FinIQ Technical Lead

Job description / Role

Our client in Dubai is seeking an experienced FinIQ Technical Lead to join their dynamic team. As a FinIQ Technical Lead, you will be responsible for leading the technical aspects of the implementation, customization, and support of the FinIQ Wealth Management Suite and related financial systems. You will work closely with both technical and functional teams to ensure seamless integration, superior performance, and the overall success of the project. Your leadership will be key to driving technical decisions, managing system architecture, and ensuring best practices are followed throughout the development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee the end-to-end technical implementation of FinIQ Wealth Management Suite and other related financial systems.
• Collaborate with functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions within the FinIQ platform.
• Provide expertise in Trade Life Cycle, API integrations, and other financial trading systems.
• Manage and direct development efforts for integrations with external systems like SAXO, SWIFT, Bloomberg, Reuters, and other industry protocols (FIX, EMSX, TSOX).
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, robust, and secure architectures for wealth management and investment banking solutions.
• Ensure alignment of system implementation with business goals, focusing on seamless integration, scalability, and user satisfaction.
• Drive best practices in coding, unit testing, documentation, and security standards across the project.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot complex technical issues to provide timely resolutions.
• Lead code reviews and ensure adherence to high-quality software development standards.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior team members, promoting collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the team.
• Participate in project planning, sprint execution, and Agile methodology to ensure timely and successful project delivery.
• Engage in research and bench marking of new technologies to continuously enhance system capabilities and performance.
• Effectively communicate technical ideas and solutions to senior management, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Extensive knowledge of a FinIQ, architecture, modules and hands on experience of front to back implementation of FinIQ Wealth Management Suite.
• Minimum 6 years of experience FinIQ
• Must have good experience of handling Trade Life Cycle.
• Must have experience in implementing End to End solution with FinIQ.
• Must have good experience in API integration

Technical Skills
• Should have development experience in SQL-languages with understanding of SQL-databases
• Excellent understanding of the Asset Management and Investment Banking
• Experience in Business Analysis and System Implementation with extensive experience in Trading platforms
• Working knowledge of industry related protocols including FIX, EMSX and TSOX
• Experience in Wealth Management and Trading systems including Advent, SAXO, SWIFT, Bloomberg, Reuters
• General understanding of event-driven systems

Functional Skills
• Experience in Banking, Financial and Fintech experience in an enterprise environment preferred
• Experience in following best Coding, Security, Unit testing and Documentation standards and practices
• Experience in Agile methodology
• Effectively research and benchmark technology against other best in class technologies
• Focus on quality of the deliverables to ensure long term stability of the system

Soft Skills
• Able to influence multiple teams on technical considerations, increasing their productivity and effectiveness, by sharing deep knowledge and experience.
• Self-motivator and self-starter, Ability to own and drive things without supervision and works collaboratively with the teams across the organization.
• Have excellent soft skills and interpersonal skills to interact and present the ideas to Senior and Executive management

About the Company

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