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Lead - Help Desk Support - Trading - Market Data - FS - Boston, MA A by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Sr. Systems Analyst - Security Master - Market Data - FS - Boston, M by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Lead Software Engineer - Java - Oracle - Asset Management - Marlboro by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Sr. Systems Analyst - Derivatives - Securities - SQL - Boston, MA A by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:17 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.
Position Title – WRCHLHDS042013
Lead – Help Desk Support – Trading – Market Data – FS - Boston, MA Area –
$100K+
$100K+ - Bonus – Comprehensive Benefits - Local Candidates Only – No
Sponsorship
Company
Small, elite, successful, and growing Boston based fund manager - Global
investment management company – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent
Compensation Package – Bonus
Position Summary:
The Help Desk Lead person will be a hands-on manager of a technical support
team responsible for leading a small but very strong team of individuals for
companywide desktop, mobile device, and application support including
Windows operating systems and software such as trading systems, and other
applications. This is an internal customer-facing role and requires
excellent prioritization, responsiveness, and customer service, along with
excellent verbal communication skills. Relative trade floor and market data
experience in a financial services organization is required.
Environment: Windows XP, Microsoft Office Pro. 2003 and 2007 connecting with
Exchange 2007, Blackberry Enterprise Server 5, LANDesk, Citrix/XenApp, Help
Desk Ticketing, Market Data Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters Xtra, etc),
Trading Applications (RediPlus, FX All), along with various back office,
legal, and accounting applications.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Provide timely, efficient, and courteous service to our internal
customers. Senior level support of the Windows desktop environment; imaging,
application packaging, patch roll-out, & change management support for both
the main and disaster recovery offices as well as employees on the road and
at home via hands-on and remote support. Acts as a top tier escalation
resource for critical and high touch service issues
· Daily oversight of the IT Help Desk to provide quality customer
service and technical support to users
· Conducts daily status (morning) meetings with Help Desk Staff.
Reports to management on open issues such as service complaints, open
tickets, high-touch items, and escalations. Provides recommendations on how
to improve the service delivery of the Desktop Support Team
· Providing guidance and direction for scheduling and prioritization
of projects and tasks for employees, monitoring workflow and ensuring Help
Desk coverage during and outside business hours
· Accurately communicating information to Help Desk staff. Ensures
Help Desk representation when coordinating support for work tasks/projects
within the company
· Documenting all reported problems in a work order data base and
follows up with assigned personnel to ensure timely resolution of
problems/work order
· Performing quarterly/annual review of all Help Desk procedures and
related documentation
· Work closely with Operations and Windows Teams on current and new
Engineering initiatives
· Process incoming service requests; assign, triage, track,
escalate, & resolve support events using the company ticketing system and
other provided tools, to ensure timely resolution of issues producing a high
degree of satisfaction from your customers
· Facilitate and deliver using the standardization of the company's
desktop PCs, laptops, and PDAs to ensure the most efficient and stable
equipment and software for the firm
· Develop and improve processes and procedures to ensure the
uniformed delivery and repeatability of desktop services. Maintain accurate
documentation by implementing a knowledgebase for all relevant support
related processes and procedures
· Provide input in regards to automation tools that help to improve
the efficiency and quality of the Desktop Support and Help Desk operations
· Facilitates the process of employee on-boarding, transfers, and
terminations by managing the delivery of or repurposing appropriate company
equipment, software, and access control required for any new user or change
requests. Follows established procedures to ensure and appropriate audit
trail of this activity.
· On a weekly/ monthly/ quarterly basis, provide an accurate
inventory of PC, laptop, and PDA software and hardware in the DR site in a
summary report to AVP of Windows Infrastructure highlighting any significant
changes and/or potential issues
· On a weekly basis, create change control requests in JIRA for any
significant desktop hardware or software changes, additions, or upgrades
that are planned in the coming two weeks
· Ensures the purchase of PC, laptop, and mobile device hardware and
software. Maintains appropriate inventory levels to ensure timely delivery
of this inventory without significant delay. Ensures that user equipment
purchases are within 10% of the approved budget unless otherwise approved by
Sr. management. Properly discards of all obsolete PC, laptop, and mobile
device equipment (at least on a semi-annual basis) which may require moving
equipment in excess of 30 lbs
· Manage the continual upgrade of internal customers' PCs according
to the following lifecycles unless otherwise requested:
o Trader and Application Developers' PCs (on a 3-year budget cycle)
o All others' PCs (on a 4-year budget cycle)
o Ad hoc projects/duties as needed
Required Skills and Competencies:
· BS in Computer Science or related field highly desirable
· Minimum 3 years of Team Lead experience within Help Desk – trade
floor is a huge plus
· Minimum 5 years of relevant IT desktop support experience,
including trading floor support experience
· Significant experience with Windows XP, Microsoft Office Pro. 2003
and 2007 connecting with Exchange 2007, Blackberry Enterprise Server 5,
LANDesk, Citrix/XenApp, Help Desk Ticketing systems, Market Data
Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters Xtra, etc), Trading Applications (RediPlus,
Autobahn, FX All)
· Experience troubleshooting Excel spreadsheets being used as a
front end to complex trading systems, including macros and add-ins
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· High touch trade floor support
· Strong ethical foundation and a high degree of professionalism
· Experience supporting PCs, & PDA hardware & software required
· Understanding of financial markets and instruments
· Experience with Windows servers considered a plus
· Relevant Industry Certifications considered highly desirable
Contact Information – Resume 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]
appreciated.
Position Title – WRCHLHDS042013
Lead – Help Desk Support – Trading – Market Data – FS - Boston, MA Area –
$100K+
$100K+ - Bonus – Comprehensive Benefits - Local Candidates Only – No
Sponsorship
Company
Small, elite, successful, and growing Boston based fund manager - Global
investment management company – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent
Compensation Package – Bonus
Position Summary:
The Help Desk Lead person will be a hands-on manager of a technical support
team responsible for leading a small but very strong team of individuals for
companywide desktop, mobile device, and application support including
Windows operating systems and software such as trading systems, and other
applications. This is an internal customer-facing role and requires
excellent prioritization, responsiveness, and customer service, along with
excellent verbal communication skills. Relative trade floor and market data
experience in a financial services organization is required.
Environment: Windows XP, Microsoft Office Pro. 2003 and 2007 connecting with
Exchange 2007, Blackberry Enterprise Server 5, LANDesk, Citrix/XenApp, Help
Desk Ticketing, Market Data Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters Xtra, etc),
Trading Applications (RediPlus, FX All), along with various back office,
legal, and accounting applications.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Provide timely, efficient, and courteous service to our internal
customers. Senior level support of the Windows desktop environment; imaging,
application packaging, patch roll-out, & change management support for both
the main and disaster recovery offices as well as employees on the road and
at home via hands-on and remote support. Acts as a top tier escalation
resource for critical and high touch service issues
· Daily oversight of the IT Help Desk to provide quality customer
service and technical support to users
· Conducts daily status (morning) meetings with Help Desk Staff.
Reports to management on open issues such as service complaints, open
tickets, high-touch items, and escalations. Provides recommendations on how
to improve the service delivery of the Desktop Support Team
· Providing guidance and direction for scheduling and prioritization
of projects and tasks for employees, monitoring workflow and ensuring Help
Desk coverage during and outside business hours
· Accurately communicating information to Help Desk staff. Ensures
Help Desk representation when coordinating support for work tasks/projects
within the company
· Documenting all reported problems in a work order data base and
follows up with assigned personnel to ensure timely resolution of
problems/work order
· Performing quarterly/annual review of all Help Desk procedures and
related documentation
· Work closely with Operations and Windows Teams on current and new
Engineering initiatives
· Process incoming service requests; assign, triage, track,
escalate, & resolve support events using the company ticketing system and
other provided tools, to ensure timely resolution of issues producing a high
degree of satisfaction from your customers
· Facilitate and deliver using the standardization of the company's
desktop PCs, laptops, and PDAs to ensure the most efficient and stable
equipment and software for the firm
· Develop and improve processes and procedures to ensure the
uniformed delivery and repeatability of desktop services. Maintain accurate
documentation by implementing a knowledgebase for all relevant support
related processes and procedures
· Provide input in regards to automation tools that help to improve
the efficiency and quality of the Desktop Support and Help Desk operations
· Facilitates the process of employee on-boarding, transfers, and
terminations by managing the delivery of or repurposing appropriate company
equipment, software, and access control required for any new user or change
requests. Follows established procedures to ensure and appropriate audit
trail of this activity.
· On a weekly/ monthly/ quarterly basis, provide an accurate
inventory of PC, laptop, and PDA software and hardware in the DR site in a
summary report to AVP of Windows Infrastructure highlighting any significant
changes and/or potential issues
· On a weekly basis, create change control requests in JIRA for any
significant desktop hardware or software changes, additions, or upgrades
that are planned in the coming two weeks
· Ensures the purchase of PC, laptop, and mobile device hardware and
software. Maintains appropriate inventory levels to ensure timely delivery
of this inventory without significant delay. Ensures that user equipment
purchases are within 10% of the approved budget unless otherwise approved by
Sr. management. Properly discards of all obsolete PC, laptop, and mobile
device equipment (at least on a semi-annual basis) which may require moving
equipment in excess of 30 lbs
· Manage the continual upgrade of internal customers' PCs according
to the following lifecycles unless otherwise requested:
o Trader and Application Developers' PCs (on a 3-year budget cycle)
o All others' PCs (on a 4-year budget cycle)
o Ad hoc projects/duties as needed
Required Skills and Competencies:
· BS in Computer Science or related field highly desirable
· Minimum 3 years of Team Lead experience within Help Desk – trade
floor is a huge plus
· Minimum 5 years of relevant IT desktop support experience,
including trading floor support experience
· Significant experience with Windows XP, Microsoft Office Pro. 2003
and 2007 connecting with Exchange 2007, Blackberry Enterprise Server 5,
LANDesk, Citrix/XenApp, Help Desk Ticketing systems, Market Data
Applications (Bloomberg, Reuters Xtra, etc), Trading Applications (RediPlus,
Autobahn, FX All)
· Experience troubleshooting Excel spreadsheets being used as a
front end to complex trading systems, including macros and add-ins
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· High touch trade floor support
· Strong ethical foundation and a high degree of professionalism
· Experience supporting PCs, & PDA hardware & software required
· Understanding of financial markets and instruments
· Experience with Windows servers considered a plus
· Relevant Industry Certifications considered highly desirable
Contact Information – Resume 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]
Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:17 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR731151042013
Sr. Systems Analyst - Security Master - Market Data - FS - Boston, MA Area -
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only
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 is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Systems Analyst to
join a strong, collaborative team in a role focusing on analysis with
leadership and advancement opportunities.
The Senior Systems Analyst will be responsible for requirements, systems
analysis, testing, and some project management for the applications that
support company security master data. The security master applications
provide the firm with business critical data related to the terms/conditions
of deals as well as company and security reference data. Our application
covers a wide variety of asset types, including equities, fixed income,
derivatives and OTC securities, which are used throughout the firm.
This position requires a high level of direct interaction with the business
users, and excellent communication and delivery skills. This individual must
be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of
assignments with people at all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities:
· Partner with the Investment Data and Derivative Service business
team to prioritize, define and document new requirements
· Champion the user's needs to the software and quality assurance
engineers, insuring the "what" and "why" are effectively communicated
· Assist in the design, testing, and support of the Security Master
applications and their integration points
· Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions.
· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.
· Act as an escalation point person for support issues that require
detailed analysis and management.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum of five years experience as a systems or business analyst
in the financial services industry
· Demonstrated experience in business and systems analysis
· Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use
cases, and test plans
· Experience in writing basic SQL commands and comfort in navigating
relational databases
· Experience in Data Management and working with data providers such
as Bloomberg, Markit and Reuters a plus
· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills
· Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced
team environment.
Keys to this Position:
1. Strong Systems Analyst skills required.
2. Domain Knowledge: The ideal candidate will have experience with
Security Master (also known as Reference Data) and Market Data experience
(i.e. Bloomberg, Markit, Reuters, etc.) - If the candidate does not have
Security Master and Market Data we will also look at other Asset Management
experience (front, middle or back office, i.e. Trading, Portfolio
Management, Corporate Actions, Settlements, Investment Operations, etc.)
3. Technical: SQL skills are required. The candidate will need to be
able to query the database using SQL.
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 - WR731151042013
Sr. Systems Analyst - Security Master - Market Data - FS - Boston, MA Area -
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only
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 is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Systems Analyst to
join a strong, collaborative team in a role focusing on analysis with
leadership and advancement opportunities.
The Senior Systems Analyst will be responsible for requirements, systems
analysis, testing, and some project management for the applications that
support company security master data. The security master applications
provide the firm with business critical data related to the terms/conditions
of deals as well as company and security reference data. Our application
covers a wide variety of asset types, including equities, fixed income,
derivatives and OTC securities, which are used throughout the firm.
This position requires a high level of direct interaction with the business
users, and excellent communication and delivery skills. This individual must
be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of
assignments with people at all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities:
· Partner with the Investment Data and Derivative Service business
team to prioritize, define and document new requirements
· Champion the user's needs to the software and quality assurance
engineers, insuring the "what" and "why" are effectively communicated
· Assist in the design, testing, and support of the Security Master
applications and their integration points
· Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions.
· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.
· Act as an escalation point person for support issues that require
detailed analysis and management.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum of five years experience as a systems or business analyst
in the financial services industry
· Demonstrated experience in business and systems analysis
· Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use
cases, and test plans
· Experience in writing basic SQL commands and comfort in navigating
relational databases
· Experience in Data Management and working with data providers such
as Bloomberg, Markit and Reuters a plus
· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills
· Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced
team environment.
Keys to this Position:
1. Strong Systems Analyst skills required.
2. Domain Knowledge: The ideal candidate will have experience with
Security Master (also known as Reference Data) and Market Data experience
(i.e. Bloomberg, Markit, Reuters, etc.) - If the candidate does not have
Security Master and Market Data we will also look at other Asset Management
experience (front, middle or back office, i.e. Trading, Portfolio
Management, Corporate Actions, Settlements, Investment Operations, etc.)
3. Technical: SQL skills are required. The candidate will need to be
able to query the database using SQL.
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]
Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:17 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR729691012013
Lead Software Engineer - Java - Oracle - Asset Management - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only
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 is a great opportunity for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to
play a leadership role on a collaborative team and contribute to a wide
variety of initiatives to support the Derivative Operations team. This role
provides technical leadership to the IT team supporting the operational
functions relating to OTC derivatives (swaps and options), cleared swaps,
and exchange-traded derivatives (futures and options). All current
applications are homegrown and support the business team's third party
vendor relationships, trade notifications, daily collateral and margin
workflows, and daily swap settlement workflows. Given the evolving
regulatory environment and the new initiatives requested by the business,
this is an exciting time for someone to play a leadership roll in this
effort.
As member of Investment Administration & Corporate Applications, this
individual will be responsible to lead the Derivatives Operations
development team to design, develop, and implement projects and enhancements
to a variety of applications ranging from Derivatives Trade Communication,
to OTC Collateral Processing, to Futures Margining.
This role should be focused 50% on leadership and management and 50% on
hands-on programming and solution design. The Lead Software Engineer will
manage 2 full-time employees onshore as well as a team of 10 development and
QA consultants located both onshore and offshore.
Responsibilities:
· Lead the development team activities including prioritizing
requests, designing solutions, and supervising the development efforts
· Participate in architecture, design, implementation, deployment,
and support
· Work with business team, project managers, and systems analysts to
review and qualify business requirements, functional specifications,
use-cases, and test plans
· Design, prototype and code new software components and
applications based on functional specifications.
· Coordinate with analyst teams to execute test plans and provide
support during user acceptance testing.
· Modify and enhance existing systems to incorporate new
functionality and to optimize them for performance, and implement new
systems.
· Work with other software engineers to design and implement
application features, including user interfaces, and business functionality
enhancements.
· Author technical design and support documentation.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· 8+ years of proven analysis and technical design, development, and
architecture experience
· 2+ years leading technical teams including managing an offshore
development team
· Expertise developing J2EE applications using JDBC and JMS
· Java Web-Framework experience - Struts, SPRING or similar
· Experience in relational database technologies with strong SQL
skills - Oracle & PL/SQL Required.
· Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of modern software
development and testing methodologies
· Willing to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and team-oriented
environment and handle multiple conflicting priorities
· Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal
supervision
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the
ability to write technical documentation
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: This is a hands-on Java coding role. Oracle and PL/SQL are
also required.
2. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of experience.
3. Leadership: This individual will lead an on and offshore team of
developers.
4. Asset Management experience is required. Building applications for a
Derivative Operations group is a big plus.
5. Excellent communication skills are 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
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Position Title - WR729691012013
Lead Software Engineer - Java - Oracle - Asset Management - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only
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 is a great opportunity for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to
play a leadership role on a collaborative team and contribute to a wide
variety of initiatives to support the Derivative Operations team. This role
provides technical leadership to the IT team supporting the operational
functions relating to OTC derivatives (swaps and options), cleared swaps,
and exchange-traded derivatives (futures and options). All current
applications are homegrown and support the business team's third party
vendor relationships, trade notifications, daily collateral and margin
workflows, and daily swap settlement workflows. Given the evolving
regulatory environment and the new initiatives requested by the business,
this is an exciting time for someone to play a leadership roll in this
effort.
As member of Investment Administration & Corporate Applications, this
individual will be responsible to lead the Derivatives Operations
development team to design, develop, and implement projects and enhancements
to a variety of applications ranging from Derivatives Trade Communication,
to OTC Collateral Processing, to Futures Margining.
This role should be focused 50% on leadership and management and 50% on
hands-on programming and solution design. The Lead Software Engineer will
manage 2 full-time employees onshore as well as a team of 10 development and
QA consultants located both onshore and offshore.
Responsibilities:
· Lead the development team activities including prioritizing
requests, designing solutions, and supervising the development efforts
· Participate in architecture, design, implementation, deployment,
and support
· Work with business team, project managers, and systems analysts to
review and qualify business requirements, functional specifications,
use-cases, and test plans
· Design, prototype and code new software components and
applications based on functional specifications.
· Coordinate with analyst teams to execute test plans and provide
support during user acceptance testing.
· Modify and enhance existing systems to incorporate new
functionality and to optimize them for performance, and implement new
systems.
· Work with other software engineers to design and implement
application features, including user interfaces, and business functionality
enhancements.
· Author technical design and support documentation.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· 8+ years of proven analysis and technical design, development, and
architecture experience
· 2+ years leading technical teams including managing an offshore
development team
· Expertise developing J2EE applications using JDBC and JMS
· Java Web-Framework experience - Struts, SPRING or similar
· Experience in relational database technologies with strong SQL
skills - Oracle & PL/SQL Required.
· Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of modern software
development and testing methodologies
· Willing to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and team-oriented
environment and handle multiple conflicting priorities
· Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal
supervision
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the
ability to write technical documentation
· Bachelor'
Keys to this Position:
1. Technical: This is a hands-on Java coding role. Oracle and PL/SQL are
also required.
2. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of experience.
3. Leadership: This individual will lead an on and offshore team of
developers.
4. Asset Management experience is required. Building applications for a
Derivative Operations group is a big plus.
5. Excellent communication skills are required.
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]
Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:17 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR731321042013
Sr. Systems Analyst - Derivatives - Securities - SQL - Boston, MA Area -
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only
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 is a great opportunity for an experienced and inquisitive Senior
Systems Analyst to join a collaborative team in a role focused on analysis
with leadership and advancement opportunities. This role supports the
Derivative Operations team within Investment Administration, supporting the
operational functions relating to OTC derivatives (swaps and options),
cleared swaps, and exchange-traded derivatives (futures and options).
Current applications support the business team's third party vendor
relationships, trade notifications, daily collateral and margin workflows,
and daily swap settlement workflows.
The Senior Systems Analyst will learn about the various Derivative products
and their related workflows, as well as keep abreast of the impact of the
evolving regulatory environment.
The Senior Systems Analyst will participate in the requirements, analysis
and system design and testing for development projects for the Derivative
Operations team. In this role the individual will work with the project
managers, business analysts and lead programmers to define technical
solutions for implementing business requirements and see them through to
completion. Our applications require a strong focus on detail and cross-team
collaboration to support system integration with Calypso, Trading and
Geneva.
This position requires a high level of interaction with the business users
as well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate
should have experience supporting an operations business group and
derivatives domain knowledge is a plus.
Responsibilities:
· Work with business partners to define, analyze and document
requirements, as well as set priorities for new initiatives
· Document functional specifications and work directly with
development and QA to ensure delivery
· Provide input into system design to help the programming teams
define effort and implementation schedules for application development work
· Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing
and building controls to measure the overall accuracy and timeliness of data
delivery
· Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions
· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization
· Act as an escalation point person for support issues that require
detailed analysis and management
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum 5 years experience as a systems analyst in the financial
services industry
· Strong hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database
technology
· Demonstrated experience in business and systems analysis
· Derivatives domain knowledge is a plus, preferably in a
middle/back office context.
· Ability to work effectively in a multi-location team environment
· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills
Keys To The Position:
1. Strong Systems Analysis skills
2. Technical: Must be able to use SQL to query the database
3. Domain: The ideal candidate will have OTC Derivatives (swaps and
options) experience, however this is a big plus (not a requirement). We
will look at candidates that have any other Back or Middle Office
experience. At a minimum the candidate should have knowledge of Capital
Markets and understand the Securities industry.
4. Excellent communication skills are 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
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Position Title - WR731321042013
Sr. Systems Analyst - Derivatives - Securities - SQL - Boston, MA Area -
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only
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 is a great opportunity for an experienced and inquisitive Senior
Systems Analyst to join a collaborative team in a role focused on analysis
with leadership and advancement opportunities. This role supports the
Derivative Operations team within Investment Administration, supporting the
operational functions relating to OTC derivatives (swaps and options),
cleared swaps, and exchange-traded derivatives (futures and options).
Current applications support the business team's third party vendor
relationships, trade notifications, daily collateral and margin workflows,
and daily swap settlement workflows.
The Senior Systems Analyst will learn about the various Derivative products
and their related workflows, as well as keep abreast of the impact of the
evolving regulatory environment.
The Senior Systems Analyst will participate in the requirements, analysis
and system design and testing for development projects for the Derivative
Operations team. In this role the individual will work with the project
managers, business analysts and lead programmers to define technical
solutions for implementing business requirements and see them through to
completion. Our applications require a strong focus on detail and cross-team
collaboration to support system integration with Calypso, Trading and
Geneva.
This position requires a high level of interaction with the business users
as well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate
should have experience supporting an operations business group and
derivatives domain knowledge is a plus.
Responsibilities:
· Work with business partners to define, analyze and document
requirements, as well as set priorities for new initiatives
· Document functional specifications and work directly with
development and QA to ensure delivery
· Provide input into system design to help the programming teams
define effort and implementation schedules for application development work
· Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing
and building controls to measure the overall accuracy and timeliness of data
delivery
· Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on
time, scalable and high quality business solutions
· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both
full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization
· Act as an escalation point person for support issues that require
detailed analysis and management
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum 5 years experience as a systems analyst in the financial
services industry
· Strong hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database
technology
· Demonstrated experience in business and systems analysis
· Derivatives domain knowledge is a plus, preferably in a
middle/back office context.
· Ability to work effectively in a multi-location team environment
· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills
Keys To The Position:
1. Strong Systems Analysis skills
2. Technical: Must be able to use SQL to query the database
3. Domain: The ideal candidate will have OTC Derivatives (swaps and
options) experience, however this is a big plus (not a requirement)
will look at candidates that have any other Back or Middle Office
experience. At a minimum the candidate should have knowledge of Capital
Markets and understand the Securities industry.
4. Excellent communication skills are 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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The New England Networking Group is Moderated by:
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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