IT Director, Wealth Management
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Hartford
Posted on: April 20, 2024
Job Description:
Together we fight for everyone's opportunity for a better
financial future. We will do this together - with customers,
partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We
will stand up for and champion everyone's access to opportunities.
The status quo is not good enough ... we believe every individual
and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We
are determined to support both individuals and communities in
reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this
future depends on our actions today.Like our Purpose Statement,
Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are
committed to a work environment where the differences that we are
born with - and those we acquire throughout our lives - are
understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our
employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an
environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves
to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to
positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our
communities is essential to our vision. Are you ready to join a
company with a strong purpose and a winning culture? Start your
Voyage - Apply Now Get to Know the OpportunityThis is an exciting
opportunity for IT Director to provides delivery management and
engineering leadership for Wealth Management focused application
engineering teams and co-ordinate with business partners, product
owners, and other technology stakeholders to apply/evolve best
engineering practices for Voya Financial' Workplace Solutions
Technology team. This role is accountable for proactively and
holistically leading or support Wealth Management business function
deliverables that enhance business model, processes, organization
change, platform/technology adoption to disrupt and achieve
targeted business outcome including delightful customer experience
across B2B and B2C. This individual is responsible for driving and
leveraging technology/platforms/engineering to enable the
organization's future-state business capabilities, which can enable
business processes, in turn, drive the organization's targeted
business outcomes.The Contributions You'll Make
- Lead the development and execution of technology projects,
including application development, automation, and database PL/SQL
programing.
- Manage individuals, and/or teams with higher level technology
professionals to ensure results meet customer expectations and
adhere to internal IT standards, methodologies, and
strategies.
- Troubleshoot special problems and lead performance improvement
efforts for one's area based on a solid understanding of the
technical concepts, methods, and practices applied by reporting
staff.
- Collaborates with customers, staff, IT colleagues, and other
stakeholders to identify customer requirements, assess impacts to
other data, systems, products, or services, compare costs and
benefits, consider available technologies and processes, and
recommends solutions.
- Monitor and report to IT management and user/customer
management on the status of multiple, concurrent project or service
efforts.
- Develops and manages business plan(s) and budget(s) for
functional area; identifies resource needs and develops supporting
justifications for them; responsible for the overall success of
team managed.
- Ensure security related to non-functional requirements are
factored in solutions for APIs, applications, platforms, and
databases.
- Ensure adherence to regulatory and data privacy
requirements/guidelines for systems and data for business
function(s).
- Communicates technology needs and strategy to fellow members of
solution architecture, enterprise architecture review board and
executive leadership.
- Continue to enhance business and technology domain knowledge by
participating in educational opportunities, reading professional
publications, and partnering professional organizations.
- Keep up to date with emerging trends and technologies in the
Wealth Management (specifically Broker-Dealer, RIA, and Asset
Management), Retirement, Workplace Benefits and recommend changes
and improvements as needed.
- Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for
the use of initiative, independent judgment and building the
consensus with multiple teams.
- Collaborating with suppliers, vendors, and customers.
- Other duties as assigned.Minimum Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics,
engineering, or information systems; master's degree a plus
- Overall, 10 or more years of progressively responsible
experience in managing application engineering teams. And 3 or more
years of experience in leadership/management role will be
preferrable.
- FINRA SIE (Securities Industry Essentials) and Series 99
(Operations Professional) or must be obtained within 120 days of
employment.
- Demonstrated success in project management and execution with
involvement in multiple major projects or a sustained record of
success delivering complex IT services to a diverse
stakeholder.
- Strong technical and management ability to lead a delivery team
(onshore/offshore) and to facilitate projects and automation across
the organization utilizing industry best practices.
- Understanding of cloud technologies to design modern data
analytics platform to support Data Visualization, Traditional
Reporting, Advanced Analytics and Operational Data Stores
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps concepts with automaton
- Expert level knowledge of existing, new, and emerging
technologies and being able to apply them to new business designs
and business models.
- Expert level experience developing and monitoring delivery of
efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business
problems.
- Preferably had development and coding experience in one or more
technologies such as Salesforce, Microsoft .Net VB.Net/C# .Net,
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Web API, Microservices, Java Spring
Boot, and Containerized platform like OpenShift and/or Pivotal
Cloud Foundry
- Demonstrate problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to clearly communicate / present technical information
to technology and business leaders.
- Preferably having a good understanding of AWS or Azure,
- Understanding of financial services industry domains -
Retirement, Workplace Solutions, Group Benefits, Wealth Management
will be big plus for this role.
- Understanding of industry standards like Pershing, FINRA/SEC,
LIMRA, DTCC/NSCC, Morningstar, SMA/UMA, and Advisory Platform will
be considered big plus.#LI-BP1Compensation Pay Disclosure: Voya is
committed to pay that's fair and equitable, which means comparable
pay for comparable roles and responsibilities. The below annual
base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this
position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary,
Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives,
sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to
reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please
note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to
perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the
amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this
posting. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted
salary range based upon the candidate's geographic location, work
experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level
and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time
roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours
to be regularly worked. $145,470 - $192,590 USDBe Well. Stay Well.
Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your
lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially
and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just
that. That's why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and
resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be
well and stay well.What We Offer
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
- 401(k) Savings plan - with generous company matching
contributions (up to 6%)
- Voya Retirement Plan - employer paid cash balance retirement
plan (4%)
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Paid time off - including 20 days paid time off, nine paid
company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
- Paid volunteer time - 40 hours per calendar yearLearn more
about Critical Skills At Voya, we have identified the following
critical skills which are key to success in our culture:
- Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and
offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
- Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and
problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
- Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and
execute on our common goals.
- Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the
financial services industry in order to make sound business
decisions.
- Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and
acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage. Learn more
about Equal Employment Opportunity Voya Financial is an
equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal
opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color,
sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age,
disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other
status protected by state or local law. Reasonable Accommodations
Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As
part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with
disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable
accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or
interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to
receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please
reference .
Keywords: Disability Solutions, New Britain , IT Director, Wealth Management, Executive , Hartford, Connecticut
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