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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 1026

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Digest #1026

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Wed May 14, 2014 9:06 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


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

Position Title - WR736901052014

Sr. Systems Analyst - Security Master & Market Data - Asset Mgt. - SQL - CFA
- Boston, MA - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Relo Assistance Possible

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 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 the firm's 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.

Currently, an implementation of a new Reference Data platform is underway
using Markit EDM. This is a great opportunity to join our team and design
lasting solutions for the next generation Security Master.

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.

* Proactively identify major issues, risks, and dependencies, and
manage them to minimize impact to the overall implementation

* Articulate and document design decisions and technical concepts
concisely and in an organized manner

* 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:

* Related (5+ years) software development experience, with
methodologies such as Agile. Experience in Financial services required.

* Creativity, attention to detail and leadership skills

* Demonstrated experience in business and systems analysis in
financial services industry

* 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 Thompson Reuters a plus

* Ability to understand legacy in-house applications and highly
complex and interrelated systems and processing

* Experience working with Markit EDM platform 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 Role

1. Strong Systems Analyst skills required. We will consider a Senior or
Junior level candidate.

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
<mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net> - WEB Site -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> www.wrightassociates.org

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

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