Monday, May 17, 2010

[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 473

Messages In This Digest (6 Messages)

1.1.
File - NE - Group Guidelines From: NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@yahoogroups
2.1.
File - NE - Housekeeping Procedures From: NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@yahoogroups
3a.
Lead System's Analyst - Client Apps Support - Equ/FI/Der - FS - Bost From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
4a.
Sr. Systems Analyst - Hedge Funds - SQL - FS - Boston, MA Area - Exc From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
5a.
Lead Systems Analyst - Equities - FI/Derivatives - FS - Boston, MA A From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
6a.
Lead System's Analyst - Invest. Admin. Support - PL/SQL - FS - Bosto From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates

Messages

1.1.

File - NE - Group Guidelines

Posted by: "NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@yahoogroups" NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@yahoogroups.com

Sun May 16, 2010 5:20 am (PDT)




Date Last Updated: 10-13--2007
To: NewEnglandNetworking Group Members
From: Gary Wright – Moderator of NewEnglandNetworking Group

Subject: Group Guidelines

Background of the group:

Additional Group Names:

NewEnglandNetworking@Yahoogroups.com - General High Technology Roles
NE-Software-Engineering-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-QA-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Database-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Support-Service-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-System-Admin-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Build-Release-Engineer-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-IT-Managers-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com

This group covers what I call the Greater New England Area – States covered are ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, CT, & the Tri-state area – NY, NJ & PA.

The intent of the group is 2 fold – Ist and foremost I started this group to help people locate new opportunities and act as a forum for the surrounding process. This means networking, job leads, job postings, contacts, articles on anything that may be useful to people in search mode, new company funding etc.

Secondly, as you know I own my own company and specialize in Recruiting & Search focused on the High Technology related areas and companies. I also use this group as an additional means of sourcing candidates for positions that I am trying to help clients fill. This means that any assignments that I am working on I post to the group, looking for candidates or referrals that may be interested in the position.

The group is moderated, meaning nothing gets posted with out me approving it. This allows me to monitor all postings to make sure they are on topic and also to eliminate any SPAM. I spend a considerable amount of time managing this group to try and make it useful to the members.

General Guidelines:

· No Attachments are allowed – Avoids New Virus's sneaking thru
· Stay on Topic – Job & networking related information
· No Politics
· No commercials or SPAM – A short company blip, as part of your signature is fine.
· No resume posting on the message board. It is ok to post an elevator speech and that you are looking for an opportunity as long as it does not exceed a paragraph or so.
· No bashing of members or anything else that does not show respect to individual members
· Please include a one or two word description at the beginning of the subject line of your email to identify the type of posting:

Examples:

Information
Article
Introduction
Assistance Needed
Contact Needed
Company Information
New Job
Etc.

I am not going to enforce any kind of rigid rules here as I want members to be able to post without a great deal of hassle. Use your common sense and it should be fine.

If you are not sure if something is suitable for posting send it to me for review at GaryWright@Prodigy.Net

Job Posting Guidelines:

· Please limit postings to no more then 5 per day

· Full Time or Contracting positions in the following states are allowed:

ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, & PA

· Additionally, it is all right to state NE, New England, East Coast, North East or Any State in your job posting, if it includes the states above.

· Positions offering Relocation for any state can be posted. Must indicate in subject line that position offers Relocation.

· The Subject Line of the message must contain at a minimum the following:

Ø Posting Content – New Job, Reposted Job, Revised Job, Job Cancellation
Ø Job Title
Ø Job Location – City & State or NE, New England, North East, or Any State
Ø Relocation if position offers if outside of Greater NE

· If job allows for relocation, state this in the subject line of message

· Reposts will be limited to once per week

· If you have a need to post several jobs on a given day, I suggest that you create a summary list with a link to each specific job to the web site where the job description is located.

I have tried to make these guidelines as simple as possible to follow and I alone with choose to enforce the rules. I do not want it to be difficult to post and I would rather have good leads or information posted as opposed to being the network police.

Lastly, always feel free to give me your comments or suggestions regarding the group.

Thank you for your membership, as it is appreciated.

Regards,

Gary L. Wright - President/Principal

Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting Services
***** Your Partner for Success *****

Office: 508-761-6354
Email: GaryWright@Prodigy.Net - Web Site: www.WrightAssociates.Org

2.1.

File - NE - Housekeeping Procedures

Posted by: "NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@yahoogroups" NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@yahoogroups.com

Sun May 16, 2010 5:20 am (PDT)




Last Updated - 10-13-2007

General information on housekeeping procedures for the NewEnglandNetworking Groups.

Please save this information for future use.

Group Names

NewEnglandNetworking@Yahoogroups.com - General High Technology Roles
NE-Software-Engineering-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-QA-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Database-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Support-Service-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-System-Admin-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Build-Release-Engineer-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com
NE-IT-Managers-Jobs@Yahoogroups.com

Here are the Sample E-mail addresses for the following activities.

Please replace the group name with the group name you are concerned with:

Post message: NewEnglandNetworking@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe: NewEnglandNetworking-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Unsubscribe: NewEnglandNetworking-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
List owner: NewEnglandNetworking-owner@yahoogroups.com

To access the group via Yahoo - go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewEnglandNetworking/

You will need a Yahoo ID for this.

To change message delivery options - go to same address as above - sign in - click on edit my membership - set message delivery option

You have 4 choices: I recommend the Daily Digest option

Message Delivery

Individual emails. Send individual email messages. You receive one email for every message posted.

Daily digest. You receive one email per 25 messages or one email per day if less than 25 messages have been posted. The digest version includes a quick summary of each message in the email that you can review - If you click on a particular message link then the whole message will appear. Send many emails in one message.

Special notices. Only send me important update emails from the group moderator.

No email. Don't send me email, I'll read the messages at the Web site.

Select option best for you then save changes.

Regards,

Gary L. Wright - President/Principal

Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting Services
***** Your Partner for Success *****

Office: 508-761-6354
Email: GaryWright@Prodigy.Net - Web Site: www.WrightAssociates.Org



3a.

Lead System's Analyst - Client Apps Support - Equ/FI/Der - FS - Bost

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

Sun May 16, 2010 6:28 am (PDT)



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

Position Title - WR715971 -
Active & Open as of 05-14-2010

Lead Systems Analyst - Client Apps Support - Equ/FI/Der - FS - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation

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 firm's Client Applications team provides and maintains applications to
support client-facing activities including Client Reporting, Relationship
Management, Business Development, Marketing, and Product Management.

The Client Applications team is seeking a Lead Systems Analyst to be part of
a global IS team that provides 24x7 user and production support services.
This individual will directly provide user support and operational
assistance to over 200 Boston-based users.

This position requires a high level of interaction with business and
technical groups to resolve investment data, client reporting, and
application issues.

· Strong understanding of Equity, Fixed Income and Derivative
instruments, analytics and client reporting are important for this role

· This individual should also be adept in writing SQL commands and
navigating relational databases to resolve investment data issues

Detailed Responsibilities:

· Provide comprehensive user support, particularly with respect to
investment data and client reporting issues. Track, resolve, and report on
support and enhancement requests, in a timely and thorough manner

· Ensure the continuous availability and operational resiliency of a
suite of Client Applications and related components

· Establish and maintain effective client relationships by having a
high degree of continuous interaction with the end users.

· Work with user to proactively identify opportunities for new and
improved systems

· Take ownership of production incidents, collaborate with others on
remediation, and manage these issues through to a satisfactory completion

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

· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to Support,
both within the firm and throughout the industry

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Minimum of ten years of professional experience with at least five
years in investment management or financial services

· Strong understanding of investment data, equity, fixed income and
derivatives instruments and analytics

· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills

· Strong SQL query skills and experience with Oracle/SQL Server
relational databases and tools

· Hands-on experience supporting a Client Reporting platform or
processes a strong plus

· Previous experience acting in a business analysis/developer
capacity, including software requirements gathering is preferred

· Prior hands-on experience with Java/Unix/Weblogic solutions a
strong plus

· Bachelor's degree is required; Computer Science or MIS degree is
preferred

· CFA charter, or work towards one is preferred

Keys to this Position:

1. The candidate should be very familiar with Equities, Fixed Income,
Derivatives and the Analytics around those instruments.

2. Strong prior working knowledge of Investment Data is required. The
ability to query data and retrieve data from depositories is required.

3. Strong ability to run a Bridge Call and Resolve Investment Data issues
around Client Reporting is a requirement.

4. Strong Client Relationship skills are required.

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

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4a.

Sr. Systems Analyst - Hedge Funds - SQL - FS - Boston, MA Area - Exc

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

Sun May 16, 2010 6:28 am (PDT)



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

Position Title – WR716311 - Active & Open as of 05-14-2010

Sr. Systems Analyst – Hedge Funds – 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

The Sponsored Products Systems Team is responsible for providing systems
capabilities to Hedge Management, Trust Company and Management Portfolio's
business units. Members of the team play critical roles in the firm's
success by providing technology solutions which improve the quality, speed,
and efficiency of highly complex decision-making processes.
They are seeking candidates for a Senior Systems Analyst position who can
work closely with the firm's business and technology teams to help define,
implement, test, and support solutions to business problems.
Detailed Responsibilities:

· Establish and maintain effective client relationships across
multiple business teams.
· Work closely with these investment professionals to understand
business problems and to create effective technical solutions.
· Work closely with members across the IS department. Actively
participate in the analysis of requirements, design, test, deployment, and
support of new technology solutions.
· Stay abreast of the "state of the art" as it relates to technology
trends and business processes, both within the firm and throughout the
industry.
Required Skills and Competencies:
· A minimum of ten years experience in the financial services
industry, with five years of experience in the investment industry or global
capital markets
· Previous experience in systems role supporting investment
management/trading/investment bank professionals
· Previous hedge fund or trust company business systems experience
· Demonstrated experience in business analysis or medium to large
initiatives including knowledge of software requirements gathering processes
· Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology
· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills
· Demonstrated ability to understand complex concepts and to learn
quickly
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills
· Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical
production environment
· Strong delivery focus
· Bachelor's degree is required
· CFA charter, or work towards one is strongly preferred.

Keys to this Position:
1. Strong Systems Analysis skills are required.
2. Domain Knowledge: Hedge fund experience required. Equities, Fixed
Income and Derivatives experience would be a plus.
3. Technical: SQL skills, PL/SQL, the ability to query the database with
SQL, database analysis skills are required.
4. Strong Client Interface skills. This individual will interface directly
with Investment professionals so therefore must have strong client interface
skills.
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.net - WEB
Site – www.wrightassociates.org

5a.

Lead Systems Analyst - Equities - FI/Derivatives - FS - Boston, MA A

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

Sun May 16, 2010 6:28 am (PDT)



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

Position Title - WR716561 -
Active & Open as of 05-14-2010

Lead Systems Analyst - Equities - FI/Derivatives - FS - Boston, MA Area -
Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation - Local
Candidates Only

Stable Work History

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 Portfolio Construction Applications team engages thought leaders
in the Equity and Asset Allocation portfolio management teams to understand
business drivers, investment strategy and strategic systems needs. These
investors research long-term asset allocation themes, capital market
expectations and portfolio analytics. This leads to dynamic, multi-asset
class investment solutions targeting specific risk and return objectives for
clients worldwide.

This Lead Systems Analyst position is a leadership role, reporting to the
Manager of Equity Portfolio Construction Applications. The successful
candidate will apply domain expertise and systems analysis to our focus
areas including advanced portfolio analysis, quantitative modeling, order
management, risk management, and transaction cost analysis. Initiatives
will vary in size and span investment products and global systems platforms.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Engaging investment professionals at all levels of the Equity
Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation Strategies teams to proactively
identify opportunities for new/ improved systems to assist the investment
process

· Capturing and analyzing detailed requirements and algorithms
associated with decision support, quantitative research, and portfolio
construction.

· Planning and managing solution delivery worldwide

· Ownership of overall product quality and client satisfaction for a
broad set of portfolio construction and analysis capabilities

Keys to this Position:

1. Systems Analyst - We need a very strong Systems Analyst. This is at a
very senior level. We need someone that is a strong thinker and visionary
but is also pragmatic and very hands on. Delivery Management abilities are
very important as are Leadership qualities. This would be like a 'Product
Manager' role at another company.

2. Domain Knowledge: This individual will work on multi asset class
investment solutions so the domain knowledge needs to be broad to include
some or all of the following: Equities, Fixed Income, Currency, etc.

3. Style of the Individual: This is a flat group so the individual needs
to be very team oriented, trusting, professionally curious, have raw
intellect and a love of investments.

Required Skills & Competencies:

· Minimum of 10 years of experience in a senior systems role
supporting investment professionals

· Strong understanding of the investment processes, economics,
financial markets, statistics, investment analytics and risk management for
equities, commodities, fixed income, currencies, and derivatives - progress
towards the CFA charter, MS in Finance, or similar designation is a strong
plus

· Demonstrated experience in hands-on business analysis for large
systems initiatives and the ability to contribute to the development of a
comprehensive front office systems strategy

· Solid quantitative skills and modeling expertise with tools such
as Matlab is considered a plus

· Ability to proficiently navigate relational databases with SQL

· Attention to detail, strong written and oral communication skills

· Ability to work well in a team environment

· Self-motivated and able to manage conflicting priorities
effectively

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates

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

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6a.

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

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

Sun May 16, 2010 6:29 am (PDT)



Active & Open as of 05-14-2010

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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