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Lead Software Engineer - Java - (FI, Derivatives, Equities) - Marlbo by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Sr. SW Implementation Consultants - Any Location East/MW/SE/SC - Exc by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Data Solutions Architect - Asset Management - Boston, MA Area - Outs by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Lead Systems Analyst - (FI, Derivatives, Equities) - Boston, MA Area by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:17 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR730801032013
Lead Software Engineer – Java – (FI, Derivatives, Equities) – Marlboro, MA
Area – Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Assistance
Possible for Strong Fit
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 Alternatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing
advanced tools to analyze, book, price, and risk manage a broad spectrum of
products and assets used by the Asset Allocation Investment team. In
addition this team supports Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency
derivatives used throughout the firm's portfolio management, trading, and
operations. Members of the Alternatives team play critical roles in firm's
success by providing proprietary technology solutions and supporting vendor
applications which improve complex investment decision-making, assist
trading, reduce operational risk, and improve efficiency.
This senior member of the Alternatives Systems Team will combine software
engineering with some investment experience and quantitative skills to drive
development of the next generation software solutions.
Responsibilities:
· Work closely with the Business Analysts team to understand
business problems and create effective technical solutions
· Participate in development and support for multiple applications
including Calypso (vendor application) and in house built tools
· Participate in full-cycle software development including
regression testing, deployment, and support of new tools
· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to technology
innovation and trends, both within the firm and throughout the industry
Required Skills and Competencies:
· A minimum of five years of experience in the investment industry,
ideally with an asset manager, a hedge fund, or an investment bank
· A minimum three years of experience with front office tools in one
or more of the following areas: fixed income, equity, commodity, asset
allocation, or derivatives
· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills
· Solid understanding and hands-on experience with core Java, XML,
HTML, Tomcat, IBM MQ, in UNIX and Windows environments
· Working knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Understanding of Equity, Fixed income, and/or Derivatives
instruments is a plus
· Former quantitative background is a plus
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment
· Strong delivery focus and ability to overcome obstacles
· Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, physics,
statistics, or another quantitative field
Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: We are seeking a technical hands-on Lead with core Java
skills. This is mostly server side development. This is an individual
contributor role.
2. Domain knowledge: The candidate should have a minimum of five years of
experience in the investment industry, ideally with an asset manager, an
investment bank or a financial services software vendor like Charles River.
3. The ideal candidate will have experience with front office tools in one
or more of the following areas: Derivatives, Fixed Income, Equity, or
Commodity Systems. However this is just a plus.
4. The candidate should also possess strong communication skills.
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
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Position Title – WR730801032013
Lead Software Engineer – Java – (FI, Derivatives, Equities) – Marlboro, MA
Area – Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Assistance
Possible for Strong Fit
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 Alternatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing
advanced tools to analyze, book, price, and risk manage a broad spectrum of
products and assets used by the Asset Allocation Investment team. In
addition this team supports Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency
derivatives used throughout the firm's portfolio management, trading, and
operations. Members of the Alternatives team play critical roles in firm's
success by providing proprietary technology solutions and supporting vendor
applications which improve complex investment decision-making, assist
trading, reduce operational risk, and improve efficiency.
This senior member of the Alternatives Systems Team will combine software
engineering with some investment experience and quantitative skills to drive
development of the next generation software solutions.
Responsibilities:
· Work closely with the Business Analysts team to understand
business problems and create effective technical solutions
· Participate in development and support for multiple applications
including Calypso (vendor application) and in house built tools
· Participate in full-cycle software development including
regression testing, deployment, and support of new tools
· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to technology
innovation and trends, both within the firm and throughout the industry
Required Skills and Competencies:
· A minimum of five years of experience in the investment industry,
ideally with an asset manager, a hedge fund, or an investment bank
· A minimum three years of experience with front office tools in one
or more of the following areas: fixed income, equity, commodity, asset
allocation, or derivatives
· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills
· Solid understanding and hands-on experience with core Java, XML,
HTML, Tomcat, IBM MQ, in UNIX and Windows environments
· Working knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Understanding of Equity, Fixed income, and/or Derivatives
instruments is a plus
· Former quantitative background is a plus
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment
· Strong delivery focus and ability to overcome obstacles
· Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, physics,
statistics, or another quantitative field
Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: We are seeking a technical hands-on Lead with core Java
skills. This is mostly server side development. This is an individual
contributor role.
2. Domain knowledge: The candidate should have a minimum of five years of
experience in the investment industry, ideally with an asset manager, an
investment bank or a financial services software vendor like Charles River.
3. The ideal candidate will have experience with front office tools in one
or more of the following areas: Derivatives, Fixed Income, Equity, or
Commodity Systems. However this is just a plus.
4. The candidate should also possess strong communication skills.
Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAs
Site - www.wrightassociate
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:20 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
03-15-2013 - Still hunting for strong candidates - Numerous openings due to
growth
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) Fixed Asset accounting/implentation 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
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
03-15-2013 - Still hunting for strong candidates - Numerous openings due to
growth
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/
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) Fixed Asset accounting/implenta
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/directio
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'
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-
· 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@WrightAs
Site - www.wrightassociate
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:21 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Open and active as of 03-15-2013
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
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Open and active as of 03-15-2013
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@WrightAs
Site - www.wrightassociate
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Position Title – WR730811032013
Lead Systems Analyst - (FI, Derivatives, Equities) – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Assistance
Possible for Strong Fit
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 Alternatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing
advanced tools to analyze, book, price, and risk manage a broad spectrum of
products and assets used by the Asset Allocation Investment team. In
addition this team supports Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency
derivatives used throughout the firm's portfolio management, trading, and
operations. Members of the Alternatives team play critical roles in firm's
success by providing proprietary technology solutions and supporting vendor
applications which improve complex investment decision-making, assist
trading, reduce operational risk, and improve efficiency.
The Lead Systems Analyst, Alternatives Systems will be responsible for
driving strategy, development and support of alternatives investment
applications in Asset Allocation, Enterprise Risk Management, Hedge Funds,
and Derivatives areas.
Responsibilities:
· Work closely with investment professionals to understand business
problem and to create effective technical solutions
· Engage investment professionals at all levels to proactively
identify opportunities for new/improved systems to assist the multi-asset
class investment process.
· Be an "expert" in the firm's Alternatives infrastructure and Asset
Allocation, Hedge Funds, and Derivatives products
· Work closely with IS teams to design and develop cross-functional,
firm-wide solutions
· Work with the Alternatives development team to develop efficient
and stable systems, using various technologies, to meet changing and future
business needs.
· Overall project management, project prioritization and issue
resolution
· Planning and managing implementation / integration of solutions
worldwide
· Capturing and analyzing detailed requirements and algorithms in
support of idea generation, portfolio construction, quantitative modeling,
and strategic asset allocation research.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Technology leader with a record of success in a large-scale,
high-growth, high-transaction rate, complex environment. Ideally, the
individual will come from a global financial services organization, with a
strong preference for asset management and/or capital markets.
· 7+ years of trading or investment environment experience with a
minimum of 5 years proven experience leading technology initiatives
supporting Equity, Fixed Income, or Derivatives asset classes.
· Solid understanding of fixed income and equity derivative
instruments, quantitative concepts, and related front-office investment
processes.
· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills.
· Proven hands on project management skills with full cycle
(iterative and incremental) development experience and a proven track record
in managing various components of a large-scale system across multiple
teams.
· Proven software development experience and in-depth understanding
of the full software development life cycle
· Strong strategic thinker with a track record of innovation and
transformation to support business growth
· Experience working in an interdependent, team-oriented environment
in which effectively managing resources and relationships outside of one's
direct control is critical to success.
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment
· Guided by the highest levels of integrity, ethical and
professional standards
· Commitment to excellence and continuous improvement
· Team player who works collectively toward common goals and
objectives
· Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills
· Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Bachelor's degree is required
· CFA charter, or work towards one is strongly preferred
Keys to this Position:
1. We are seeking strong Systems Analysis skills (gathering business
requirements, writing functional specs, working with development teams,
testing, etc.).
2. Experience supporting Investment Professionals (i.e. Portfolio Managers,
Traders, etc.) is required. The candidate should come out of a buy side or
sell side firm or a bank.
3. Domain Knowledge: knowledge of Investment instruments (such as Fixed
Income, Equities, Derivatives, Hedge funds, etc.) is required.
4. Technical: the candidate must know SQL to be able to query the
database.
5. Excellent communication skills required.
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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Position Title – WR730811032013
Lead Systems Analyst - (FI, Derivatives, Equities) – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Assistance
Possible for Strong Fit
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 Alternatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing
advanced tools to analyze, book, price, and risk manage a broad spectrum of
products and assets used by the Asset Allocation Investment team. In
addition this team supports Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency
derivatives used throughout the firm's portfolio management, trading, and
operations. Members of the Alternatives team play critical roles in firm's
success by providing proprietary technology solutions and supporting vendor
applications which improve complex investment decision-making, assist
trading, reduce operational risk, and improve efficiency.
The Lead Systems Analyst, Alternatives Systems will be responsible for
driving strategy, development and support of alternatives investment
applications in Asset Allocation, Enterprise Risk Management, Hedge Funds,
and Derivatives areas.
Responsibilities:
· Work closely with investment professionals to understand business
problem and to create effective technical solutions
· Engage investment professionals at all levels to proactively
identify opportunities for new/improved systems to assist the multi-asset
class investment process.
· Be an "expert" in the firm's Alternatives infrastructure and Asset
Allocation, Hedge Funds, and Derivatives products
· Work closely with IS teams to design and develop cross-functional,
firm-wide solutions
· Work with the Alternatives development team to develop efficient
and stable systems, using various technologies, to meet changing and future
business needs.
· Overall project management, project prioritization and issue
resolution
· Planning and managing implementation / integration of solutions
worldwide
· Capturing and analyzing detailed requirements and algorithms in
support of idea generation, portfolio construction, quantitative modeling,
and strategic asset allocation research.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Technology leader with a record of success in a large-scale,
high-growth, high-transaction rate, complex environment. Ideally, the
individual will come from a global financial services organization, with a
strong preference for asset management and/or capital markets.
· 7+ years of trading or investment environment experience with a
minimum of 5 years proven experience leading technology initiatives
supporting Equity, Fixed Income, or Derivatives asset classes.
· Solid understanding of fixed income and equity derivative
instruments, quantitative concepts, and related front-office investment
processes.
· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills.
· Proven hands on project management skills with full cycle
(iterative and incremental) development experience and a proven track record
in managing various components of a large-scale system across multiple
teams.
· Proven software development experience and in-depth understanding
of the full software development life cycle
· Strong strategic thinker with a track record of innovation and
transformation to support business growth
· Experience working in an interdependent, team-oriented environment
in which effectively managing resources and relationships outside of one's
direct control is critical to success.
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment
· Guided by the highest levels of integrity, ethical and
professional standards
· Commitment to excellence and continuous improvement
· Team player who works collectively toward common goals and
objectives
· Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills
· Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Bachelor's degree is required
· CFA charter, or work towards one is strongly preferred
Keys to this Position:
1. We are seeking strong Systems Analysis skills (gathering business
requirements, writing functional specs, working with development teams,
testing, etc.).
2. Experience supporting Investment Professionals (i.e. Portfolio Managers,
Traders, etc.) is required. The candidate should come out of a buy side or
sell side firm or a bank.
3. Domain Knowledge: knowledge of Investment instruments (such as Fixed
Income, Equities, Derivatives, Hedge funds, etc.) is required.
4. Technical: the candidate must know SQL to be able to query the
database.
5. Excellent communication skills required.
Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAs
Site - www.wrightassociate
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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@WrightAssociates.org
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@WrightAssociates.org
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
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