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Fri Jan 3, 2014 11:32 am (PST) . Posted by:
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Position Title – WRGBA112013
Business Analyst – MS Technical Background - FS - Boston, MA - Up to $100K
Excellent Base + Benefits & Retirement Programs
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Company
Smaller, successful, and growing Boston based Regional Bank with in excess
of $100M in Deposits.
Position Responsibilities – Summary
Our client is looking for an experienced and well-rounded Business Analyst
to play a crucial role in their application development group, to work
closely with Business stakeholders, Development and QA teams throughout
software project iterations and releases.
· Analyze, design, and implement business requirements and features
to meet the proposed business need and application architecture
· Support the development team by communicating requirements and
specifications
· Document User Stories and/or Use Cases for Agile Development
· Work with both business and development team to prioritize the
Product Backlog in preparation for Sprint Planning
· Acts as liaison between stakeholders and teams to negotiate Sprint
scope
Required Skills and Competencies:
Must have
· 7+ years of experience in business analysis, software application
design, implementation and support
· Experience in the financial and banking industry (commercial loan
acquisition a huge plus)
· Experience designing and delivering enterprise level web
applications
· Strong analytical and product management skills, including a
thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them
into application and functional requirements
· Experience with Agile Methodologies (Scrum, XP etc.)
· Excellent organizational, communication and problem solving skills
· Familiarity with Microsoft stack (MS SQL, ASP.NET MVC, Entity
Framework)
Nice to have
· Experience with Team Foundation Server
· Programming hands-on experience
· SharePoint
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
Fri Jan 3, 2014 12:16 pm (PST) . Posted by:
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Position Title – WR131019122013
Lead Systems Analyst – Fixed Income – Derivatives - Asset Mgt - Boston, MA –
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Relo Possible for Very Strong Candidates - No 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 in connection with projects related to our
real-time, multi-dimensional data model that provides exposures at all
look-through levels of a holding.
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 our
multi-dimensional exposures data model, not only from a support perspective,
but also in performing business analysis and design of new features,
functionality and instruments. It is expected that the individual will reach
a high level of proficiency within 3 months with instrument structures,
batch processes and other aspects of this data model.
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, 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 seven years
of experience in supporting buy-side investment 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: Solid knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives is required.
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. The Lead role will lead a team of 12
consultants and 2 perm staff.
5. Technical skills: The ability to query with SQL is required (preferably
PL/SQL).
6. There is an on call weekend rotation every 6 weeks where you can check in
remotely. You do not need to come into the office.
7. Selling point: This individual will get exposure to every asset class and
this role offers a great career opportunity. This role supports the entire
front office (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc.)
Note: Candidates that interview need to be prepared to fully discuss Fixed
Income analytics (duration, convexity, etc.) and Derivatives (swaps,
futures, options, etc.)
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
Fri Jan 3, 2014 12:16 pm (PST) . Posted by:
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Position Title – WR734411122013
Java Developer – Java – SQL – Oracle - FS - Marlboro, MA Area – Excellent
Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS + Comprehensive Benefits
(Salary Targeted for a 3-5 year Person)
Local candidates only – No 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
As member of a strong, collaborative application development team, this
individual will design, develop, and implement enhancements and new
functionality to the Portfolio Accounting system. Our system covers a
diverse variety of transaction types that are used to calculate near
real-time accounting data that is used throughout the firm. The Core
Software Engineer will learn about a variety of transaction types and work
with multiple teams to integrate various systems together.
In this role, the individual will participate in all development activities
to successfully deploy new systems and enhancements, and work with
colleagues and end users to design, develop and implement solutions to meet
business requirements. The Core Software Engineer will be an important
resource and will collaborate with both junior and senior team members.
Responsibilities:
· Work with business team, project managers, and systems analysts to
review business requirements, functional specifications, use-cases, and test
plans.
· Participate in architecture, design, development, and
implementation of new software components and applications based on
functional specifications.
· 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:
· 3+ years demonstrated experience developing J2EE applications
using JDBC, JMS, JSP/Servlets, Spring, and Web Services
· 3+ years of demonstrated database development and architecture
experience
· Experience with PERL, XML, UNIX/Linux, Grails and ExtJS helpful.
· Ability to work effectively in a multi-location team environment
· Ability to solve problems in a logical, methodical, and time
efficient manner
· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills
Keys to this Position:
1. We are seeking a core Java developer with 3 to 5 years of experience.
2. We are also seeking SQL coding skills to be able to work with the data.
SQL or PL/SQL is fine. We use Oracle on the back end.
3. Java technologies desired include JDBC, JMS, Spring, Hibernate. The
candidate does not need to possess all of these technologies; they just need
to be a solid Java/SQL developer that we can train in the other areas.
4. The development work tends to be more on the back end, but there is also
some front-end development as well.
5. Financial services are preferred, but we are open to any industry
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
Fri Jan 3, 2014 12:17 pm (PST) . Posted by:
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Position Title – WR131008122013
Lead Engineer – Data Warehousing/BI – Java - Oracle – FS - Marlboro, MA
Area – Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS + Comprehensive
Benefits – Local candidates only – No 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
As member of the Client Applications Delivery team, this individual will be
responsible for leading the technical design reviews and implementation of
firm's Client Reporting and Analytics platforms. This role requires a
well-rounded technologist that can work with stakeholders to build consensus
on vision and then materially lead high visibility projects through
technical design, construction, testing and implementation.
This multi-faceted role offers the individual the opportunity to have
tremendous impact on a number of multi-channel reporting initiatives. The
candidate would also be joining the group at a point at which they will have
significant direct impact on the evolution of our Data Warehousing (DW),
Business Intelligence (BI), and Reporting Application & Services platforms.
Responsibilities:
· Effectively balance dual roles as a hands-on (Oracle) DW/ BI
expert and a (Java) Reporting Services Specialist.
· Build interfaces between transactional systems, web APIs, etc. and
the BI/Analytics application suite.
· Personally deliver complex baseline components and provide support
and technical guidance for team members and external IT stakeholders.
· Ensure quality by conducting technical reviews of DW/BI and
Application components. Resolve issues as needed. Lead by example.
· Be responsible for the overlap of business requirements with the
application and technical architecture.
· Track new trends and directions in technology, and determines
potential impact to our organization.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Solid DW/BI Background. Demonstrated expertise in Oracle BI
Server, Repository, Answers, Interactive Dashboard, Publisher, Scheduler,
etc.
· Strong Java development background. In particular, experience
building reporting applications, services, and frameworks.
· Advanced / deep knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL. Oracle skills in
database design for data warehouses, dimensional modeling and relational
modeling preferably in Financial Services domain.
· Strong experience with ETL. Proven DataStage experience strongly
desired.
· Expertise in tuning report performance by optimizing data
structures.
· Proven ability to support multiple work streams simultaneously.
· Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal
supervision.
· Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
· Overall 10+ years of relevant work experience.
· 5+ years of experience implementing Business Intelligence & Data
Warehousing solutions using Oracle BI / Siebel Analytics.
Keys to this Position:
1. We are seeking a Lead Engineer that has strong skills with Data
Warehousing and Business Intelligence. Ideally the candidate will have
strong OBIEE skills but we will also look at Cognos or other Business
Intelligence tools – Firm uses OBIEE.
2. The candidate will need to have a programming background with either
Java or .NET. The best candidate will have been a Java or .NET developer in
the past and then grew into the DW/BI space.
3. Excellent communications skills are required.
4. Strong Leadership skills are required. This individual will lead a team
of 10 consultants (4 onshore; 5/6 offshore).
5. Excellent communications skills are required.
6. Financial Services is strongly desired, but not 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
