Sunday, February 17, 2013

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 840

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Digest #840

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Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:22 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

02-17-2013 - Still hunting for strong candidates - Multiple openings
available

Position Title - WRPSSWIC092012

Sr. SW Implementation Consultants - Any Location East/MW/SE/SC - Excellent
Package

Excellent Compensation Package - $100K - $120K+ Base + Bonus + Comprehensive
Benefits (100% Paid)

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Location:

Multiple Roles - Can be located anywhere in the East/Midwest/SE/SC - Close
to a Major Airport - Preference East of Mississippi

Company:

Highly successful, highly profitable, very fast growing (50%+), private
software firm, focused on delivering a fully integrated suite of
asset-centric accounting, tax, budgeting, regulatory, compliance/risk
management and analytics software solutions for asset intensive clients.
Great firm with an excellent history of growth - Lots of Upside - Excellent
Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits (100% company
paid) - Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused environment and
become part of an elite organization with great growth possibilities.

Keys to these roles:

1) Implementation experience - part of or lead on the consultative role in
an ERP implementation project (not a PM, though)

2) Asset accounting knowledge

Position Responsibilities - Summary:

My client is seeking Sr. Software Implementation Consultants to join their
Professional Services team. A Sr. Consultant must have a proven track record
of providing an exceptional level of effective business solution
implementation and delivery execution of large scale, complex enterprise
software. This individual may oversee the work of junior consultants and/or
be expected to address more complex and challenging assignments. Further,
they are seeking Consultants with extensive domain expertise in asset
accounting for utilities, oil & gas, transportation, mining, and
telecommunication industries.

Software is currently installed on premise and project length ranges from
6-9 months for average sized projects, with 1-3 people assigned, and 12+
months for large sized projects, with 4-6 people assigned.

The Sr. IC may work on multiple projects depending on size, scale and scope
of efforts.

Travel is expected to up to the 80% area Monday thru Thursday (M-T), all of
US + Some Canadian - Home Office Based roles with expenses fully paid.

A Sr. Consultant will be expected to perform the following duties:

· Actively participate and be highly engaged as part of an
implementation project team (including clients, colleagues, other
consultants, vendors, etc.). Contribute and share application and
domain/industry expertise, and functional knowledge of asset accounting.
Possess and demonstrate advanced consultative skills.

· Complete tasks and activities as assigned by the Project Manager,
and in accordance with the firm's methodology. Adhere to project schedules
and budgetary constraints; provide early notice of any potential risks or
issues with respect to adherence to project schedules or budgets

· Address risks and resolve issues relating to implementation; if
needed, with assistance/direction from the Project Manager and/or other
subject matter experts

· Hands-on project execution, including gathering and analyzing
client requirements; determining best practice design of to-be-delivered
solution; developing functional specifications; configuring the application
to meet the approved design, etc.

· Testing: working with their customers, define test plans and
procedures; assist with the development of use and test cases; conduct unit,
system, and integration testing; and support the client's User Acceptance
Testing (UAT)

· Support application go-live by providing knowledge transfer to
clients and ensuring the client staff are ready to operate the application
upon go-live

· Assist clients in transitioning the application to client's
production support team

· Plan and execute effective hand-off to the firm's Support
organization

· Identify client skill or knowledge gaps that might be addressed
via the training organization and/or via an enhanced support model

· May oversee consultants and other resources as well as be expected
to take on our more challenging implementations.

Required Skills and Competencies:

To be considered, Sr. Software Implementation Consultants should have the
majority of the following knowledge and experience:

· Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or
equivalent combination of education and experience

· A minimum of 5 years implementing enterprise software applications
in a client-facing consultant role

· Previous experience working for a software vendor, implementing
solutions, is the preference

· Team Lead experience required for Sr. Consultants

· Excellent, effective written and verbal communication skills
across all levels of client and project teams

· Consulting and client/project team relationship-building skills

· Ability to establish oneself as a trusted advisor in the eyes of
the client, project team and colleagues

· Excellent organizational and time management skills

· Ability to adhere to the firm's methodology

· Skilled in MS Office Suite

· Previous experience implementing large enterprise wide Financial,
ERP, EAM, CRM Maximo or related systems

· Working knowledge of financial accounting processes like (General
Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Project
Accounting, Close, Budget)

· Experience with some of the advanced functions of Excel, including
functions, macros, and pivot tables

· Hands on experience with SQL - PowerBuilder experience a plus

· Process orientation with ability to analyze and design/build
complex processes

· Hands-on experience working on or with capital projects, capital
budgets and fixed asset accounting, or business tax software

· Property Tax or Income Tax expertise within an enterprise business

· Industry experience within oil and gas, mining, transportation,
natural resources, utilities, energy markets or telecomm

As a condition of hire, a full background check and drug test are required.

Contact Information - (Resumes in Word Format to);

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting
Services

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:22 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

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

Position Title – WR58280012013

Data Solutions Architect - Asset Management – Boston, MA Area – Outstanding
Package

Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Assistance
Possible for Strong Fit

2 Roles available

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm –
Great Company – Lots of Upside – Outstanding 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

Our client is seeking an exceptional Data Architect with strong technology
leadership and execution skills for a key role in its Enterprise
Architecture Group. This lead role will combine technology skills with
extremely strong communication, collaboration and coordination capabilities.

This team has an extremely exciting agenda of ongoing and new projects. The
chance to be a significant contributor and make a strong impact in a
world-class organization makes this an attractive opportunity for the right
candidate.

The Enterprise Architecture group is looking for a Data Architect/ Modeler/
Strategist covering Enterprise Investment Data - Instrument, Portfolio,
Exposure/Risk Analytics, and Investment Research.

The successful candidate will work with a team of front office investment
technologists to define and deliver the Data Strategy, group wide. S/he will
at the same time play a key role in influencing the strategic and tactical
direction of the data architecture team, governance, implementation of data
strategy, data design, modeling and security. On a day-to-day basis, s/he
will provide analysis and recommendations on data functions, procedures and
policies to mission critical systems in the area of investment research and
portfolio construction. The successful candidate will be regarded as a
trust-worthy authoritative data expert across fixed income and equity
domains.

The candidate should have a proven track record in developing and delivering
Data Strategies surrounding Investment Management Data. Strong experience
in Data Modeling, Data Design, Data Governance, Investment Management
processes, systems, quality assurance and an awareness of Market and
Reference Data landscape are critical. Superb ability to acquire knowledge
and grasp new skills on the fly is essential to success in this role.

Delivery focus is a key attribute for this role. Other essential skills
include: consensus building, team management, project management, and
negotiation skills. Hands-on involvement in resolving issues is regularly
required and the candidate should be adept in navigating within a mission
critical fast-paced environment.

This role reports to the Manager of Data Architecture within IS. The
candidate will work quite independently in a very entrepreneurial fashion.

The Data Architect role is extremely challenging and the high level keys to
this position include:

Technology

The candidate should have a strong technical acumen with at least 10 years
progressive experience in Data Architecture disciplines, i.e., data
modeling, architecture and integration. Proven experience in developing and
delivering data-related financial solutions aligned with an overall data
architecture.

Broad experience in the software development life cycle. Knowledge of a
variety of tools, technologies and capabilities relating to the creation,
dissemination and calculation of financial-related software. Hands-on
experience with ETL, CDC and ESB tools such as DataStage with Shareplex a
plus.

Current environment is Oracle & SQL Server.

Understanding of transaction and information systems, data warehouses, data
marts, ODS, MDM methodologies and life cycle as well as ETL and MDM
technologies.

Business Domain

Experience working in an investment management firm or in Global Markets of
a large Investment bank and/or any financial certification would be a big
plus.

The successful candidate will contribute technical and thought leadership
working with a team of front office investment technologists to define and
deliver the Data Strategy group wide. The successful candidate must have
either financial services experience or a strong working background with
high volume and low latency architectures to help set strategic technical
direction and advanced capabilities for global high availability front
office applications.

Detailed Responsibilities:

· Develop, promote, and build consensus around data architecture
for the investor and client teams, providing technical leadership for
developing and maintaining solutions.

· Identify gaps in the Data Model and address them actively in
collaboration with business facing teams using a deep understanding of
financial services or high-volume, low-latency systems in other verticals.

· In collaboration with the application teams, define, develop,
maintain, and communicate information movement standards that will be used
by our systems.

· Align Investment Data Architecture efforts with other Enterprise
Architecture/ Information Management counterparts to ensure overall
alignment of architecture components.

· Define, own, and drive the evolution of our Investment Data
Architecture.

· Establish and maintain effective relationships by having a high
degree of continuous interaction with our internal clients.

· Work with our internal clients to proactively identify and
prioritize opportunities for new/improved capabilities.

· Own, track, and research investor-related data production issues
and work with appropriate teams on continuous improvement.

· Act as the thought leader and "go to" person within information
services for investment and client data matters.

· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates data
architecture throughout the investment industry.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· At least 10 years progressive experience in Data Architecture
disciplines, i.e., data modeling, architecture and integration.

· Proven experience in developing and delivering data-related
financial solutions aligned with an overall data architecture.

· Experience in developing and implementing Investment Data
delivery architecture plan, standards and guidelines, software development
methodologies and strategic plans.

· Comprehensive understating of the financial services industry
required. The ideal candidate will also have knowledge of diverse asset
classes (equities, fixed income, derivatives) data lifecycle. Understanding
of Asset Management a plus. Previous experience with trading applications
would be a very strong plus

· Broad experience in the software development life cycle,
particularly development management background, is highly desirable.

· Knowledge of a variety of tools, technologies and capabilities
relating to the creation, dissemination and calculation of financial-related
data.

· Experience in developing data movement/ data integration
standards and architecting scalable service oriented solutions.

· Hands-on experience with ETL, CDC and ESB tools such as
DataStage, Shareplex a plus – Oracle & SQL Server experience.

· Solid understanding of transaction and information systems, data
warehouses, data marts, ODS, MDM methodologies and life cycle as well as ETL
and MDM technologies.

· An understanding of Next Generation Reporting is a big plus i.e.
Oracle Exadata, EMC Greenplum, Teradata, etc.

· Strong facilitation skills to engage subject matter experts to
define data requirements and conduct data modeling design reviews with
project teams.

· Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to
explain and document the Data Architecture to diverse audiences (technical,
business, etc.).

· Highly self-directed and able to manage and prioritize multiple
concurrent and competing challenges, issues, ambiguities, and
contradictions.

· Strongly self-motivated and entrepreneurial personality.

· Degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field -
Masters is a plus.

Contact Information – Resumes in Word format to:

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

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Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:24 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.

Position Title – WRCGTSBA012013

Trading System Business Analyst - Investment Management - Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package

Excellent Base + Bonus + Ret + Comprehensive Benefits - Excellent total
package

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Mid-Sized, successful, and growing Boston based global investment management
company – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package –
Bonus – Retirement – Comprehensive Benefits

Looking for the Best of the Best.

Position Summary:

Working for a global investment management firm, this individual will work
within our Investment Support Organization as a Business Analyst for
projects related to trading processes including system(s) development,
implementation and/or enhancements. This person will be responsible for
working with the business community to create business requirements
documents and perform configuration in support of user requirements. The
business analyst will also responsible for ensuring that business
requirements are aligned to the strategic IT and operational vision. This
person will work closely with the software development group to convey,
clarify, and/or enhance the stated requirements. In addition, the person
will be responsible for working with the investment divisions and / or
Quality Assurance to ensure plans for each of the enhancements are executed
and that the final deliverables are accepted in a timely fashion. This
person will also keep the project manager informed of the status of assigned
tasks. The position puts the candidate in contact will all areas of the
organization and will be required to work closely with other members of the
project team(s).

This position reports directly to the Investment Systems – Trading Systems
Manager.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Work with the business community to establish functional
requirements for any trade lifecycle process enhancements, including new
system development, new functionality, version upgrades, and reporting
requirements

· Work as part of a team of in-house staff and outside consultants
to implement the required changes

· Write business analysis documents to be used by our development
staff

· Provide timely updates on progress of assigned tasks to project
manager

· Coordinate/execute QA test plans before releasing product
enhancements for user testing

· Assist in production release of new functionality and provide
assistance in support of production issues

· Document user defined enhancement requests, product gaps, and
product bugs

Required Skills and Competencies:

· 5 years experience with trade order management system concepts

· 5 years experience with software development or implementation
projects

· 5 years experience in the Financial Services sector required,
experience in investment management preferred

· Experience writing Business Requirement Documents and QA Test
Plans required

· Experience with Charles River Development (CRD) or LVTS Trading
Systems preferred

· Extremely strong interpersonal skills, proven ability to work
directly with the business community

· Must be detail oriented with very strong organizational and
communication skills

· Ability to work effectively and efficiently with little or no
supervision

· Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals, and meet
deadlines

· Must be willing to take initiative and employ good follow-through
skills

Contact Information – (Resumes in Word format please)

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354

Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB Site –
www.wrightassociates.org

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Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:24 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates

Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.

Position Title – WRCGSSE012013

Systems Support Engineer – Infrastructure - Investment Management - Boston,
MA Area – Excellent Package

Excellent Base + Bonus + Ret + Comprehensive Benefits - Excellent total
package

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Mid-Sized, successful, and growing Boston based global investment management
company – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package –
Bonus – Retirement – Comprehensive Benefits

Looking for the Best of the Best.

Position Summary:

The Systems Support Engineer will be part of the IT System Support Team
which is responsible for the provisioning, maintenance and support of
Windows based server infrastructure consisting of over 1000 servers located
in multiple sites in a global 24/7 environment. This is a full-time position
primarily located in Boston but includes weekly onsite support in Bedford,
MA and/or Marlboro, MA and occasional onsite support in Stamford, CT data
centers. The Systems Support Engineer will also participate in on call
rotation for one week periods every 4-6 weeks. Tasks are approximately 50%
support based and 50% project based.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Monitor system and network monitoring systems and perform triage
and troubleshooting of incidents. Complete requests to add/remove/suppress
monitors for systems.

· Prioritize and respond to problems and incidents using Altiris
ticket system. Manage the IT System Admins' service ticket queue on a daily
basis.

· Provision Windows physical and virtual servers and patching of
Windows based system using enterprise server automation system. Includes
packaging and deployment of applications, enhancements and hot fixes to
servers.

· Active Directory administration including group policy, group
membership, file system security changes.

· VMware vCenter administration and support

· Work across multiple IT teams including Application Support,
Developers DBA, Network and Storage to resolve incidents and complete
requests.

· Provide hardware break/fix, rack/stack support (HP c7000 blade
chassis and rack servers) and media management at our datacenters.

· Management of CommVault backup system including DataDomain storage
and Spectralogic Tape Library.

· Ownership of planning, management and implementation of minor IT
Infrastructure projects. Participation in implementation of major IT
Infrastructure projects.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· 5+ years of work experience in 500+ server environment utilizing
enterprise system management tools.

· Strong Windows server troubleshooting experience and knowledge of
Windows server based systems including Active Directory, TCP/IP.

· Competence with Windows scripting including vbscript and
Powershell a plus.

· Demonstrated ability of documenting IT processes and providing
knowledge transfer to team members.

· Knowledge of financial business practices and procedures a plus

· Ability and willingness to perform occasional work on weekends and
after-hours

· HP c7000 blade chassis, HP rack servers. HP system tools including
HP SIM and ILO is preferred.

· Experience with automated server provisioning, patching and
application deployments.

· Strong knowledge of Windows server based systems including Active
Directory, TCP/IP.

· Experience with network and system monitoring tools such as HP
SiteScope and Solarwinds

· Knowledge and administration of VMware ESX server, Exchange
2007/2010 Server. Knowledge of Citrix XenApp, SQL Server and SharePoint a
plus

Environment:

· Microsoft Windows 2003 to 2008 R2 Server with Active Directory

· VMware ESX 4.x, 5.x environment with VMware vCenter Server

· Citrix XenApp 5.x, 6.x, XenDesktop 5.x and NetScaler

· HP SiteScope, Solarwinds

· BladeLogic Server Automation. Altiris

· HP c7000 blade and rack servers

· Exchange 2007/2010

Contact Information – (Resumes in Word format please)

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

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