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Lead Quant Analyst - Financial Engineering - Derivatives - Asset Mgt by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Web Development Lead - Full Stack Java - Financial Services - Rt93/B by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:06 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR739171092014
Lead Quant Analyst - Financial Engineering - Derivatives - 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 Alternatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing
advanced tools to analyze, value, trade, and risk manage a broad spectrum of
products and assets used by the Asset Allocation, Commodities and Hedge
Funds Investment teams. In addition this team supports the firm's OTC
Derivatives Platform for Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency OTC
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 assist in complex investment decision-making, streamline
trading, reduce operational risk, and improve efficiency.
The Lead Systems Analyst (Quantitative Analysis), Alternatives Systems will
be responsible for developing custom pricing model and advanced analytics
for derivative instruments across all asset classes.
A successful candidate will have a solid background in math, advanced
knowledge of financial modeling and practical experience in financial
engineering working with derivative instruments in addition to a solid
understanding of a broad range of technology solutions, and outstanding
client management skills.
Responsibilities:
* Work closely with investment and trading professionals to
understand business problems and to create effective technical solutions.
* Perform detailed analysis of analytical/quantitative problems,
develop model prototypes, and provide guidance to the technical development
teams.
* Participate in full-cycle software development including
regression testing, deployment, and support of new tools.
* Be an "expert" in derivatives analytics and pricing methodologies
* Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to
investment practice, both within Wellington 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.
* Demonstrated understanding of equity, fixed income, commodity,
and FX derivatives structure and attributes, quantitative concepts, and
related front-office investment processes.
* Very good knowledge of math (linear algebra, statistics, advanced
calculus) and its applications to financial engineering
* Experience in financial engineering and derivatives instruments
modeling
* At least seven years of application designing and programming
experience using Matlab, Java, Python, or R. Comfortable in numerical
programming.
* Knowledge of Microsoft tools is a plus.
* Previous experience with Calypso, Murex or similar vendor
Derivatives system will be a big plus
* Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology.
* 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.
* CFA/FRM charter, or work towards one is strongly preferred
Keys to this Role
1) Must have a Formal Math background.
2) Must have strong Financial Modeling experience from a Financial
Institution.
3) We are seeking a Quantitative Analyst with some development skills.
4) Very good knowledge of math (linear algebra, statistics, advanced
calculus) and its applications to financial engineering
5) Experience in financial engineering and derivatives instruments
modeling
6) At least seven years of application designing and programming
experience using Matlab, Java, Python, or R. Comfortable in numerical
programming.
7) Investment workflow experience is required.
Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - <mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net>
GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB Site -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> www.wrightassociate
Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:18 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WRCOBFWDL102014
Web Development Lead - Full Stack Java - Financial Services - Rt93/Boston,
MA Area - Up to $125K+
Base + Bonus - Comprehensive Benefits
Local Candidates Only - Green Card or US Citizen Only
Company
Division of a large, successful, and growing financial services firm.
Summary:
The Web Development Lead is responsible for developing and supporting
enterprise-class web applications using all available front-end
technologies. Candidates must have extensive experience working in
structured environments following defined development methodologies,
including multi-channel and multi-tiered design and development. Leveraging
a thorough knowledge of HTML/CSS, JavaScript, OOP techniques and proficiency
with JavaScript frameworks, the candidate will work in a collaborative
environment to develop highly interactive digital experiences. The Lead
serves as a liaison between E-Business Solutions Consultants and the
technical development and graphic design teams.
The emphasis is on front end development but they expect the candidate to be
technical in the full stack Java development.
Person will be mentoring/coaching 6-8 developers, not managing.
Responsibilities:
The candidate will provide high-quality, well-structured and well-documented
code, and communicate effectively with creative leads, client counterparts
and other members of the development team. They will mentor junior/mid-level
developers by encouraging collaboration, participation and creative
thinking.
The ideal candidate will have experience interfacing with various back-end
technologies, frameworks and services.
* Maintains web solutions ensure quality, performance, and
reliability.
* Design and implement navigation systems, as well as designs and
implements components for web sites.
* Contributes to the development and execution of unit, system and
integration testing.
* Participates in the integration of websites into application
architecture.
* Assists with developing and ensuring compliance of quality and
security standards.
* Maintain leading-edge knowledge in emerging technologies;
participate in knowledge sharing and lessons learnt sessions from project
experiences
* Lead small to medium sized team and resolve issues and
dependencies in the team; coach and mentor the team to help deliver to the
client expectation
* Designs, develops, and implements various internal and external
client projects of varying size and complexity in the online space
* Designs UI interaction models (e.g., input and output options)
that factor appropriate presentation structures (e.g., order, alignment,
grouping) and language design requirements (e.g., labeling, descriptions,
help, instructions).
* Designs and implements navigation systems, as well as designs and
implements components for web sites.
* Executes and/or leads execution of usability exercises and
evaluations.
* Interprets and analyzes results of usability exercises and
evaluations to validate the success of a design or mentor others in
performing the task.
* Participates in client-facing requirement sessions and technical
design document reviews as required.
* Effectively captures and validates human factors business
requirements. Assesses effect of the product or feature on end users and
identifies requirements of any end user with special needs (e.g.,
disabilities, age-related).
* Initiates, explores and discusses creative alternatives within
the development teams and/or with the client community.
* Supports the internet, intranet and extranet web-sites to ensure
site quality, performance, and reliability as needed.
* Participates in developing and executing unit, system and
integration testing.
* Works with the Quality Assurance (QA) team to validate/fix QA
defects and ensure requirements are properly documented and technically
implementable.
* Participates in the integration of websites into application
architecture.
* Assists with developing and ensuring compliance of quality and
security standards.
* Generates and analyzes web utilization reports and provides
management with trend information and recommendations.
* Provides context and guidance for integration and implementation
of front-end interfaces.
* Helps translate wireframes, comps, and functional requirements
into functional HTML/ CSS/ JavaScript within a JSP environment.
Required Skills and Competencies:
Skillsets:
* Master of web technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and
JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, ember.js, angular.js), JSON, Adobe Photoshop
and other graphic editing tools
* Thorough understanding of responsive web design, fluid layouts
and positioning, browser behavior and compatibility, cross-browser issues
and solutions, and coding for Search Engine Optimization
* Experience with source code management tools (e.g., Git, SVN)
* Experience with template engines and web application frameworks
(JSP, Velocity, JSF, etc.)
* JavaScript
* Backbone
* HTML5,
* CSS/3,
* CSS Media Queries
* JQUERY
* JSON
* Velocity Tiles
* Git
Skills and Abilities:
* Experience effectively allocating work to junior team members
* Familiar with a variety of online marketing concepts, best
practices, and procedures and Responsive Design experience
* Experience developing mobile optimized and responsive websites
Education and Experience:
* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
* Minimum of 8+ years of formal Web Design, Development,
Implementation Web and/or Mobile User Interface design.
* Familiar with a variety web software applications, languages,
online marketing concepts, best practices, and procedures and Responsive
Design experience.
Contact Information - Resumes in Word format to:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - <mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net>
GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - 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
