Nearwater Capital

New York City (On-site)

Nearwater Capital is a specialty finance company. With principal offices in New York City, it is focused on providing asset-based financing solutions for its global client base across the US and Europe. Nearwater is seeking a Head of Enterprise Technology to oversee the corporate technology strategy, infrastructure and systems within an organization. We are looking for a talented individual to work closely with the global technology team to ensure that technology aligns with business objectives, managing teams, driving innovation, and maintaining operations efficiency. This key role ensures the smooth and secure operations of our systems and advancing our technology platform.

The ideal person is someone with 15+ years of enterprise technology experience and strong analytical and communication skills. This role will work closely with stakeholders to deliver technology solutions and make a direct and immediate impact on the firm. The ideal candidate will have experience working at a bank/hedge fund/asset manager. We are a lean team and you will be asked to wear multiple hats.

Principal Responsibilities:

Develop and execute an enterprise-wide technology strategy that aligns with the firms business objectives.
Oversee the integration of new technologies into the company’s ingrastructure, ensuring seamless operations.
Manage and mentor IT teams, ensuring continuous professional development
Main day-to-day contact with our IT managed service provider, A/V vendor and Cisco phone managed service provider.
Key partner to the business for cybersecurity issues (vulnerability testing, phishing exercises, penetration testing, etc)
With the assistance of our development team, maintain our Azure environment
Work with the Compliance team on adherence to SEC regulations and other firm policies/procedures.
Deploy and maintain third-party business applications.
Implement integrations with admins and other service providers.
Manage our annual SOC2 testing, business continuity/disaster recovery processes.
Manage the firm’s preservation of communications (emails, chats, etc) via Global Relay/Orical
Assist with Level 2 user support issues and high priority desktop user issues.
Acts as a SME to senior stakeholders and or other
Stay current on emerging technology trends and asses their potential impact on the firm.

Ideal Background:

Ability to manage multiple projects and work with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
Experience in enterprise / corporate technology at an alternative investment firm.
Deep knowledge of IT infrastructure, networking and cybersecurity best practices.
Experience working at an SEC-registered entity (and/or Irish DORA-regulated entity)
Familiarity with Azure services (compute, storage, identity and access management, integration, web)
Familiarity with: Python, C# or Java and Azure Devops / Logic apps is a plus.
Familiarity with the full trade lifecycle is a plus.
Familiarity with/knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and Agile development framework.
Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

What’s In It for You:

Be exposed to a myriad of interesting and complex issues and learn firsthand about the execution of your colleague’s responsibilities in Origination and Trading, Risk, Finance, Operations and Compliance in a way that can only be obtained working in a small firm environment where you will be asked to deep dive into requirements and your advice will be relied upon.
Work in a fast paced and intellectually stimulating environment where every day you will learn something new.
Competitive pay and benefits package, and a collaborative working environment where we work hard and have fun.

Benefits:

Nearwater offers an attractive market compensation and benefits package including, health, dental & vision benefits, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, and a 401(k) plan with match. Our office is in midtown Manhattan, close and convenient for commuting. As a creative, intellectual capital firm, Nearwater is proud to be 100% work from office.

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