[itroundtable] Final Call - BCNC Meeting at the Sheraton Crossroads in Mahwah, NJ, May 2, 2011 at 5 p.m.

 

BCNC

Bergen Career Networking Community

Monday, May 2, 2011

5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Last Chance!

Laser Coaching Sessions!

 

We are excited and proud to present this month’s list of laser coaching sessions!

(P.S. This is the largest number ever!)

 

 

Name	Title/Description	Topic	Door Prize
Cynthia Clark	Career Quest Executive Career Coach	Job Search Strategies	FREE One hour phone coaching session
Neil Cooper	Career Coach	Creating or Updating your Career Plan	FREE Career Coaching Session
Fran Kelley	President, The Resume Works	Resume Critique
Lisa Laino Pepper	Photographer	Profile Photos	Profile Photos
Rich Matrisciano	Career Consulting	Your Hidden Keys- Resumes & Interviews  3 to 1  session	FREE 3 hour workshop-The Hidden Keys to getting & keeping your next job
Janelle Razzino	Recruiter	Working With Recruiters	Door Prize
Lela Reynolds	Health Coach	Are your "healthy" behaviors sabotaging your career strategy?	Little basket of health/kitchen goodies OR Healthy Pantry Makeover
Denise Sawyer-Johnson	Director of Training and Development	Job Search Strategy
Lillian Sonnenschein	Financial Advisor, New England Financial	What to do with your 401K
Beth Tunis	Work/Life Coach & Therapist	Managing Stress during Job Search	FREE 30 min. phone session
Maureen Wilner	Account Executive, Robert Half Management Resources.	Working With Recruiters

 

Employed or seeking career opportunities; become involved in a dynamic professional networking community, essential in today’s economy for career development and professional success. Build relationships; expand your career and network by interacting with valuable and trusted contacts, sharing ideas, best practices, insights and perspectives in the marketplace.

Join our coaches for valuable laser sessions. Come early and sign on for as many sessions as you wish. We are planning to have recruiters, photographer, career coaches and life coaches. Check back soon to see who will be here. Don't miss the excitement, this will be a major event.

A FREE, informal and relaxing evening socializing with a community
of professionals in various disciplines and industries.

Register Today At:

http://bcnc25.eventbrite.com

Registration is required to enter

 

Sheraton Mahwah Hotel - Atrium Lounge
1 International Boulevard, Route 17 North, Mahwah, NJ 07495 201-529-1660
Park in front or top level in the back of the hotel, take walking bridge over to the hotel.
Cash bar and Sheraton complimentary appetizers.
We encourage you to support the complimentary space and snacks by purchasing
a beverage (or 2) to sustain this free networking event.
The future of FREE networking is in your hands!

**Bring food item for donation to food bank**
**Bring business cards to exchange or for door prizes**
**Business or business casual dress recommended**
**This event is open to all registered business professionals**
**Register ONLY if you intend to attend at: http://bcnc25.eventbrite.com **

 

Again, the BCNC will be collecting food donations. Here is a portion of a note we have received from the Food Center in Mahwah. “Each year, we normally collect Easter Baskets for the children - but we have different needs this year due to the increased demand for food. What we really desperately need is to keep our pantries stocked with food! We are beginning to run low in our pantries! Can you help us?” The BCNC thanks everyone in advance for your attention to this important request.

 

 

 

 

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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 630

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Lead System's Analyst - Fixed Income/Derivatives - Boston, MA Area - From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates

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Trading System's Analyst/Support - OMS - FIX - Technical - Boston, M From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates

3a.

System's Analyst - Back Office - Financial Services - Boston, MA Are From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates

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Sr. System's Analyst - Back Office - Java - Unix - SQL - WebLogic - From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates

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Lead System's Analyst - Fixed Income/Derivatives - Boston, MA Area -

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:28 pm (PDT)

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

04-29-2011

Position Title – WR721671

Lead System's Analyst – Fixed Income/Derivatives – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Stable Work History

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

The Decision Support Systems team within ICA seeks an individual who will
take on important responsibilities not only within the Fixed-Income Support
area but also make contributions towards our investor-centric data model
known as Investment View.

In the Fixed-Income Support area, this individual will take on moderate to
complex issues that originate from our business or from other application
teams. It is expected that this individual will become knowledgeable enough
in the applications and processes that we support, such as fixed-income
analytics, report development, and portfolio management tools, so that
he/she can take an active role in solving problems or directing other team
members in doing so themselves. This individual will also be heavily
involved in designing, supporting, improving, and developing data validation
and productivity tools and processes within this area.

This individual will also have responsibilities in connection with the
Investment View, not only from a support perspective, but also in performing
business analysis and design and testing of new features, functionality and
instruments. It is expected that the individual will reach a high level of
proficiency within 3 months with IV's instrument structures, batch processes
and other aspects of this data model.

Key Responsibilities:

· Oversee the resolution of moderate to complex problems that
originate from members of the business as well as related application teams.
These include issues with reports, portfolio management applications,
fixed-income analytics, Investment View, and other applications and
processes.
· Work with contractor team members to oversee and approve their
work, monitor and promote quality of output, ensure that projects and tasks
are being performed according to standards and in conformity with business
requirements, and identify areas for cross training and knowledge sharing
among team members.
· Provide leadership as Incident Commander when necessary.
· On a regular basis, evening and weekend work will be required in
order to provide routine revolving coverage, to address critical production
issues, or to provide oversight for disaster recovery testing, smoke testing
or other off-hours activities.
· Establish and maintain effective client relationships and help
guide the team in setting priorities for completion of requests or
resolution of issues.
· Manage and facilitate implementation of business solutions aimed
at investment process efficiency, data quality improvements and simplifying
investor workflow.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Minimum of ten years of experience in IT industry with five years
experience in supporting buy-side investment systems, fund accounting,
portfolio construction, investment performance, or related systems.
· Strong understanding of fixed-income and derivative securities.
· Demonstrated experience in business analysis for medium to large
initiatives.
· Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.
· Motivated, agile and able to work independently in a fast paced
team oriented environment. Committed to deliver projects on time and
overcome obstacles.
· High attention to detail and strong commitment to quality is
absolutely essential.
· Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high degree of
ownership of outcomes.
· Working knowledge of ANSI SQL with RDBMS like Oracle is a must.
· Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management
skills.
· Bachelor's degree is a minimum. Advanced degree is preferred.
· Holding a CFA charter or working toward a CFA designation would be
considered a plus.

Keys to this Position:

1. Domain Knowledge: Exposure to Fixed Income Analytics and Derivatives is
required. Exposure can mean working experience or academic knowledge. Must
demonstrate a strong understanding of Fixed Income analytics (duration,
convexity, etc.) and Derivatives (swaps, futures, options, etc.)
2. Strong Systems Analysis skills. Problem solving skills are critical –
working through problems methodically and analyzing numbers.
3. Strong Client Relationship skills are required.
4. Strong Leadership skills.
5. Technical skills: The ability to query with SQL (PL/SQL) skills is
required.
6. Selling point: This individual will get exposure to every asset class
and this role offers a great career launching pad. This role supports the
entire front office (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc.)

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

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Trading System's Analyst/Support - OMS - FIX - Technical - Boston, M

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:28 pm (PDT)

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WR721971

Trading System's Analyst/Support – OMS – FIX – Technical – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Stable Work History

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

The Trading Operational Support unit is seeking a systems analyst to join
the team supporting our Fixed Income Corporate, Money Market, High Yield,
and Foreign Exchange desks. The trading systems group provides a high level
of electronic trading automation and tools to automate the post-trade
allocation notification process. Currently, the systems provide a means for
traders to electronically receive orders, execute, and send allocation
reports to multiple execution platforms.

Qualified applicants must possess a strong knowledge of technology, trading,
and financial services. Candidates must also possess excellent
communication skills, be self-motivated, willing to work in an energetic,
fun, fast pasted and team-oriented group. The ability to manage multiple
priorities is required. This position requires some partial early, late and
weekend shift coverage.

Key Responsibilities:

· Support of technology located on the trading desks - Spending a
large portion of work time on the trading floor
· Phone support; answering trader questions in an expeditious manner
· Researching reported problems. Generating story level
enhancements or bug defects via existing technical tools and process
methods.
· Helping other business units with trading questions and problems
· Operational readiness and rollout of new versions of applications
· Test new technology and vendor interfaces into Wellington
applications
· Development and project management responsibilities
· Contribute to the development of internal and external
documentation
Required Skills and Competencies:
· BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
· 3 to 5 years experience supporting or working with Financial
Systems and/or Trading Applications
· Strong SQL skills
· 1 – 2 years Programming Experience (.Net or Java) and familiarity
with agile development tools and methods
· Knowledge of Relational Database Systems and Websphere MQ
· Knowledge of Data Services and Data Service Vendors would be a
plus
· Familiarity with Pre-trade and compliance systems
· Experience with Foreign Exchange trading would be very desirable
· Experience with Fixed income and mortgage trading is desirable
· Experience with FIX and FIX network providers, Bloomberg,
LatentZero Sentinel, FXConnect, Crossmar CMS, ECNs and ATSs (TradeWeb,
MarketAxess, RediPlus, etc…), Algorithmic and strategy trading, Oasys, and
Omgeo CTM

Keys to this Position:
1. We are looking for a candidate with strong Application Support
experience. Ideally the candidate will come out of another Asset Manager or
Vendor with experience supporting Trading Applications.
2. Very strong communication and client interfacing skills are required.
This candidate will directly interact with the Traders.
3. Knowledge of Order Management systems and the Investment process is a
plus.
Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

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System's Analyst - Back Office - Financial Services - Boston, MA Are

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:29 pm (PDT)

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

04-29-2011

Position Title – WR721791

System's Analyst – Back Office – Financial Services – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Stable Work History

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

This individual will be responsible for requirements, systems analysis,
testing, and support of the Geneva portfolio accounting system and its
integration points with other applications and processes at the firm. This
includes system integration with applications such as the account master,
security master, pricing, corporate actions, vendor data feeds, data marts,
and real-time order management and trading systems.
This position requires a high level of interaction with the business users
as well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate
should have a good understanding of portfolio accounting must be a
self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of
assignments in a fast-paced environment with people at all levels of the
organization.
This role will report to the Manager of Investment Administration (IA)
Applications within Information Services (IS).
Key Responsibilities:

· Work with business partners to define, analyze and document
requirements.
· Document functional specifications for new systems and
enhancements.
· Collaborate with systems analysts, software developers, database
architects and vendors to design and implement robust technical solutions.
· Work with IS and business teams across Wellington to ensure
seamless integration and high data quality across systems (e.g. Order
Management, Compliance, Trading, Global Relationship Management, Investment
Data Services, Investment Performance)
· Provide ongoing support to business and IS users including
after-hour batch cycle support on a rotating basis.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum of 2 years experience as a systems or business analyst in
a financial services technology environment.
· Domain knowledge of data flows within Portfolio Accounting.
· Strong client relationship, communication and analytical skills.
· Experience in writing basic SQL commands and comfort in navigating
relational databases.
· Experience in formal software development methodologies.
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment with rapidly changing priorities.
· Change Agent, creative, innovative and focused on continuous
improvements.
· Bachelor's degree is required.
· CFA charter, or work towards one is a plus.
Keys to this Position:
1. Solid Systems Analysis skills required (gathering requirements, writing
functional specs, working with developers, testing, etc.). Ideally we are
seeking 2 to 5 years of experience.
2. Domain knowledge: Financial Services are required, preferably Asset
Management. Any knowledge of the Back Office is a plus (Portfolio
Accounting, Trade Operations (Swift), Corporate Actions, Reconciliation,
Cash Flows, Performance, etc.)
3. Technical skills: SQL, the ability to query the database, relational
database experience.
4. Excellent communication skills are required.
5. This position does have an on call component of one week per month.
Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
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Sr. System's Analyst - Back Office - Java - Unix - SQL - WebLogic -

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:15 am (PDT)

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title – WR721761

Sr. System's Analyst – Back Office – Java – Unix – SQL – WebLogic – Boston,
MA Area – Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS

Stable Work History

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus –
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.

Position Responsibilities – Summary

The Investment Administration Applications team is seeking a Senior Systems
Analyst who will be responsible for requirements, systems analysis, testing,
and project management for initiatives supporting the Fund Administration
(FA) group within Investment Administration (IA). The FA group is
responsible for Prime Broker Service Operations, Client Reporting, and Trust
Pools Settlement Processing.

The position requires a high level of interaction with the business users as
well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate should be
a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of
assignments in a fast-paced environment, interacting with people at all
levels in the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

· Collaborate with business and systems partners to define, analyze
and document the requirements and test cases
· Plan and perform functional testing of new systems and
enhancements
· Support development and QA teams as a subject matter expert
· Work with users to prioritize needs and manage expectation and
communication needs
· Facilitate implementation of business solutions aimed at process
efficiency, data quality improvements and simplifying business work flow
· Work with external Business Process Outsourcing providers to
optimize technology flows between the vendor and Wellington
· Strong sense of end-to-end ownership of systems/solutions
· Act as a support liaison for critical production support issues
(24/5)
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum 8 years experience in a financial services technology
environment
· Domain knowledge of Mutual Funds (Pools) and Hedge Funds processes
for a financial services firm (fund accounting and administration area)
· Demonstrated experience in client relationship, communication, and
analytical skills
· Demonstrated experience in formal software development
methodologies
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment with rapidly changing priorities
· Change Agent, creative, innovative and focused on continuous
improvements
· Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Prior hands-on experience with Java/Unix/Weblogic solutions a
strong plus
· Bachelor's degree is required - Masters degree or work towards
CFA charter is a plus

Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: The candidate needs to have a strong technical programming
background with Java, Unix and Weblogic. However this is a Systems Analyst
role (gathering requirements, writing functional specs, etc.). We need
someone that has both the developer and Systems Analyst skills, however if
the candidate only has developer skills and is interested in a Systems
Analyst role that is fine. SQL is required.
2. Strong Communication skills are required. This is a client facing role
interacting directly with the Back Office.
3. Domain knowledge: The candidate needs to have Back Office domain
experience such as knowledge of Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, Fund Accounting
or Fund Administration. They don't need all of that knowledge, just broad
knowledge of the Back Office.
Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

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[itroundtable] Digest Number 2452

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LEAD:  IT Audit Mgr - NYC - to 125k + bonus From: john sampson

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LEAD:  BA - UI/UX - NYC - to 130k From: john sampson

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LEAD:  IT Audit Mgr - NYC - to 125k + bonus

Posted by: "john sampson" jcsspike@yahoo.com   jcsspike

Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:00 pm (PDT)

Job Descriptiong                 A Major Media Company located in New York City is looking for an IT Audit Manager.
 
                                                  Job Responsibilities:
 
                                                  Plan information and technology and information systems audits with the guidance of the IT Audit Senior Manager.
                                                  Work closely with IT Senior Auditors during the execution of IT audits, including the following:
                                                       Process and/or System understanding and documentation
                                                       Risk and control identification
                                                       Audit test design and execution
                                                       Audit documentation
                                                        Report writing
                                                        Identify systems, business and process improvement opportunities
                                                        Interact with various levels of business unit personnel
                                                        Participate in the IT Risk Assessment and Audit Plan development activities
 
Skills Required                           B.S., Information Systems or equivalent
                                                        CISA, CISSP or CISM
                                                         MBA or other equivalent advance degree
                                                         CPA and/or CIA designation
 
                                                          Additional Skills Required:
 
                                                          Considerable knowledge of one or more major ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft)
                                                           Proven leadership and management skills
                                                           Excellent oral and written communications skills
 
                                                            Experience in the following areas/technologies:
 
                                                            Network Architecture/Security
                                                             Linux, Z/OS Operating Systems
                                                             Oracle/SQL Server Security
                                                             Web Server Security
                                                             Attach and Penetration Testing
                                                             e-commerce
                                                              Data Center Management
                                                              Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
 
Salary Range                                    This is a permanent position which will pay up to 125k plus a 15% bonus based on experience.
 
How to Apply                                   Contact Tony Savoca at Momentum Resource Solutions at asavoca@momentumrs.com and then call him at 732-738-0929.
                                                              
                                                       
                                          
 
Tony Savoca
Vice President
Director of Financial Services
Momentum Resource Solutions
1090 King Georges Post Road
Edison, NJ 08837
732-738-4700

MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates:

April 19th - Tues Reg Mtg - 6 pm - Berman Larson Kane Offices, Paramus - DO NOT use GPS for directions - Bring 15 copies of your resume

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LEAD:  BA - UI/UX - NYC - to 130k

Posted by: "john sampson" jcsspike@yahoo.com   jcsspike

Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:42 pm (PDT)

 
Business Analyst â€" UI/UX Design - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $120K - $130K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: ISSJA-UX

• Must have a strong portfolio, demonstrating past success in designing UI’s for complex applications 
• Prior experience designing UI’s for major financial services firms or hedge funds 
• Experience in all phases of user interface development 
• Able to articulate a process for moving UI projects from the fluid “idea” stage through implementation 
• Knowledge of at least one of the following asset classes: FX , Commodities, Interest Rate Derivatives, Credit, Equity Derivatives 

General Qualifications and Skills 
• Excellent writing, speaking, and presentation skills 
• Self-motivated, resourceful and creative 
• Keen attention to detail while keeping track of the big picture 
• Ability to multi-task and manage work to critical project timelines 

Additional Skills/Experiences Desired: 
• Degree in User Interface Design or Human Computer Interaction 
• Proficient with graphic design tools 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates:

May 3rd - Tues Reg Mtg - 6 pm - Berman Larson Kane Offices, Paramus - DO NOT use GPS for directions - Bring 15 copies of your resume

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