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Sr. Systems Analyst - Fixed Income - Technical Background - SQL - VB by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Thu Oct 2, 2014 12:11 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Position Title - WR739221092014
Sr. Systems Analyst - Fixed Income - Technical Background - SQL - VBA -
Asset Mgt. - 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:
The Fixed Income Systems team is responsible for providing front-office
Information Technology capabilities to the firm's Fixed Income Investment
teams. The team plays a critical role in our firm's success by providing
technical solutions which improve the efficiency, speed and quality of the
highly complex investment decision-making process.
As a member of the Fixed Income Systems team, this individual will be
responsible for solutions delivery for Fixed Income Investment business.
This is an ideal opportunity for an IT professional to apply business and/or
technical skills to enable investment process to become more efficient:
* Lead delivery of high quality business solutions;
* Interface and coordinate with the broad Information Services
teams to ensure successful delivery;
* Demonstrate strong project management and leadership skills with
ability to handle multiple activities in a dynamic fast paced environment.
* Interact with Investment professionals at all levels of the
organization as needed, to proactively identify opportunities for
new/improved systems to improve the investment process.
Responsibilities:
* Lead delivery of high quality business solutions.
* Interface and coordinate with the broad Information Technology
teams to ensure successful delivery.
* Demonstrate strong project management and leadership skills with
ability to handle multiple activities in a dynamic fast paced environment.
* Interact with Investment professionals at all levels of the
organization as needed, to proactively identify opportunities for
new/improved systems to improve the investment process.
* Lead the implementation of business solutions in conjunction with
the technical development.
* Perform gap analysis between investment process and existing
systems
* Lead and establish effective processes for productive partnership
with offshore technical teams.
* Lead implementation of business process improvements involving
(but not limited to) investment process efficiency, data quality
improvements and simplifying investor work flow.
Required Skills and Competencies:
Technical Requirements:
* Minimum of five years of experience in financial industry with
strong understanding of Fixed Income , Derivatives securities or financial
markets like Foreign Exchange, Money Market, etc.
* Experience with Fixed Income Portfolio Management, Portfolio
Construction and Order Management tools.
* Demonstrated experience in business analysis for medium to large
initiatives. Familiarity in formal requirements collection methodologies
like UML is a strong plus.
* Experience developing specifications, test plans and test
executions.
* Intermediate level expertise with SQL and Excel VBA. Exposure to
technologies like Oracle BI is preferred but not a pre-requisite.
* CFA or working towards CFA is a strong plus.
* Experience with, and demonstrated understanding of modern
software development and testing methodologies.
* Experience developing J2EE applications using JDBC, JNDI, JMS and
other related technologies like Swing, RCP, developing Web applications
using JSP, AJAX, SPRING, Web Services and other related technologies (HTML5,
etc.) is a plus.
* Bachelor's degree is a minimum. Advanced degree is preferred.
Non-Technical Requirements:
* Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
* Excellent analytical and problem skills.
* Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management
skills.
* Willingness to work independently in an energetic, fast-paced,
business-critical and team oriented-environment. Committed to deliver
project on time and overcome obstacles.
* A strong team player, with ability to work in collaboration
across teams.
Keys to this Role
1) Domain knowledge: This individual must have knowledge of Investment
Workflow. Fixed Income experience is a big plus. Progress towards a CFA is a
plus.
2) Excellent communication skills are required as this role will
interface directly with Investors. Enthusiasm, Energy and Passion go a long
way.
3) Strong hands on Systems Analyst skills are required (gathering
business requirements, writing functional specifications, etc.)
4) Technology: The candidate needs to be able to use SQL to query the
database and extract data (this is not a developer role).
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.wrightassociate
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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