Desktop Solutions Specialist

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company’s strength – delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately – is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg’s enterprise solutions build on the company’s core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

The Role 

Bloomberg is looking for a qualified application developer with a solid understanding of the financial markets to join our growing Desktop Build Group in Hong Kong. The Desktop Build Group is a resource that works closely with Bloomberg Sales and Product departments. The aim of the team is to increase our clients dependency on our product by creating desktop solutions, mainly spreadsheet applications, which use our Excel Add-In. Projects include assisting customers in the migration of their worksheets from a competitor linked product to Bloomberg data, and building sophisticated models that fill a product gap.

Responsibilities:

- Developing customized solutions for Bloomberg clients and prospects
- Building broad reaching Excel-based solutions to be published in a global Template Library
- Assisting the Bloomberg Sales Force in promoting our Excel Add-In and newly created templates
- Liaising with the Bloomberg Product Development teams to document product gaps and drive product enhancements
- Directly impacting sales through developed applications and direct customer interaction
Requirements 
- Must have previously worked in a financial markets environment and have a good understanding of different asset classes
- Exceptional knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is required
- Knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (C# or VB.NET) is a plus
- Must be proactive, high energy, customer-orientated and prepared to take ownership in a fast turnaround/development environment
- Prior experience with use of the Bloomberg Terminal or similar products is a plus
- Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills
- Excellent command of English and Mandarin required
- Some travel might be required
http://www.bloomberg.com/careers/opportunities/job/show/34937/desktop-solutions-specialist.html