Monday, April 12, 2010

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 458

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1a.

Lead System's Analyst - Invest. Admin. Support - PL/SQL - FS - Bosto

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:44 am (PDT)




Open & Active as of 04-10-2010

Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Position Title - WR713703

Lead System's Analyst - Invest. Admin. Support - PL/SQL - 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
This individual will be responsible for requirements, systems analysis,
testing, and project management supporting the Client Operations business
group within the Investment Administration (IA) Support Team in Information
Services (IS). The IA Support team provides support and enhancements to
approximately 300 internal business unit staff. These business units
include Investment Administration and Client Operations and they provide
operational services to our external clients and investors globally.

This position requires a high level of interaction with the business users
as well as excellent communication and delivery skills. The candidate
should have domain knowledge from another asset manager or financial
services firm supporting an operations business group.

This role will report to the Manager of IA Applications within IS, with the
intent of transitioning into the manager role and leading the team (30
resources, analysts and developers/consultants).

Key Responsibilities;

· Work with business partners to define, analyze and document
requirements, as well as identify opportunities for new/improved systems.

· Plan and perform functional testing of new systems and
enhancements.

· Coordinate/work closely with consultant teams (onshore/offshore)
to plan, estimate and deliver solutions while providing technical direction.

· Take ownership of issues in a 24x7 production environment and
collaborate with other teams on remediation and lead them through
completion.

· Proactively identify systems/process issues and gaps to minimize
incidents.

· Collaborate with business partners to prioritize
support/enhancement needs.

· Key to this role is business communication, expectations
management, efficient delivery and prompt support, follow-ups and status
reporting.

As this role grows into the manager role, additional responsibilities will
include, but not limited to:

- Oversee a dual shore (onshore & offshore in India) outsourcing arrangement
with our strategic consulting partner. Ensure service level agreements
(SLA's) are being adhered to, metrics are captured, process improvements and
efficiencies are being identified and implemented.

- Provide support for other Firm wide initiatives such as Disaster Recovery,
Database upgrades, security audits, infrastructure upgrades, etc.

- Manage and track IS budget and staffing plan for the team.

- Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to Operations, both
within the firm and throughout the industry.

- Establish and maintain effective client relationships.

Keys to This Position:

1. Strong Systems Analysis skills along with a strong technical
background. This role is somewhat more technical than most SA roles. This
candidate needs to primarily be an Analyst but will also understand
technical design and architecture.

2. Technical: PL/SQL required. Java is a plus

3. Domain: This candidate will have a strong understanding of the Back
Office including Client Operations, Fund Administration and Trade
Operations. The candidate does not necessarily need to have exposure to all
three, but the more the better.

4. Strong Client Relationship and Project Management skills

5. Leadership: This individual will manage 4 to 6 consultants.

6. Selling point: If this individual does well there is a great
opportunity to move into a more senior management role.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Minimum of ten years of experience in the investment industry,
with a minimum of three years managing an IS Team.

· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills.

· Domain knowledge of operations processes for an asset manager or
financial services firm.

· Strong crisis and incident management skills with prior experience
in a 24x7 support role.

· Demonstrated experience in project management and business
analysis/software development with an aptitude to effectively multi-task

· 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

· PL/SQL skills required for data analysis and Java is a plus

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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2a.

Lead SW Eng - Trading - C#/.Net - GUI - Messaging - Boston, MA Area

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net   wrightassociates

Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:44 am (PDT)



Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.

Open & Active as of 04-10-2010

Position Title - WR095006

Lead SW Eng. - Equity Trading - C#/.Net - Messaging - GUI - 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 Equity Trading team is seeking a Lead software engineer to be an
integral member of the development team responsible for developing the
firm's next generation Equity Trading System. This role will report to the
Software Engineering Manager for the Equity Trading applications.

Great Opportunity to be involved in building a complete Trading System from
the ground up in a elite Buy Side Firm.

Detailed Responsibilities;

As a Lead member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:

· Technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Trading System

· Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements

· Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on
estimates, statuses, identify issues and raise risks

· Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned
with the strategic direction of the enterprise

· Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends
to ensure systems and team are of highest caliber

Keys to This Position:

Looking for a Lead Developer that can be hands on with C#/.Net with strong
GUI - Ideally with Trading or High Volume, High Transactional GUI
development experience.

1. Technical requirements: C#/.Net 2.0+, VS 2005+, GUI, Messaging, (WPF,
Data Grid & WCF, a Big plus)

2. Leadership experience. Experience leading a development team of 15 (5
onshore & 10 offshore) - Team management responsibilities, including the
direct supervision of approximately 15 software engineers (consultants) - 5
Onshore - 10 Offshore thru a Lead - Group is mostly made up of consultants.
Responsibilities breakdown - 65% Technical Leadership - 35% Team Leadership.

3. Domain knowledge (in this order): Trading Systems, Financial
Institution - Front Office, Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc. , or
other Financial Services Experience. Work will involve building the Front
End (GUI) for a Major/Multi Year Trading System Project - This will be the
Order Mgt - Order Execution & Order Allocation Portal used by the Firm's
Traders.

4. Strong Communication skills.

5. Seeking experience with High Volume, High Transactional Systems. This
individual will be a strong Technical, Hands On Leader that knows how to
build High Speed Performance Applications.

Required Skills and Competencies:

The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills and proven
ability to design and deliver solutions relevant to complex business
problems. Specific requirements include:

· 10+ years of experience including 3 plus years of experience
managing or leading a development team.

· 5+ years of GUI development using Microsoft technologies

· 2+ years of .net development experience using C#

· 2+ years of using .net frameworks version 2.0 or greater

· Experience with Visual Studio 2005 or greater

· WPF or WCF is considered a strong plus as is Data Grid Knowledge

· Strong knowledge of Relational DB Systems - Oracle is Preference
but other major RDB Systems is fine

· Strong analysis, design and modeling skills

· Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g.
MSMQ, ActiveMQ)

· Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and
their effective application

· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical production
environment

· Computer Science degree or related field

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB
Site - www.wrightassociates.org

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