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[NE-Financial-Services-IT-Jobs] Digest Number 1039

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Digest #1039

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Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:21 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


Position Title - WR736721042014

Sr. Systems Analyst - Corp. Finance Systems - SQL - FS - Boston, MA -
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 - 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 Summary:

This individual will be responsible for delivering system solutions for the
Finance business area, with projects spanning revenue and invoicing,
incentive compensation, financial planning and analysis, project costing,
and accounting applications. We are looking to bring experience and best
practices to a fast-moving area of the company. The candidate should have
experience in supporting business professionals in Finance and a proven
track record in successful project management and delivery.

Responsibilities:

* Develop key knowledge of specific financial workflows (focusing
on project costing/billing solutions)

* Define, analyze and document the functional (application and
data) requirements for packaged financial software applications (i.e.
Clarity, Peoplesoft, etc.) and data warehouse initiatives.

* Manage the work of both internal and external resources in the
implementation and support of Finance-related technology projects and
initiatives

* Plan manage and execute the functional testing of new systems and
enhancements to existing systems

* Manage special projects from initiation through execution and
delivery

* Review and document existing financial processes and propose
process or system improvements to reduce cost and/or streamline business
processes.

* Partner with Finance to identify and prioritize system needs

* Recommend modifications to established practices and procedures

* Assist in the design and development of new data repositories and
reporting tools that will be used to organize, analyze and report the Firm's
financial data.

* Develop and maintain relationships with key business partners
across the firm

Required Skills and Competencies:

* 5+ years' experience in a systems role supporting Finance
departments (experience working with packaged financial software
applications and/or data warehouse solutions a plus)

* Demonstrated experience in formal software development
methodologies

* Strong project management/ project methodology and delivery
skills

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Highly self-motivated and able to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment, taking initiative as necessary

* Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management
skills

* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with an attention to
detail

* Bachelor's degree required, a major in Computer Science or
related field is preferred

* Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology

* Demonstrated data analysis and data warehouse skills considered a
plus

* An MBA, CPA, CFA or work toward a CFA considered a plus

* Experience with CA's Clarity application considered a plus

Keys to this Role

1. Strong Systems Analysis skills are required. We will look at junior to
mid-level candidates.

2. Domain knowledge: Packaged financial applications such as G/L, A/P,
Revenue and Invoicing, Incentive Compensation, Project Costing, Budgeting,
etc. Experience with Clarity or PeopleSoft is a plus.

3. A good understanding of Data and Databases is required. The candidate
must know SQL to be able to query the database. Data Warehouse and Data
Management experience is highly desired.

4. Financial services experience is a plus (not required).

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 -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> www.wrightassociates.org

Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:50 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


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

Position Title - WR736831062014

Systems Analyst - (Corp. Apps Support) Finance Systems - SQL - Oracle - FS -
Boston, MA - 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 - 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 Summary:

This individual will be responsible for supporting systems for the Finance
and HR business areas, including systems spanning revenue and invoicing,
incentive compensation, financial planning and analysis, project costing,
and accounting applications. This Systems Analyst support function is a role
which requires a high level of interaction with the business, excellent
analytical, communications, and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities:

* Provide comprehensive user support, particularly with respect to
finance and human resource issues. Track, resolve, and report on support
requests, in a timely and thorough manner.

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

* Work with business users and the IT team to proactively identify
opportunities for new and improved systems.

* Take ownership of issues in a fast-paced production environment
and collaborate with other teams on remediation and lead them through
completion.

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

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

* Key to this role is business communication, expectations
management, prompt support, follow-ups and status reporting

* Review and document existing processes and propose process or
system improvements to reduce support cost and/or streamline business
processes

Required Skills and Competencies:

* 4+ years' experience in a systems role supporting Finance
departments (experience working with packaged financial software
applications a plus)

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Highly self-motivated and able to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment, taking initiative as necessary

* Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management
skills

* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with an attention to
detail

* Strong crisis and incident management skills with prior
experience in a similar support role considered a plus

* Bachelor's degree required, a major in Computer Science or
related field is preferred

* Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology -
Demonstrated data analysis and data warehouse skills considered a plus

* Experience with CA's Clarity application considered a plus

* Experience with Workday considered a plus

Keys to this Role

1) Seeking 3 to 5 years of experience. 90% of this role is Supporting
Corporate Systems such as Clarity (time keeping application) among other
systems. Clarity is a huge plus but not a requirement. The candidate will
need to have the technical aptitude to learn Clarity.

2) Technical: SQL and Oracle database skills are required. The candidate
needs strong SQL with Oracle to be able to extract data from the data base.

3) The candidate will need to have strong troubleshooting skills and be
detail oriented.

4) Hands-on Production Support experience is required.

5) Excellent communication skills are required as this candidate will
interface daily with the business.

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 -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> www.wrightassociates.org

Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:28 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


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

Position Title - WR733321102013

Sr. SW Engineer - Java + UI - Oracle - PL/SQL - Asset Mgt - Marlboro, MA
Area - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Candidates Local to
Mass 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 IA Application Development Team, this individual will be
responsible for design, architecture, development and maintenance of
applications within Investment Coordination (IC) Systems group including,
but not limited to, Cash Flow System, Cash Management System and integrating
applications.

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
outcomes.

Responsibilities:

* Participate in architecture, design, implementation, deployment,
and support efforts across all IC applications

* Work with business team members, project managers/analysts, other
software engineers to review and qualify business requirements, functional
specifications, use-cases, and test plans

* Design, prototype and author code for software components and
applications based on functional specification and optimize them for
performance

* Ensure the adherence to established code-quality standards within
the IC development and QA teams, such as Continuous Integration, Code
Reviews, and all required release documentation

* Provide technical direction to both onshore and offshore
development team members with regards to iteration planning, release
planning, and prioritization of work across all IC project tracks

* Work across teams such as with middleware, database, and
architecture teams to coordinate and facilitate production releases of IC
applications

* Author architecture, technical design, and support documentation

Required Skills and Competencies:

* 7+ years of software development and design experience

* 7+ years demonstrated experience developing web applications and
services using SPRING, JDBC, JMS, JSP, and JavaScript.

* Experience with PERL, JSON, XML, UNIX/Linux, and AngularJS is
helpful.

* Must be comfortable working with Oracle databases, and possess
excellent Oracle SQL, SQL tuning, and PL/SQL skills

* 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

* Financial industry knowledge is a huge plus

Keys to this Position:

1. We are seeking a core Java developer with 7 plus years of experience.

2. Technology: We are seeking a strong Java developer. This role is 70%
server side and 30% UI. The technical stack includes Java/J2EE, JMS,
multi-threading, Web Services, Oracle, Web 2.0, jQuery, Spring and
Hibernate.

3. We are also seeking SQL coding skills to be able to work with the data.
Some experience with SQL or PL/SQL is required. We use Oracle on the back
end.

4. The development work tends to be more on the back end, but there is also
some front end development as well.

5. Application is data intensive and experience in dealing with large
volumes of data is required

6. Excellent Communication skills are required

7. Financial services are preferred, but we are open to any industry

8. Strong communication skills as there will be business user interaction.

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 -
<http://www.wrightassociates.org/> 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

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