Messages In This Digest (5 Messages)
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- Business Solutions Analyst - Defined Contributions - Financial Servi From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Lead System's Analyst - Fixed Income/Derivatives - Boston, MA Area - From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- System's Analyst - Back Office - Financial Services - Boston, MA Are From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Sr. System's Analyst - Back Office - SQL - Boston, MA Area - Excelle From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Business System's Analyst - Portfolio Accounting - Investment Manage From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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Business Solutions Analyst - Defined Contributions - Financial Servi
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:54 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
06-24-2011
Position Title – WRCOBFBSA062011
Business Solutions Analyst – Defined Contributions - Financial Services -
Rt93/Boston, MA Area
Base + Bonus - Comprehensive Benefits
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Stable Work History
Company
Division of a large, successful, and growing financial services firm.
Summary:
A Business Solutions Analyst position is a great opportunity to participate
in strategic and tactical projects. These projects will include building
new products for the retirement business as well as building new systems
enhancements to improve operational efficiencies
As a Business Solutions Analyst you will perform in-depth analysis, identify
revenue and process improvement opportunities, and propose business and
product solutions to satisfy company and client needs.
There are 2 roles – One is product oriented and the other is process
oriented - The positions are required to build and maintain a product user
guide and to maintain User Procedure Guides - There are four phases to the
guides: 1). Describes the Product – 2). Processing Guide – 3). System's
Guide – 4). Implementation Guide. Once the guides are developed, these
resources will be used within the Product area to perform Product and
Process analytical work.
Both roles require strong knowledge of defined contributions.
Detailed Responsibilities:
The chief responsibilities include:
· Developing an in-depth understanding of internal and client
processes and identifying challenges and opportunities for improvement.
· Staying abreast of retirement industry trends
· Analyzing complex business needs to determine solution
requirements
· Preparing comprehensive proposal for documentation initiatives and
other internal initiatives
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Defined contribution business and recordkeeping services
· Understanding of analytical approaches and project management
disciplines
· Understanding of technology concepts
· Understanding of various corporate operations and support
functions
· The ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally
and in writing, with both technical and non-technical associates
· The ability to partner with business partners and clients
· The ability to execute complex assignments within the established
time frames and quality standards.
Education and Experience
· Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of formal education
and work experience.
· 6 + years of Defined Contributions and financial services
experience, including prior systems and applications related experience –
This is a must have.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEB Site –net
www.wrightassociates.org
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Lead System's Analyst - Fixed Income/Derivatives - Boston, MA Area -
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:54 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
06-24-2011
Position Title – WR721671
Lead System's Analyst – Fixed Income/Derivatives – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or Sponsorship
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 Decision Support Systems team within ICA seeks an individual who will
take on important responsibilities not only within the Fixed-Income Support
area but also make contributions towards our investor-centric data model
known as Investment View.
In the Fixed-Income Support area, this individual will take on moderate to
complex issues that originate from our business or from other application
teams. It is expected that this individual will become knowledgeable enough
in the applications and processes that we support, such as fixed-income
analytics, report development, and portfolio management tools, so that
he/she can take an active role in solving problems or directing other team
members in doing so themselves. This individual will also be heavily
involved in designing, supporting, improving, and developing data validation
and productivity tools and processes within this area.
This individual will also have responsibilities in connection with the
Investment View, not only from a support perspective, but also in performing
business analysis and design and testing of new features, functionality and
instruments. It is expected that the individual will reach a high level of
proficiency within 3 months with IV's instrument structures, batch processes
and other aspects of this data model.
Key Responsibilities:
· Oversee the resolution of moderate to complex problems that
originate from members of the business as well as related application teams.
These include issues with reports, portfolio management applications,
fixed-income analytics, Investment View, and other applications and
processes.
· Work with contractor team members to oversee and approve their
work, monitor and promote quality of output, ensure that projects and tasks
are being performed according to standards and in conformity with business
requirements, and identify areas for cross training and knowledge sharing
among team members.
· Provide leadership as Incident Commander when necessary.
· On a regular basis, evening and weekend work will be required in
order to provide routine revolving coverage, to address critical production
issues, or to provide oversight for disaster recovery testing, smoke testing
or other off-hours activities.
· Establish and maintain effective client relationships and help
guide the team in setting priorities for completion of requests or
resolution of issues.
· Manage and facilitate implementation of business solutions aimed
at investment process efficiency, data quality improvements and simplifying
investor workflow.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum of ten years of experience in IT industry with five years
experience in supporting buy-side investment systems, fund accounting,
portfolio construction, investment performance, or related systems.
· Strong understanding of fixed-income and derivative securities.
· Demonstrated experience in business analysis for medium to large
initiatives.
· Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.
· Motivated, agile and able to work independently in a fast paced
team oriented environment. Committed to deliver projects on time and
overcome obstacles.
· High attention to detail and strong commitment to quality is
absolutely essential.
· Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high degree of
ownership of outcomes.
· Working knowledge of ANSI SQL with RDBMS like Oracle is a must.
· Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management
skills.
· Bachelor's degree is a minimum. Advanced degree is preferred.
· Holding a CFA charter or working toward a CFA designation would be
considered a plus.
Keys to this Position:
1. Domain Knowledge: Exposure to Fixed Income Analytics and Derivatives is
required. Exposure can mean working experience or academic knowledge. Must
demonstrate a strong understanding of Fixed Income analytics (duration,
convexity, etc.) and Derivatives (swaps, futures, options, etc.)
2. Strong Systems Analysis skills. Problem solving skills are critical –
working through problems methodically and analyzing numbers.
3. Strong Client Relationship skills are required.
4. Strong Leadership skills.
5. Technical skills: The ability to query with SQL (PL/SQL) skills is
required.
6. Selling point: This individual will get exposure to every asset class
and this role offers a great career launching pad. This role supports the
entire front office (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc.)
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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System's Analyst - Back Office - Financial Services - Boston, MA Are
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:54 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
06-24-2011
Position Title – WR721791
System's Analyst – Back Office – Financial Services – Boston, MA Area –
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or Sponsorship
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 individual will be responsible for requirements, systems analysis,
testing, and support of the Geneva portfolio accounting system and its
integration points with other applications and processes at the firm. This
includes system integration with applications such as the account master,
security master, pricing, corporate actions, vendor data feeds, data marts,
and real-time order management and trading systems.
This position requires a high level of interaction with the business users
as well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate
should have a good understanding of portfolio accounting must be a
self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of
assignments in a fast-paced environment with people at all levels of the
organization.
This role will report to the Manager of Investment Administration (IA)
Applications within Information Services (IS).
Key Responsibilities:
· Work with business partners to define, analyze and document
requirements.
· Document functional specifications for new systems and
enhancements.
· Collaborate with systems analysts, software developers, database
architects and vendors to design and implement robust technical solutions.
· Work with IS and business teams across Wellington to ensure
seamless integration and high data quality across systems (e.g. Order
Management, Compliance, Trading, Global Relationship Management, Investment
Data Services, Investment Performance)
· Provide ongoing support to business and IS users including
after-hour batch cycle support on a rotating basis.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum of 2 years experience as a systems or business analyst in
a financial services technology environment.
· Domain knowledge of data flows within Portfolio Accounting.
· Strong client relationship, communication and analytical skills.
· Experience in writing basic SQL commands and comfort in navigating
relational databases.
· Experience in formal software development methodologies.
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment with rapidly changing priorities.
· Change Agent, creative, innovative and focused on continuous
improvements.
· Bachelor's degree is required.
· CFA charter, or work towards one is a plus.
Keys to this Position:
1. Solid Systems Analysis skills required (gathering requirements, writing
functional specs, working with developers, testing, etc.). Ideally we are
seeking 2 to 5 years of experience.
2. Domain knowledge: Financial Services are required, preferably Asset
Management. Any knowledge of the Back Office is a plus (Portfolio
Accounting, Trade Operations (Swift), Corporate Actions, Reconciliation,
Cash Flows, Performance, etc.)
3. Technical skills: SQL, the ability to query the database, relational
database experience.
4. Excellent communication skills are required.
5. This position does have an on call component of one week per month.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. System's Analyst - Back Office - SQL - Boston, MA Area - Excelle
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:55 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
06-24-2011
Position Title – WR721761
Sr. System's Analyst – Back Office – SQL – Boston, MA Area – Excellent
Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Stable Work History
No Relocation or Sponsorship
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 Investment Administration Applications team is seeking a Senior Systems
Analyst who will be responsible for requirements, systems analysis, testing,
and project management for initiatives supporting the Fund Administration
(FA) group within Investment Administration (IA). The FA group is
responsible for Prime Broker Service Operations, Client Reporting, and Trust
Pools Settlement Processing.
The position requires a high level of interaction with the business users as
well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate should be
a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of
assignments in a fast-paced environment, interacting with people at all
levels in the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
· Collaborate with business and systems partners to define, analyze
and document the requirements and test cases
· Plan and perform functional testing of new systems and
enhancements
· Support development and QA teams as a subject matter expert
· Work with users to prioritize needs and manage expectation and
communication needs
· Facilitate implementation of business solutions aimed at process
efficiency, data quality improvements and simplifying business work flow
· Work with external Business Process Outsourcing providers to
optimize technology flows between the vendor and the firm
· Strong sense of end-to-end ownership of systems/solutions
· Act as a support liaison for critical production support issues
(24/5)
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Minimum 8 years experience in a financial services technology
environment
· Domain knowledge of Mutual Funds (Pools) and Hedge Funds processes
for a financial services firm (fund accounting and administration area)
· Demonstrated experience in client relationship, communication, and
analytical skills
· Demonstrated experience in formal software development
methodologies
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment with rapidly changing priorities
· Change Agent, creative, innovative and focused on continuous
improvements
· Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Prior hands-on experience with Java/Unix/Weblogic solutions a
strong plus
· Bachelor's degree is required - Masters degree or work towards
CFA charter is a plus
Keys to this Position:
1. Strong Systems Analyst skills are required (i.e. gathering requirements,
writing functional specs, support, testing etc.)
2. Technical: SQL is required. The individual needs to have a good
understanding of the data model. Knowledge of Java and Weblogic are nice to
have as the individual will be working with 4 developers.
3. Domain knowledge: The candidate needs to have Financial Services
experience. Back Office domain experience such as knowledge of Mutual
Funds, Hedge Funds, Fund Accounting or Fund Administration is a big plus,
but not a requirement.
4. Strong Communication skills are required. This is a client facing role
interacting directly with the Back Office as well as external clients (i.e.
State Street, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs).
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Business System's Analyst - Portfolio Accounting - Investment Manage
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:55 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know
that might be a good fit.
Position Title – WRCOAABSA062011
06-24-2011
Business System's Analyst – Portfolio Accounting - Investment Management –
Boston, MA Area – Up to $120K
Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits
Local Candidates only – No sponsorship
Stable work history required
Company
Successful, smaller, and growing, Boston based Investment Management firm
with $45B+ under management
Position Responsibilities - Summary
As a member of the IT group, this position will play a key role in the
support of the portfolio accounting and other investment operations systems.
It is a highly visible position with exposure to many business units in a
dynamic quantitative investment management firm. The position requires a
high level of direct interaction and collaboration with end users, excellent
analytical and communication skills, and outstanding domain knowledge.
The Business Systems Analyst must comprehend and organize a collection of
business requirements and communicate those requirements to application
developers. Negotiate technical and non-technical solutions that both
satisfy the business user and conform to the technical architecture.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Drive efforts that identify business requirements.
· Write specifications for new/revised systems based on knowledge of
business needs by working closely with senior department managers and key
department members.
· Identify and document scope changes escalating appropriately to
project manager for action.
· Participate in functional and change impact analysis for existing
business processes and develops recommendations for improvements and
enhancements.
· Conduct business and systems requirements analysis at code and
data level such as data mapping, and data conversion analysis.
· Perform complex data analysis in support of ad-hoc customer
requests.
· Work with Business and Technology Departments to identify data
lineage analysis, source and destination requirements for applications.
· Analyze the business processes in terms of activities (tasks),
workflow and dataflow.
· Facilitate the creation of testing documentation and manages the
testing process.
· Research, track and communicate business issues and software
defects related to projects and level 2 applications support.
· Participate and support post implementation process including end
user training.
· Collaborate with team members and manager to define standards for
future business analysis efforts.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The candidate should have a minimum of 5-8 years of experience working as an
IT business systems analyst in the financial services industry. In addition,
the position requires:
· BS degree in MIS, BA or related discipline
· Strong understanding of global investment portfolio accounting and
portfolio reporting
· Strong understanding of investment processes, accounting and
performance measurement systems, workflows and data
· Experience with portfolio accounting systems such as HiNet,
performance measurement systems such as StatPro and FactSet and fixed income
systems such as Aladdin a plus - Prior knowledge of BARRA, GIPS, Bloomberg,
Reuters desired.
· Strong analytical and problem solving skills - Strong
interpersonal and communication skills - Strong business and technical
writing skills.
· Experience in managing small to medium scale projects or
subcomponents of a major project
· Ability to lead project meetings with users - Ability to
effectively handle multiple priorities
· Solid MS Project /Visio and MS Office application skills
· Working knowledge of SQL (Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase)
· Experience gathering and documenting business requirements from
users
· Experience with systems integration in the financial services
industry
· Experience with systems development lifecycle methodology
· Previous direct responsibility for writing structured business
requirements, functional specifications, test plans and test cases
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Wright Associates specializes in High Technology Recruiting Services for the New England Market Place.
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