Messages In This Digest (5 Messages)
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- Lead System's Analyst - Equities - VBA - Excel - .Net - FS - Boston, From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Lead System's Analyst - Fixed Income/Derivatives - PL/SQL - FS - Bos From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Enterprise Information Architect - Lead - Asset Management - Boston, From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- QA Manager - FI/Equity Systems - Automated Tools - FS - Boston, MA A From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Sr. Systems Analyst - Portfolio Accounting - SQL - FS - Boston, MA A From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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Lead System's Analyst - Equities - VBA - Excel - .Net - FS - Boston,
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Thu Feb 4, 2010 10:06 am (PST)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR713431
Lead Systems Analyst - Equities - VBA - Excel - .Net - FS - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
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 Lead Systems Analyst will work with investment personnel and fellow IS
team members located globally to analyze and implement small and medium
sized projects, delivering custom solutions to be used in the investment and
research process.
Daily activities will include application support, hands on development,
project management, requirements gathering and documentation, application
design, code reviews, implementation, testing/quality assurance, and
end-user training.
This position requires technical proficiency and a high level of direct
interaction with end users and provides a broad set of opportunities
including application development, project management and client management.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Work closely with investment professionals located globally at all
levels of the organization to provide support using the follow-the-sun
approach for existing applications and proactively identify opportunities
for new/improved systems.
· Partner with users to iteratively deliver applications that are
critical to their investment process.
· On an ongoing basis provide enhancements to previously deployed
solutions.
· Collect, document and implement systems requirements.
· Set development standards, code solutions and perform code
reviews, where applicable and ensure development practices adhere to firm
guidelines.
· Perform data gap analysis and facilitate remediation efforts
· Plan and manage small and medium-sized support projects and
perform development and deployment
· Work with users to prioritize needs and provide communication to
keep them apprised of progress.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Strong understanding of the investment process and research
workflows, especially with respect to equities is required.
· Knowledge of derivative securities and market data services very
helpful
· Strong Microsoft Office Application expertise, in particular with
Excel and the creation/maintenance of Excel VBA macros.
· Hands-on .Net development skills strongly preferred
· Strong SQL skills and prior experience with Oracle/SQL Server
tools
· Strong, hands-on knowledge of Sharepoint helpful
· Prior experience with Java/Unix solutions a strong plus
· 3+ years experience directly supporting investment professionals
· 7+ years of professional experience
· Excellent verbal and written communications skills
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast paced team
environment
· Ability to work independently and own projects from beginning to
end
· Ability to manage multiple priorities, project plans and
milestones effectively
· Bachelor's degree required
Keys to this Position:
1) This position is 40% Development and 60% Systems Analysis.
2) Technical Requirements:
a. Strong Hands On Excel, VBA, SQL, C# and .NET are required - (RPC
Eclipse and OSGI are a plus.
b. Sharepoint, Java and Unix are pluses
3) Domain Knowledge: Strong Business Side Knowledge Required - Must
have an understanding of the Investment Process, especially knowledge of
Equities, (Derivatives and Market Data (i.e. FactSet) are pluses). Some
indications of strong domain knowledge would be CFA, Financial Statement
Analysis, and knowledge of alpha.
4) Strong Client Interfacing skills are required. This individual will
be working directly with Investors.
5) This is a Senior Level Individual Contributor role.
Compensation
Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive
Benefits Package
No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site - www.wrightassociates.org
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Lead System's Analyst - Fixed Income/Derivatives - PL/SQL - FS - Bos
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Thu Feb 4, 2010 10:06 am (PST)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR101005
Lead Systems Analyst - Fixed Income/Derivatives - PL/SQL - FS - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
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 a member of the Fixed Income Systems team, this individual will be
responsible for leading rapid solutions delivery for Fixed Income Investment
business.
The Fixed Income Rapid Solutions team is responsible for providing
front-office Information Services capabilities to my client's fixed income
portfolio management and research analyst teams. The team plays a critical
role in the firm's success by providing technical solutions which improve
the efficiency, speed and quality of the highly complex investment
decision-making process.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Establish and manage strong client relationships
· Lead business requirements collection and documentation;
· 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 to proactively identify opportunities for new/improved systems
to improve the investment process.
· Capture, Manage and facilitate implementation of business
solutions in conjunction with the technical development.
· Perform gap analysis between investment process and existing
systems
· Establish effective client relationship and prioritization
processes
· Manage 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:
· Minimum of ten years of experience in IT industry with seven years
of experience in financial industry out of which at least three years
experience in systems role supporting investment/trading professionals
· Strong understanding of Fixed Income and derivative securities
· Demonstrated experience in business analysis for medium to large
initiatives. Familiarity in formal requirements collection methodologies
like UML is a strong plus.
· Excellent organization and communication (verbal and written)
skills
· Motivated, agile and able to work independently in a fast paced
team oriented environment. Committed to deliver project on time and overcome
obstacles.
· Working knowledge of ANSI SQL with RDBMS like Oracle is a must.
Exposure to related technologies like Oracle BI is preferred but not a
pre-requisite.
· 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.
· Demonstrated technical understanding of JAVA, XML, JSP, Web
Services and awareness of open source frameworks/technology is a strong
plus.
Keys to this Position:
1. Strong Systems Analysis skills required (60% of the role)
2. Strong Development skills required (40% of the role). The technical
requirement includes Java, JSP, Web technologies, PL/SQL. Oracle BI is a
plus.
3. Strong Client Relationship skills are required. This individual will
be interfacing with Investment Professionals on a daily basis leading the
development of short duration projects (multiple projects at a time).
Project Leadership skills are required.
4. Domain requirement: Seeking solid knowledge of Fixed Income and
Derivatives.
5. Note: Strong Technical and Strong Client Interface skills are critical.
If the candidate is light on the domain knowledge we will consider them.
Compensation
Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive
Benefits Package
No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site - www.wrightassociates.org
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Enterprise Information Architect - Lead - Asset Management - Boston,
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Thu Feb 4, 2010 10:06 am (PST)
Open & Active as of 02-04-2010
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title – WR714701
Enterprise Information Architect – Lead - Asset Management - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
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
"Big Thinker" - "Big Doer" - "Highly Visible"
The Enterprise Information Architect will play a key technical leadership
role in defining direction as well as implementing major transformational
data-related projects planned over the next 3-5 years. She/he will be
responsible for leading and engaging in information/data management projects
including the Enterprise Information Architecture, information models and
flows, data dictionaries, data standards, and data quality standards and
processes. The Enterprise Information Architect is responsible for
developing and maintaining the logical Enterprise Information Architecture
that enables seamless information interoperability of all of our systems -
from transaction systems, reporting & document management systems as well as
information delivery systems.
Key Responsibilities;
· Develop and evangelize Enterprise Information Architecture and
provide technical leadership for developing and maintaining the enterprise
information architecture.
· Identify gaps in the Corporate Information/Data Model and address
them actively in collaboration with business facing teams using a deep
understanding of financial services
· Ensure systems alignment with the information lifecycle.
· Maintain a library of the enterprise information models (i.e.,
information models, information flows, data dictionaries, etc) and
develop/enforce the change control process for the Enterprise Information
Architecture artifacts.
· Coordinate information/data changes that occur as part of new
development, maintenance and enhancements to ensure consistency with the
Corporate Information/Data Model.
· Lead the development and maintenance of information management
standards and conventions (e.g., naming standards, information architecture
gates in the IT development projects, etc).
· In collaboration with the Information Integration teams, define,
develop, maintain, and communicate information exchange standards that will
be used by downstream systems.
· Align Enterprise Information Architecture efforts with other
Enterprise Architecture/ Information Management counterparts to ensure
overall alignment of architecture components.
Keys to This Position:
1. Domain knowledge: The candidate must have a strong knowledge of the
Asset Management industry and how the business operates. Ideally the
candidate will come from another asset management firm or a vendor like a
Charles River or similar type vendor firm.
2. Technical skills: The candidate will have a focus at a Lead level in
the areas of Information/Data Architecture and Integration, Data Modeling,
Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, etc.
3. Must have strong Client Relationship and Leadership skills. This
individual will interface with the Investment Systems team and the
Investment Data team among others. Experience understanding Fixed Income,
Equities and Derivatives is important.
4. This individual will be very similar to a Lead Systems Analyst, but in
the Data Architecture space. The individual needs a deep knowledge of the
Asset Management business (i.e. Fixed Income, Equities, etc.) and the
underlying business process and the Data that facilitates the Workflow.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Master's degree in software or systems engineering, computer
science, information systems management or the equivalent.
· At least 10 years progressive experience in enterprise
information/data related disciplines, i.e., data modeling, architecture and
integration.
· Proven experience in developing information architectures aligned
with information lifecycle management within financial services.
· Proven experience performing conceptual, logical and physical data
modeling with data modeling tools (Erwin/ModelMart) and database design in
complex, large-scale data environments.
· Proven experience in transactional data modeling (3NF),
dimensional modeling and object oriented modeling. Proven experience in
developing scalable design of entities using advanced data structures (e.g.,
tall tables) is a plus.
· Knowledge of application modeling languages/techniques (e.g., UML,
OML, entity relationship modeling, DFDs) including the ability to create and
read the associated diagrams.
· Proven experience creating enterprise models incorporating master
and reference data.
· Experience in creation of data dictionaries, defining metadata
management approaches and governance processes.
· Experience in developing and implementing IT architecture plans,
Enterprise Information Architecture standard and guidelines, software
development methodologies and strategic plans.
· Experience in developing data sharing standards and architecting
scalable service oriented solutions.
· Solid understanding of transaction and information systems, data
warehouses, data marts, ODS, MDM methodologies and life cycle as well as ETL
and MDM technologies.
· Strong facilitation skills to engage subject matter experts to
define data requirements and conduct data modeling design reviews with
project teams.
· Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain
and document the Enterprise Information Architecture to diverse audiences
(technical, business, etc).
· Highly self-directed and able to manage and prioritize multiple
concurrent and competing challenges, issues, ambiguities, and
contradictions.
Contact Information
Send Resume in Word format only to:
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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QA Manager - FI/Equity Systems - Automated Tools - FS - Boston, MA A
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Thu Feb 4, 2010 10:07 am (PST)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Wide open as of 02-04-2010
Position Title – WR095009
QA Manager – FI/Equity Systems – Automated Tools - FS – Boston, MA Area -
Outstanding Package
Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
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
The Quality Management Center institutes best practices and consistency
across application teams with the goals of reducing development costs,
shortening release cycles and improving code quality. The Quality Management
Center seeks a QA Manager to help us continue to improve the overall quality
of our application portfolio.
In this key role the individual will supervise the testing for an entire
suite of applications across development teams, with a strong focus on
automation. The successful candidate will have strong QA management
experience, a strong knowledge of software quality assurance methodologies
and best practices, and experience in the delivery of multiple large-scale
software projects simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities;
As the Manager of several QA teams, the person will be a lead for all
ongoing projects with a focus on the delivery of various testing-related
initiatives. Specific responsibilities include:
· Deliver all Testing projects and operations within the portfolio
of applications in multiple development teams
· Partner with Development and Application managers on integrating
Quality Management into the overall SDLC processes
· Collaborate with Application & Development teams to drive testing
process standardization, adoption, and improvement
· Identify and implement QA process and tool improvements that lead
to increased workplace productivity
· Plan and implement test automation processes for different
applications/technologies
· Review and approve Test Strategy and Test Plans for various
testing engagements
· Review quality and delivery metrics that measure the benefits for
their teams and track the quality of services delivered
· Coordinate work across multiple teams to develop, update, and
implement contingencies to meet changing project or service needs
· Ensure that the appropriate test infrastructure and tools for
project teams are delivered
· Manage a team of employees and consultants
Keys to This Position:
1. Strong Management skills required. This individual will manage
approximately 20 - 25 QA Analysts (consultants - of which 75% are offshore).
The key to this job is that we need a very strong leader that can effect
change – Change Agent - Great communication and relationship management
skills.
2. Strong QA background required, with hands on work in defining and
implementing new QA practices and tools. The candidate should have past or
recent Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not limited
to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk suite,
performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc.
3. Financial Services is required. This individual will be supporting the
Investment Management Systems team. The Investment Systems group builds
applications to support the Fixed Income and Equity Portfolio Managers.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate will have excellent leadership, technical expertise and
communication skills. The individual must possess thorough understanding of
QA Principles, techniques, & technologies and various software development
methodologies including Agile principles. Specific qualifications include:
· 10+ years of Software Application development and/or testing
experience
· 5+ years experience in Software QA Management and Team Leadership
· 3+ years experience in test automation scripts and test automation
frameworks
· Experience managing diverse teams of 20 or more people
· Understanding of Object-Oriented and data driven testing
methodologies
· Experience in producing program-level QA metrics for test case
coverage and defect workflow status
· Experience with a variety of QA tools that includes but not
limited to: HP Quality Center, FT/QTP, Defect Manager/Test Director, Silk
suite, performance tools, defect tracking tools, code debug tools, etc.
· Experience with different facets of QA tests such as functional
progression & regression, integration, performance, load, UAT, and
operational readiness testing
· Experience with release and configuration management
· Must be self-motivated, able to work independently and thrive in a
fast-paced, multi-tasking, high stress, high productivity environment while
maintaining excellent working relationships with people in a wide variety of
functional areas
· Strong team leadership and management skills
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively
· Computer Science degree or related field
· Experience working in the Financial Service industry;
specifically, investment management systems expertise is a requirement.
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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Sr. Systems Analyst - Portfolio Accounting - SQL - FS - Boston, MA A
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Thu Feb 4, 2010 10:07 am (PST)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Position Title - WR715501
Sr. Systems Analyst - Portfolio Accounting - SQL - FS - Boston, MA Area -
Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
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).
Detailed 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 the firm 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 5 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. Strong Systems Analysis skills required (gathering requirements, writing
functional specs, working with developers, testing, etc.)
2. Strong Domain Knowledge: This candidate needs to have experience with
Portfolio Accounting systems (Geneva is a plus). The clients groups include
Portfolio Accounting and Investment Operations.
3. Technical skills: SQL, the ability to query the database, relational
database experience.
4. Strong Client Relationship skills are required.
Compensation
Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive
Benefits Package
No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site - www.wrightassociates.org
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Phone: 508-761-6354
Email: mailto:garywright@prodigy.net
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@prodigy.net
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
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