Messages In This Digest (4 Messages)
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- Business Solutions Analyst - Defined Contributions - Financial Servi From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Business System's Analyst - Portfolio Accounting - Investment Manage From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
- 3a.
- Sr. Assoc. - Systems Architect - Java/C# - FI/Derivatives - Boston, From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
- 4a.
- Developer - SQL Server - SQL/T-SQL - Investment Management - Boston, From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
Messages
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Business Solutions Analyst - Defined Contributions - Financial Servi
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Aug 9, 2011 12:46 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
08-10-2011
Position Title – WRCOBFBSA062011
Business Solutions Analyst – Defined Contributions - Financial Services -
Rt93/Boston, MA Area
Base + Bonus - Comprehensive Benefits
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Stable Work History
Company
Division of a large, successful, and growing financial services firm.
Summary:
A Business Solutions Analyst position is a great opportunity to participate
in strategic and tactical projects. These projects will include building
new products for the retirement business as well as building new systems
enhancements to improve operational efficiencies
As a Business Solutions Analyst you will perform in-depth analysis, identify
revenue and process improvement opportunities, and propose business and
product solutions to satisfy company and client needs.
There are 2 roles – One is product oriented and the other is process
oriented - The positions are required to build and maintain a product user
guide and to maintain User Procedure Guides - There are four phases to the
guides: 1). Describes the Product – 2). Processing Guide – 3). System's
Guide – 4). Implementation Guide. Once the guides are developed, these
resources will be used within the Product area to perform Product and
Process analytical work.
Both roles require strong knowledge of defined contributions.
Detailed Responsibilities:
The chief responsibilities include:
· Developing an in-depth understanding of internal and client
processes and identifying challenges and opportunities for improvement.
· Staying abreast of retirement industry trends
· Analyzing complex business needs to determine solution
requirements
· Preparing comprehensive proposal for documentation initiatives and
other internal initiatives
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Defined contribution business and recordkeeping services
· Understanding of analytical approaches and project management
disciplines
· Understanding of technology concepts
· Understanding of various corporate operations and support
functions
· The ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally
and in writing, with both technical and non-technical associates
· The ability to partner with business partners and clients
· The ability to execute complex assignments within the established
time frames and quality standards.
Education and Experience
· Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of formal education
and work experience.
· 6 + years of Defined Contributions and financial services
experience, including prior systems and applications related experience –
This is a must have.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEB Site –net
www.wrightassociates.org
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Business System's Analyst - Portfolio Accounting - Investment Manage
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Aug 9, 2011 12:46 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know
that might be a good fit.
Position Title – WRCOAABSA062011
08-10-2011
Business System's Analyst – Portfolio Accounting - Investment Management –
Boston, MA Area – Up to $120K
Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits
Local Candidates only – No sponsorship
Stable work history required
Company
Successful, smaller, and growing, Boston based Investment Management firm
with $45B+ under management
Position Responsibilities - Summary
As a member of the IT group, this position will play a key role in the
support of the portfolio accounting and other investment operations systems.
It is a highly visible position with exposure to many business units in a
dynamic quantitative investment management firm. The position requires a
high level of direct interaction and collaboration with end users, excellent
analytical and communication skills, and outstanding domain knowledge.
The Business Systems Analyst must comprehend and organize a collection of
business requirements and communicate those requirements to application
developers. Negotiate technical and non-technical solutions that both
satisfy the business user and conform to the technical architecture.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Drive efforts that identify business requirements.
· Write specifications for new/revised systems based on knowledge of
business needs by working closely with senior department managers and key
department members.
· Identify and document scope changes escalating appropriately to
project manager for action.
· Participate in functional and change impact analysis for existing
business processes and develops recommendations for improvements and
enhancements.
· Conduct business and systems requirements analysis at code and
data level such as data mapping, and data conversion analysis.
· Perform complex data analysis in support of ad-hoc customer
requests.
· Work with Business and Technology Departments to identify data
lineage analysis, source and destination requirements for applications.
· Analyze the business processes in terms of activities (tasks),
workflow and dataflow.
· Facilitate the creation of testing documentation and manages the
testing process.
· Research, track and communicate business issues and software
defects related to projects and level 2 applications support.
· Participate and support post implementation process including end
user training.
· Collaborate with team members and manager to define standards for
future business analysis efforts.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The candidate should have a minimum of 5-8 years of experience working as an
IT business systems analyst in the financial services industry. In addition,
the position requires:
· BS degree in MIS, BA or related discipline
· Strong understanding of global investment portfolio accounting and
portfolio reporting
· Strong understanding of investment processes, accounting and
performance measurement systems, workflows and data
· Experience with portfolio accounting systems such as HiNet,
performance measurement systems such as StatPro and FactSet and fixed income
systems such as Aladdin a plus - Prior knowledge of BARRA, GIPS, Bloomberg,
Reuters desired.
· Strong analytical and problem solving skills - Strong
interpersonal and communication skills - Strong business and technical
writing skills.
· Experience in managing small to medium scale projects or
subcomponents of a major project
· Ability to lead project meetings with users - Ability to
effectively handle multiple priorities
· Solid MS Project /Visio and MS Office application skills
· Working knowledge of SQL (Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase)
· Experience gathering and documenting business requirements from
users
· Experience with systems integration in the financial services
industry
· Experience with systems development lifecycle methodology
· Previous direct responsibility for writing structured business
requirements, functional specifications, test plans and test cases
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. Assoc. - Systems Architect - Java/C# - FI/Derivatives - Boston,
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Aug 9, 2011 12:46 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.
08-10-2011
Position Title – WRCOHSA062011
Sr. Assoc. – Systems Architect – Java/C# - FI/Derivatives - Boston, MA
Area – Up to $120K+
Up to $120K+ Base DOE + Bonus
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Stable Work History
Company
Small, elite, successful, and growing Boston based fund manager - Global
investment management company – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent
Compensation Package – Bonus
Position Summary:
Note - This is a hands-on, individual contributor development role - not an
architect level position as the title suggests. Experience with Front Office
development is essential, particularly pre-trade / research / analytics type
development & knowledge and experience with risk and pricing of derivatives
is key. Must have experience working in a real world, trading environment.
Must be very confident in discussing business needs with Portfolio Managers.
The Systems Architect will coordinate technology requests and projects, and
design, develop, acquire, test, implement and support technology solutions
for Front and Middle Office departments, who manage investments for internal
trading. This individual will also contribute to the overall architecture of
applications developed at the firm.
Development Environment/Tools:
Java, Web Services, .Net C#, SQL, Excel, WebFocus
Vendor Packages supported:
Asset Control, VPM, Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC, Mark-IT,
Key Responsibilities:
· Design, develop, test, implement and support software
· Evaluate, acquire, integrate, test, implement and support vendor
solutions
· Coordinate technology requests and projects for the Front and
Middle Office Departments to ensure they are completed on-time, on budget
and meet the needs of the internal customers
· Work closely with the internal customers to gather and analyze
requirements
· Mentor junior developers
· Lead small teams to implement development projects
· Educate internal business customers on the use and limitations of
technology solutions
Required Skills and Competencies:
· BS in Computer Science or related field; a Masters degree is a
plus (Quant. or Computational Finance degree highly desired)
· Minimum of 3 years of experience supporting Front Office
applications
· Minimum of 5 years of application development and integration
experience
· Knowledge and experience with Fixed Income and Equity Derivatives
is mandatory (Derivatives knowledge via graduate school academic background
acceptable)
· Experience with Excel and .Net C# or Java is mandatory.
· Experience with Sybase, Matlab, Fincad and/or Numerix is desirable
· Experience working with Bloomberg or Reuters is mandatory, other
market data provider experience is desirable
· Very good communication skills
· Strong data and system design and analytical skills
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - garywright@prodigy.net - WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Developer - SQL Server - SQL/T-SQL - Investment Management - Boston,
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Aug 9, 2011 12:47 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.
Open & Active as of 08-10-2011
Position Title – WRCOGSD052011
Developer – SQL Server – SQL/T-SQL – Investment Management - Boston, MA
Area – Excellent $$
Base + Bonus + Retirement + Comprehensive Benefits
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Stable Work History
Company
Mid-Sized, successful, and growing Boston based global investment management
company – Lots of Upside
Position Summary;
Client is looking for a SQL Server Developer to join a small team of
developers and architects - You will be working with data and research
departments, implementing a wide variety of databases used for research,
portfolio construction and trading.
Key Responsibilities:
· Work closely with research analysts and portfolio managers to
comprehend the data needs, and data usage.
· Propose and design database solutions.
· Implement database systems based on the solutions proposed and
work closely with users to test and integrate the system into the current
production environment.
· Support the systems developed.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· 4+ years of experience developing applications with the focus on
data and data access.
· Proven track record building large scale SQL Server databases -
Expert level T-SQL skills and good knowledge of SQL internals - Experience
with performance tuning, execution plans, indexed views - Experience with
SQL Server 2008 would be a plus.
· Basic familiarity with .NET for stored procedures and SSIS
development.
· Self-starter, able to work in a fast paced environment with
minimal supervision.
· Excellent communication skills – both written and oral.
· Must be detail-oriented and able to prioritize work and
effectively manage multiple tasks.
· Appropriate Degree - Mathematics or other analytical background
would be a plus.
· Financial Services experience Required.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEB Site –net
www.wrightassociates.org
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Phone: 508-761-6354
Email: mailto:garywright@prodigy.net
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
Gary L. Wright - President/Principal - Wright Associates
Wright Associates specializes in High Technology Recruiting Services for the New England Market Place.
Phone: 508-761-6354
Email: mailto:garywright@prodigy.net
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
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