Accounting Systems) is a VERY big plusOur employees are expected to think fast and work hard. By taking advantage of our on-line, self directed career development intranet site, employees can take the lead in their career with BBH from their first day throughout their entire career. In this environment, each person can make an impact.
By working together, we deliver client service that is unparalleled in the financial industry. And when our clients benefit, so do our employees. Join BBH, and you'll discover that it really is a place where partnering works for you.
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