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Senior Systems Analyst - Trading - SQL - BI/DW - Reporting - FS - Bo by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Lead Systems Analyst (Front Office) - SQL - Asset Management - Bosto by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Lead Systems Engineer (Conferencing Services) - Asset Management - B by "Gary Wright" wrightassociates
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Tue May 26, 2015 9:00 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know
- Referrals appreciated.
Position Title - WR151016052015
Senior Systems Analyst - Trading - SQL - BI/DW - Reporting - FS - Boston, MA
Area - Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Local Candidates Only
Company
Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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 Trading Data & MAC Applications team is seeking a highly motivated
individual to have an influential impact on the direction and use of BI
reporting technologies across its trading department. This is a significant
opportunity for a systems analyst to employ or develop a commanding
knowledge of trading data and workflows and to gain experience with several
BI reporting tools. This role requires a well-rounded systems analyst who
can collaborate with IT and business teams, communicate effectively across
all levels of the firm and vendor landscapes, manage multiple competing
priorities and help advance the next generation reporting strategy within
the trading department.
Responsibilities:
* Work closely with Equity, Fixed Income and FX trading business
teams and IT stakeholders to define business outcomes, prioritize
deliverables and develop plans which are managed throughout the reporting
lifecycle
* Translate business needs into detailed business, data, and
visualization requirements and assist in the design and implementation of BI
reporting solutions that deliver critical business value to the trading
department.
* Work with report developers and QA teams, both on-shore and
off-shore, as well as vendors, to collaboratively solve problems and deliver
solutions
* Contribute guidance and oversight to the various phases of
testing and user acceptance
* Provide end-user support by resolving data issues, enhancing
existing reports, and ensuring the timely delivery of required reports
* Ensure adherence to established standards and processes while
proactively highlighting opportunities for improvement
* Work across teams - such as with middleware, database, and
architecture teams - to help coordinate design, implementation and support
activities.
* Advocate for the end user at all times and proactively manage
risk, impact and the user experience
Required Skills and Competencies:
* Minimum of 8 years of proven experience delivering successful
complex projects as a Systems Analyst
* Excellent understanding of Equity, FI and FX Trading data and
workflows. We will also look at candidates with a strong understanding of
complex financial instruments, financial markets and investment processes.
* Experience working on BI reporting or data warehousing projects
with knowledge of relational databases, SQL and BI reporting tools
* Familiarity with various reporting and data visualization tools
such as OBIEE, Tableau, Jasper a strong plus
* Proven planning and analysis skills following a standardized
methodology such as Agile
* Track-record of working with business stakeholders, engineers,
analysts, and infrastructure teams to complete and deliver solutions to
multiple business user groups
* Demonstrable ability to assimilate business and technical
concepts quickly
* Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal
supervision
* Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Bachelor's degree is required and an advanced degree is a plus
Keys to this Position:
1) Minimum of 8 years of proven experience delivering successful
complex projects as a Systems Analyst
2) Strong understanding of Equity, Fixed Income and FX Trading data and
workflows. We will also look at candidates with a strong understanding of
complex financial instruments, financial markets and investment processes.
3) Experience working on BI reporting or data warehousing projects with
knowledge of relational databases, SQL and BI reporting tools. If the
candidate does not have BI reporting other similar tools would suffice.
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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>
Tue May 26, 2015 10:43 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR739671122014
Lead Systems Analyst (Front Office) - SQL - Asset Management - Boston, MA
Area - Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Green Card or US Citizens Only - Relocation Assistance Possible - Local
Candidates Preferred
Company
Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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
For this position, my client is looking for an individual who can act in a
hands-on capacity within the team responsible for advanced investment data
products. These are key technologies used by the firm's Fixed Income
portfolio management applications.
This individual will be expected to take on moderate to complex projects,
initiatives and production issues that originate from our business or from
other application teams. It is expected that this individual will become
knowledgeable enough in this domain, both technically as well as from a
business perspective, so that he/she can take an active role in owning
important outcomes, solving complex 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 methods and processes within this area and supervising other
team members who are engaged in analysis, development, QA and support.
Specifically, this individual will acquire expert-level knowledge of the
product suite's functionality, design, interfaces, reconciliation and
validation processes and other important aspects of the product. It is
expected that this individual will become a thought leader and major
contributor to key strategic initiatives currently in progress such as the
Investment Book of Record project On a more day-to-day basis, this
individual will also be responsible for managing and coordinating production
releases and work closely with the product's stakeholders on release items.
Responsibilities:
* Work with QA/Analyst 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.
* This is a very senior role and as such, it is expected that the
individual will have a high degree of ownership over important outcomes such
as production stability and integrity. At times, this individual may be
expected to attend to urgent production matters during evening, overnight
and weekend hours.
* Some specific expectation for this role include advanced
financial instrument modeling, writing business requirements and design
specifications, representing our team in a senior capacity in several
internal Wellington venues, and providing solutions to complex business
problems.
* 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 work flow.
* Oversee the resolution of moderate to complex problems that
originate from members of the business as well as related application teams.
Required Skills and Competencies:
* Minimum of three years of experience in investment industry front
office applications or investment management data technologies.
* Strong understanding of various financial instruments including
complex derivative securities.
* Demonstrated experience in business analysis for medium to large
initiatives.
* Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills is an
absolute must. This individual will need to possess the ability to convey
complex concepts and ideas in a manner that can influence important business
outcomes.
* 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 demonstrate a high degree of ownership of outcomes and
dedication to our mission.
* Working knowledge of ANSI SQL with an RDBMS like Oracle is a
must.
* Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management
skills.
* Bachelor's degree from a minimum requirement. An advanced degree
is preferred.
* Holding a CFA charter or working toward a CFA designation would
be considered a plus.
Keys to this Position:
1) Strong Systems Analyst skills are required.
2) Domain knowledge: Strong knowledge of Investment workflow that
includes multiple asset classes (fixed income, derivatives, equities,
alternatives, etc.)
3) SQL skills are required to be able to extract data from the database.
4) Technical Leadership skills are required.
5) Excellent communication skills are required.
6) A CFA or progress towards a CFA is highly desired.
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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>
Tue May 26, 2015 12:46 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Gary Wright" wrightassociates
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR74565R052015
Lead Systems Engineer (Conferencing Services) - Asset Management - Boston,
MA Area - Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Green Card or US Citizens Only - Relocation Assistance Possible - Local
Candidates Preferred
Company
Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding 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
Our technology convergence between end user computing, mobility, unified
communications and conferencing aspires to create a seamless and productive
collaborative platform for the firm's professionals.
The Conferencing Engineer works closely with end users, our real estate
department, AV/conferencing support personnel, third-party AV architecture
and engineering firms, and vendors to evaluate, design, maintain and manage
conferencing capabilities at the firm globally. Room designs are typically
targeted to meeting and presentation rooms, video conferencing rooms, and
auditoriums for applications including presentations, interactive
collaboration, streaming video and produced meetings. Increasingly, mobile
conferencing and on-demand huddle capabilities are an important part of the
solution.
This role reports to the Manager, Service Center within our Enterprise
Technology Services organization.
Responsibilities:
* Engage in user, system and support requirements gathering and
analysis to provide design and architectural recommendations for
conferencing systems.
* Act as escalation point for all conferencing service requests and
issues across the firm.
* Collaborate within the IT team and other service providers in
recommending solutions for the firm's conferencing needs.
* Design and deliver audio, video and data conferencing solutions
including Cisco endpoints, TMS, Crestron control systems, integrated room
conferencing applications and cloud-based tools spanning mingle solutions to
high-end, immersive telepresence use cases.
* Responsible to take ownership of issues and projects to
completion; work with colleagues and vendor tech support to deliver optimal
solutions.
* Drive for issue prevention by employing root-cause analysis,
issue tracking, trend analysis and status reporting
* Perform break-fix actions, root-cause analysis and manage
incident tickets via IT service delivery application
* Coordinate IT staff and contractors to provide maintenance and
repairs, moves and equipment exchanges.
Required Skills and Competencies:
Technical qualifications
* Minimum 5 years' experience working in corporate AV or IT
* Highly technical, with the ability to evaluate situations,
utilizing logical and decisive reasoning
* Excellent attention to detail and well organized
* Ability to maintain a professional and positive attitude in a
fast paced and high pressure environment
* Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
* Capacity to work on various tasks simultaneously
* Solid foundation implementing and supporting enterprise-grade
conferencing and AV technologies including codecs, cameras, audio systems,
control systems, and state-of-the-market virtual conferencing solutions.
* Initiative and ability to research problems independently,
finding root cause
* Strong knowledge of Crestron Room View with an understanding of
the inner workings of the back end server, active directory, application and
database services
Additional qualifications
* This individual needs to operate with a deep sense of ownership
and urgency, require minimal direct guidance, and work effectively in a
strong team environment. High stress situations involving problem
diagnosis, business communication, and issue resolution must be handled with
determination, effectiveness and grace.
* Positive customer service and team attitude
* Focused on quality and committed to continual improvement
* Emphasis on sharing of knowledge through good communications,
peer training and written documentation.
* Strong leadership qualities
o Problem solve, make appropriate decisions, and effectively communicate
both in written and oral form
o Provide direction, be a positive influence, and act as a role model to
the rest of the team
o Manage conflicting priorities effectively
o Perform research and share knowledge with team members
o Manage multiple projects, and priorities under pressure
* Proven project and delivery management skills
* Expertise with unified communications, mobility, information
security, or desktop virtualization is a plus.
* BS in an appropriate discipline
Keys to this Position:
1) We are seeking a strong Engineer that understands the Conferencing
Solutions landscape.
2) The candidate should have experience with some of the following
technologies: Crestron (Roomview is the Crestron Management product),
Tandberg/Cisco which is now called Fusion, Some of the following Cisco
technologies (C40, C60, MX200, Mx300), Vidyo (WAVE) Conferencing Solution,
Codian, BSS audio conferencing, Skype for Business (formerly Lync Systems),
Codian, Conferencing/Bridging/Gateways, Audio/Video recording, streaming,
Polycom, Harris, Avid.
3) This Engineer will lead people and projects. The technical leadership
piece will be a shared resources model (no direct management).
4) Vendor Management skills and the ability to lead Proof of Concepts is
also desired.
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 -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://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
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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