🚀 Director Application Development - Corporate Systems

Director Application Development - Corporate Systems

Company Description: Vichara is a Financial Services focused products and services firm headquartered in NY and building systems for some of the largest i-banks and hedge funds in the world.

Overview

Director Application Development responsible for leading a team of developers building applications for finance, trading, research, and risk; partnering with finance, operations, and compliance stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions; overseeing architecture, code quality, and system performance; and driving modernization initiatives including microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of developers building applications for finance, trading, research, and risk.
• Partner with finance, operations, and compliance stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Oversee architecture, code quality, and system performance; enforce SDLC best practices.
• Drive modernization initiatives, including microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization.
• Manage delivery roadmaps, priorities, and vendor/third-party integrations.
• Ensure compliance, audit-readiness, and secure coding practices.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of managing large-scale finance IT programs and teams. Strong knowledge of financial processes (accounting, tax, treasury, FP&A, procurement) and associated technologies.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills; ability to partner with CFO, CIO, and executive leadership.
• Experience defining finance IT strategy, leading digital transformation, and implementing core finance systems (ERP, Treasury, Tax, Procurement, FP&A platforms, Performance Analytics & Reporting).
• Experience ensuring integration between finance systems and other enterprise platforms (HR, CRM, Data Warehouse, BI tools).
• Knowledge of emerging technologies (AI-driven analytics, RPA, cloud-based finance solutions) to improve efficiency; SOX, GDPR, data privacy, and audit standards compliance.
• Strong IT controls, cybersecurity safeguards, and data governance within finance platforms; manage access controls and risk mitigation.
• Experience building and leading high-performing Finance IT teams; vendor management experience.
• Strong software architecture, design, and development skills; experience with CI/CD and modern development tools (JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, IDEs, Bitbucket, Redgate, MS SQL, PyCharm).
• Experience with large databases, data lakes, and data warehouses; multi-tier, web-based applications.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; Master’s or MBA is helpful.
• 15+ years of experience in finance technology leadership, ERP/finance system implementations, or digital finance transformation.
• 5+ years of application development experience in investment management/alternative investments industry.
• Expertise in ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, Workday, or similar) and financial reporting tools.
• Demonstrated experience in IT governance, compliance, and risk management.
• Experience understanding treasury, accounting, accounts payable, middle office, deal operations, performance analytics, and financial reporting teams.
• Strong knowledge of LLMs/AI and their applicability to the alternative investments industry.
• Solid understanding of modern software development frameworks and methodologies; cloud-based productivity tools and application management/deployment methodologies.
• Strong software architecture, design, and development skills; CI/CD proficiency.
• Experience with software development and project management tools (JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, IDEs, Bitbucket, Redgate, MS SQL Management Studio, PyCharm).
• Experience working with large databases, data lakes, and data warehouses; architecture and maintenance of multi-tier, web-based applications.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

Proven track record of managing large-scale finance IT programs and teams. Strong knowledge of financial processes (accounting, tax, treasury, FP&A, procurement) and associated technologies.

Additional Information

• Compensation - 330K pa
• Benefits:
  • Extended health care
  • Dental care
  • Life insurance

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

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