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Digest #3123

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Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:43 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Brian Mecca" bd_mecca

This Saturday July 12, 2014 at 8:00 am

The Breakfast Club NJ Presents:  "How
to Create an Innovative Organization" by Frank Wander

 
The Presentation: "How to Create an Innovative Organization"
Every firm faces daunting challenges: Cloud, Mobile,
Social Media, Big Data, Security and an Employee Disengagement Crisis.   Some are even calling this the end of
business as we know it.  As this
transformation unfolds, talent will reemerge as the source of enduring
competitive advantage.  In this
presentation, Frank will share how the winning companies of today have learned
to unlock the talent potential of their workforce, by building innovative and
high performing cultures.  People aren't
interchangeable parts - they never were. 
Every leader must become as adept at running the human infrastructure,
as they are at managing process and technology.   
In this talk, Frank will share:
·         What culture actually is
>·         The five levels of cultural
maturity
>·         How you can design a high
performing culture
>·         Why institutional knowledge
has such high productive and innovative value
>·         Why certain roles are
assets, and others are expenses
About
the speaker:  Frank Wander is
an author, former CIO, and founder of PeopleProductive, a technology driven
consultancy providing workforce productivity and innovation solutions to
clients.  After investing many years
transforming failing IT divisions across corporations, Wander realized these
failures had a consistent root cause: corporate cultures where the leaders knew
everything about products, processes and technology, but nothing about the
human factors that underpin workforce productivity and innovation.  This awareness led him to write a book for
Wiley Publishing, titled Transforming IT Culture: How to Use Social
Intelligence, Human Factors and Collaboration to Create an IT Department that
Outperforms.  This book is the missing
Operators Manual for the human infrastructure.
PeopleProductive helps
companies build high performing cultures, by applying the human factors of
productivity and innovation to unlock five levels of cultural maturity.  Products include cultural assessments,
cultural transformation roadmaps and implementations, management off-sites/workshops,
organizational design services, workforce planning, and training.  In these times of tight budgets, the largest
unexploited opportunity for most companies is to unlock the full talent
potential of their existing staff, often doubling their productivity.
Prior to the Institute, Frank
was a Chief Information Officer at three different companies, most recently at
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Wander is a sought after speaker
and panelist at industry events who connects with his audience by sharing
meaningful stories, and proven strategies for creating high performance. He has
given the keynote address at many technology industry events, and has appeared
on Business Insider, internet radio, and in the Wall Street Journal. 
Meeting
Information:
Networking
begins at 7:30 am, meeting starts promptly at 8:00 am.
There
is a $10 fee at the door to cover the cost of the room.
Be
sure to tell your friends and bring them along.  Be a part of our growing
network of Job Seekers, Hiring Managers, Recruiters, Career Coaches, and people
who want to be able to help themselves and each other.
Event Location:
Days Hotel Conference Center
195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick,
NJ 08816
732-828-6900
 
The Breakfast Club NJ - 10 Points for Good
Member Citizenship

1) Attend meetings regularly to keep group
strong and help pay back to others (meeting logistics on our website www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

2) Keep anti-virus on your machine up to date and run scan regularly

3) Review messages and if request for assistance please help whenever possible

4) Join groups linked in group and connect to other members directly (questions
see Gerry Peyton)

5) Join groups Facebook group and connect to other members directly (questions
see Adrienne Roman)

6) Join groups twitter account (questions see George Pace)

7) If you run across someone in transition invite them to join our group and
sponsor them through process (details on our website
www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

8) Sunday mornings listen to our radio show, "Your Career Is
Calling", at 8am ET either on radio at 107.7 or via internet
24/7 live or on demand at www.1077thebronc.com (as this is
a call in show your calls help make it successful)

9) If you are in transition put your elevator pitch in writing to group, ask
for help with job search issues or connecting to people at target companies,
regularly post job opportunities (from email you joined the group - send email
to thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com)

10) Help fellow members whenever possible
 
Information on "The Breakfast Club NJ": 
(www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)
There is information below on the location, other
information, etc.  There is a meeting fee of $10 to help us cover the cost
of the hotel conference room for the meeting. 
Go to http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.comfor more information and how to join the Yahoo group. 
You can join the yahoo group at any time; you do not need to have attended a
meeting.  You can also attend meetings at any time without having joined
the yahoo group.
If you have any questions, please let me know (brian.mecca@yahoo.com) or send an email to Info@thebreakfastclubnj.com
We look forward to seeing everyone let's make this a great
meeting for our members that are in transition and welcome those that have
landed
 
Meeting Format:
7:30 to
8:00 – Registration & Open Networking
8:00 to
8:15 - Welcome and housekeeping
8:15 to
9:15 – Presentation by the guest speaker – Limited to 60 minutes
9:15 to
10:15 - Elevator Pitch - 30 Seconds about yourself, who you are, what you are
looking for, target companies (3-4), how we can help you, how you can help
others.  Follow the rule of the Three B's
of Public Speaking: Be informative; Be brief; Be seated.
10:15
until  you choose to leave  -  Open Networking, follow up with
people you are interested in meeting following their elevator pitch, exchange
business cards, peruse the library, arrange follow up meetings, etc.
 1
- Make sure you come with the 30 second elevator pitch - honed - including your
targeted companies, your value proposition, etc.
2 - If
you are not already a member of our linked in and Facebook groups please join
3 -
Once linked to our groups - link to each other - a strong network is a vital
component to a successful job search
4 - If
you are a member and new to transition send a brief message to the group (from
the email you joined the breakfast club from) thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com introducing yourself - and what companies you are
targeting - we have 2500+ members that will respond with help where they can
 
Brian Mecca
The Breakfast Club NJ
Director Member Services
 
Senior
Manager, Infrastructure and Technology
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmecca/
 
Keep the faith, keep networking, never give up, never say die. 
That position you are looking for may be just around the corner, but
you have to go look for it, it is not going to come to you.

Best regards,

 
Brian Mecca
 
Senior Director of Infrastructure and Technology
 
Email: Brian.Mecca@yahoo.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmecca
Follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SPFireCapt
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Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:49 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Brad Schweon" bradly973y

Senior Android Developer for digital
eyewear devices running Android SDK.  Develop applications, build applications in cloud-based apps, APIs, and
enterprise software.  Focus on user
interface and integration of outside the box hardware.  Optimize the operations with your innovative
programming.
The company is extremely innovative
and has a great collaborative culture.  The company thrives on openness and cooperation within the teams.

Responsibilities:
·         Develop creative solutions to
display data in the digital eyeware
·         Build a team of talented engineers
with a passion for their work.
·         Think outside the box for new ideas
to improve the functionally of the hardware
·         "build a better mousetrap" for the
Android apps
·         Keep abreast of the latest
technological trends

Minimum Requirements:
·         5+ years of industry programming
·         2+ years of Android programming with
an understanding of Android intricacies, tools, and libraries.
·         Can pickup different languages,
frameworks, and techniques with ease.
·         Craves clean code filled with good
design-patterns.
·         Comfortable mobbing across stacks
and languages
·         Experience collecting metrics from
mobile
·         A track-record of shipping Android
applications

Nice to have:
·         Augmented Reality, Machine Vision,
Gesture or Voice recognition skills.
·         Low-level programming skills: C++,
NDK, GNU/Linux
·         Familiarity with Agile/Scrum
methodologies
·         Capturing and utilizing sensor data

Call me at 862.209.4816 for more information or send resume to brad@schweon.com

Fri Jul 11, 2014 1:53 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Brian Mecca" bd_mecca

See below, share with your groups and younger friends.
 
Best regards,

 
Brian Mecca
 
Senior Director of Infrastructure and Technology
 
Email: Brian.Mecca@yahoo.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmecca
Follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SPFireCapt

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Finazzo, Joseph (ES)" <Joseph.Finazzo@adp.com>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 4:36 PM
Subject: GenY Networking Group - Reminder - July 16th Meeting


To all the Friends of the GenY Networking Group - Thank you again for your continued support!
 
The next GenY Networking Group session will be held Wednesday, July 16th, 7 PM, Library of the Chathams (see flyer attached).
 
In the first of our two special Summer sessions, we welcome for the first time to GenY– Jason Sanders who will present 'Lessons from a professional executive recruiter'.
 
Jason is founder and Managing Director of Flycast, LLCan executive recruiting firm focused on the management consulting industry.  A recruiter for over 20 years, he has served major consulting firms like Deloitte, Accenture, Bain & Company, and PricewaterhouseCoopers and has placed hundreds of executives and consultants.
 
He has also worked with many smaller firms, independent contractors and has coached thousands of executives through career changes.
The founder of an online community of management consultants – Jason has hosted webinars with top business authors like Bob Sutton, Cliff Atkinson, and John Gerzema, and contributes regularly to Management Consulting News and Top Consultant, online magazines dedicated to the consulting field.  Jason has a Master's degree in Jewish History from Brandeis University.
 
The topics to be covered in an interactive session –
 
·         How to launch your professional career by combining wisdom with new technology
·         I've decided what I want to do, so what's next?
·         Build relationships to build your career
·         Break through the paper ceiling and get your first job
·         It's not about the job, it's about the relationships
·         Inexperience (Youth) is an advantage IF you know how to use it
 
I am confident that you will enjoy this evening - so please plan to attend and spread the word.
 
This meeting's Agenda –
 
- Introductions - hone your 'elevator pitch'; master this basic element of job search, networking, interviewing
- Jason Sanders – Lessons from a professional executive recruiter'
 
*** 2014 Calendar- Future meeting dates – Aug 20, Sep 3 & 17 ***
 
If you have attended this group in the past and found the evening to be both rewarding and informative please spread the word, and invite a friend.
Finally for all cc'd on this message - if you know a twenty-something (or early thirty-something) who could benefit from a forum dedicated to the specific dynamic of Generation Y please forward this email.  For more information see the group's Facebook - GenY Networking Group, or contact me.
 
Regards, joe f
 
Joseph J. Finazzo
Mobile - (201) 415-5018
joseph.finazzo@yahoo.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jjfinazzo
 
 
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Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:30 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates



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

Position Title - WRSPM052014

Sr. Project Manager - PMP - Software Firm - Anywhere East of the Mississippi
- Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits (100%
Paid)

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Travel is expected to be in the 50%-80% area (Could be as high as 80% during
some periods, and less than 50% at other times) - US + Some Canadian - Home
Office When Not Travelling.

Location:

Can be located anywhere east of the Mississippi near a major airport -
Atlanta area preferred

Company:

Highly successful, highly profitable, very fast growing (50%+), private
software firm, focused on delivering a fully integrated suite of
asset-centric accounting, tax, budgeting, regulatory, compliance/risk
management and analytics software solutions for asset intensive clients.
Great firm with an excellent history of growth - Lots of Upside - Excellent
Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits (100% company
paid) - Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused environment and
become part of an elite organization with great growth possibilities.

Position Responsibilities - Summary:

My client is seeking a talented Sr. Project Manager to join its Professional
Services Team. The Sr. Project Manager will be responsible for planning and
managing enterprise software implementation projects of various sizes and
complexity, ensuring that the projects adhere to the firm's methodology,
requirements, budget, and the Statement of Work. The Sr. Project Manager
will have the ability to handle multiple highly-complex projects for the
Company's most strategic clients.

Software is currently installed on premise and project length ranges from
6-9 months for average sized projects, with 1-3 people assigned, and 12+
months for large sized projects, with 4-6+ people assigned.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Project management:

* Standard project management activities in line with the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) such as scope, time, cost, quality,
issue, risk, contract and subcontract management, and project status
tracking and reporting (including Estimate-To-Complete analysis)

* Review, periodically monitor and update project plan and schedule

* Ensure that consulting staff achieve customer satisfaction through
successful delivery of business value on-time and within budget

* Partner with Product Management, Development, Customer Care, and
peers and colleagues in the PS organization to manage client expectations
and provide seamless service from inception through implementation and into
support

* Work with Partners, as appropriate, to ensure the successful
delivery of our projects

Staff Management:

* May provide guidance and direction to more junior level Project
Managers, as needed

Methodology/Metrics

* Apply and utilize the firm's implementation methodology

* Lead activities to further develop the firm's methodology,
including tools, templates, examples, accelerators and programs around
implementations, upgrades and other services.

* Refine and monitor metrics to assess the success of the project,
team and individuals

Financial Management:

* Maximize the team's utilization, particularly billable
realization.

* Responsible for maximizing revenue and margin for each project by
properly positioning PS value

* Work with Finance to ensure timely and accurate invoicing of
customers

* Track and manage expenses for the team

Required Skills and Competencies:

* Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and at least 8-10
years of experience as a Project Manager or Sr. Project Manager implementing
enterprise software applications for external clients.

* Ability to work without supervision with complete latitude for
independent judgment

* Demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of 3-6 projects with a
demonstrated successful track record of handling $500,000 to $2+ million
projects.

* PMP and/or CISSP Certification Preferred

* Candidates must have experience delivering large enterprise wide
software applications/solutions, including Financials, ERP, EAM, etc. (e.g.,
SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft) - CRM and Maximo.

* Specifically regarding ERP implementations, working knowledge of
financial accounting processes (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts
Receivable, Fixed Assets, Project Accounting, Close, Budget)

* Understanding of system and network architecture, system
platforms, system access, database design, SQL queries, and network
protocols.

* Experience with some of the advanced functions of Excel, including
functions, macros, and pivot tables

* Hands-on experience working on or with capital projects, capital
budgets and fixed asset accounting, or business tax software

* Prior experience in a computer software or consulting firm with
exposure to industries including utilities, oil and gas, mining, railroad,
or telecommunications, is strongly preferred.

* Candidates need to have the ability to effectively manage within
budget constraints, closely monitor and promptly report on budgetary,
resource or scope issues. Maintaining appropriate documentation, including
project plans, requirements, specifications, testing documents, etc., is
critical, as is tracking Deliverables, and bringing Issues, Risks and Action
Items to closure.

* Superior communication, presentation, and customer relationship
skills & the ability to engage and successfully interact with the client and
project team at all levels.

* Exceptional team leadership and people management experience

* Superior negotiation, conflict management, risk mitigation, issue
resolution, organizational and time management skills

* Process orientation, and ability to analyze and design/build
complex processes & assist others

* Ability to establish oneself as a trusted advisor in the eyes of
the client, project team, colleagues and leadership

* Ability to establish, refine, and champion a robust implementation
methodology

* Skilled in MS Office Suite, Visio and proficient with MS Project

Key Competencies:

* Politically astute and organizational awareness: Navigates
corporate political and cultural situations and diffuses potentially
volatile situations; able to tap into the power structures of organizations

* Leadership: Achieving results through people by successful
objective setting, performance review, motivation, delegation, teambuilding,
commitment gains, and empowerment.

* Conceptual thinking: Understanding a given situation or problem by
combining information that is readily available; identifying patterns or
connections between situations that are not obviously related; identifying
key or underlying issues in complex situations.

* Stress tolerance: Performing well when faced with pressure due to
time frame, workload, adversity, disappointment, or opposition.

As a condition of hire, a full background check and drug tests are required.

Contact Information - (Resumes in Word Format to);

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting
Services

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org
<mailto:GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org> - WEB Site -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:30 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates



Position Title - WRPSSWICT062014

Sr. Implementation Consultant - Tax - Atlanta Preferred But Can Be Any
Location East/MW/SE/SC - Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - $100K - $120K Base + Bonus + Comprehensive
Benefits (100% Paid)

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Location:

Multiple Roles - Atlanta Preferred, but can be located anywhere in the
East/Midwest/SE/SC - Close to a Major Airport - Preference East of
Mississippi

Company:

Highly successful, highly profitable, very fast growing (50%+), private
software firm, focused on delivering a fully integrated suite of
asset-centric accounting, tax, budgeting, regulatory, compliance/risk
management and analytics software solutions for asset intensive clients.
Great firm with an excellent history of growth - Lots of Upside - Excellent
Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits (100% company
paid) - Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused environment and
become part of an elite organization with great growth possibilities.

Keys to these roles:

1) Implementation experience - part of or lead on the consultative role in
an ERP Financial implementation project - Knowledge of GL/AR/AP & FA etc.

2) Asset accounting knowledge.

3) Previous experience implementing tax technology product(s) and/or
experience working in a tax firm and/or audit department.

4) Technical - Must have solid hands on experience with SQL.

Position Responsibilities - Summary:

My client is seeking Sr. Software Implementation Consultant - Tax - to join
their Professional Services/Tax organization team. A Sr. Consultant must
have a proven track record of providing an exceptional level of effective
business solution implementation and delivery execution of large scale,
complex enterprise software & solutions. This position is expected to take
on implementation projects of increasing challenge and complexity and may
also involve oversight and training of Consultants.

Further, ideally, they are seeking a Consultant with domain expertise in
asset accounting for the following industries; utilities, oil & gas,
transportation, mining, and telecommunication industries with substantial
experience leading a small income tax or deferred tax project or leading a
work stream of a large income tax or deferred tax project.

Software is currently installed on premise and project length ranges from
6-9 months for average sized projects, with 1-3 people assigned, and 12+
months for large sized projects, with 4-6 people assigned.

The Sr. IC may work on multiple projects depending on size, scale and scope
of efforts.

Travel is expected to up to the 80% area, Monday thru Thursday (M-T), all of
US + Some Canadian - Home Office Based roles with expenses fully paid.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Actively participate and be highly engaged as part of an
implementation project team (including clients, colleagues, other
consultants, vendors, etc.). Contribute and share application and
domain/industry expertise, and functional knowledge as it relates to income
tax, deferred taxes and tax depreciation. Possess and demonstrate advanced
consultative skills.

* Complete tasks and activities with high execution as assigned by
the Project Manager, and in accordance with the firm's methodology. Adhere
to project schedules and budgetary constraints; provide early notice of any
potential risks or issues with respect to adherence to project schedules or
budgets.

* Address risks and resolve issues relating to implementation with
minimal assistance/direction from the Project Manager and/or other subject
matter experts.

* Assist the Project Manager in planning for future project phases,
tasks, events, and resources

* Hands-on project execution - Responsible for leading a small
income tax or deferred tax project or lead a work stream of a large income
tax or deferred tax project including gathering and analyzing client
requirements; leading design sessions for processes around income tax, tax
depreciation or deferred taxes; configure the application to meet the
approved design; determining best practice design of to-be-delivered
solutions, ensuring it is based on the approved requirements, and per the
SOW; QAing/reviewing functional project deliverables; developing functional
and technical specifications; configuring the application to meet the
approved design: assisting clients with data conversion etc.

* Testing; working with their customers, define test plans and
procedures; assist with the development of use and test cases; conduct unit,
system, and integration testing; and support the client's User Acceptance
Testing (UAT).

* Support application go-live; by providing knowledge transfer to
clients and ensuring the client staff are ready to operate the application
upon go-live; assisting clients in transitioning the application to client's
production support team; planning and executing effective hand-off to the
firm's Support organization; identifying client skill or knowledge gaps that
might be addressed via the training organization and/or via an enhanced
support model etc.

* Utilize and contribute to enhancing the firm's implementation
methodology as warranted

* Oversee consultants and other resources; provide guidance and
direction to others regarding functional or technical tasks and activities.
Provide feedback to management on the performance of those consultants.

* Participate in special projects, training initiatives, industry
groups and conferences, and client forums as requested

Required Skills and Competencies:

To be considered, a Sr. Implementation Consultant should have the majority
of the following knowledge and experience:

* Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or
equivalent combination of education and relevant accounting & income tax
experience.

* Awareness and understanding of key tax terminology from a
large-business perspective

* Previous experience implementing tax technology product(s) and/or
experience working in a tax firm and/or audit department

* Four-nine (4-9) years experience implementing enterprise software
applications - tax in a client-facing consultant role, including, experience
in most phases of the implementation process, experience with utilizing a
robust implementation methodology, and previous experience working for a
software vendor, implementing solutions, is the preference.

* History of increasing responsibility or upward progression - team
Lead experience.

* Excellent, and effective communication skills, including, verbal,
written, listening and presentation skills

* The ability to engage and successfully interact with the client
and project team at all levels.

* Consulting and client/project team relationship-building skills

* Ability to establish oneself as a trusted advisor in the eyes of
the client, project team and colleagues

* Excellent organizational and time management skills

* Ability to adhere to the firm's methodology

* Process orientation, and ability to analyze and design/build
complex processes and to assist others

* Skilled in MS Office Suite

* Strong technical background

* Previous experience implementing large enterprise wide Financial,
ERP, EAM, CRM and Maximo or related systems

* Experience with some of the advanced functions of Excel, including
functions, macros, and pivot tables

* Possess basic SQL and database skills - PowerBuilder experience a
plus

* Process orientation with ability to analyze and design/build
complex processes

* Industry experience within some of the following industries; oil
and gas, mining, transportation, natural resources, utilities, energy
markets or telecomm.

As a condition of hire, a full background check and drug test are required.

Contact Information - (Resumes in Word Format to);

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting
Services

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org
<mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net> - WEB Site -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:37 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates



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

Several openings still available as of 07-11-2014

Position Title - WRPSSWIC112013

Sr. SW Implementation Consultants - Any Location East/MW/SE/SC - Excellent
Package

Excellent Compensation Package - $100K - $120K+ Base + Bonus + Comprehensive
Benefits (100% Paid)

No Relocation or Sponsorship

Location:

Multiple Roles - Can be located anywhere in the East/Midwest/SE/SC - Close
to a Major Airport - Preference East of Mississippi

Company:

Highly successful, highly profitable, very fast growing (50%+), private
software firm, focused on delivering a fully integrated suite of
asset-centric accounting, tax, budgeting, regulatory, compliance/risk
management and analytics software solutions for asset intensive clients.
Great firm with an excellent history of growth - Lots of Upside - Excellent
Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits (100% company
paid) - Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused environment and
become part of an elite organization with great growth possibilities.

Keys to these roles:

1) Implementation experience - part of or lead on the consultative role in
an ERP implementation project (not a PM, though)

2) Asset accounting knowledge

3) Technical - Must have technical experience with programs like SQL or
experience as Developers and Programmers

4) Practical- Have held either a staff position (accountant, financial
analyst, etc.) or a strong consulting background in accounting and/or
accounting software implementation

5) Consulting- Have to have been a consultant- have lead design sessions
etc.

Position Responsibilities - Summary:

My client is seeking Sr. Software Implementation Consultants to join their
Professional Services/Tax organization team. A Sr. Consultant must have a
proven track record of providing an exceptional level of effective business
solution implementation and delivery execution of large scale, complex
enterprise software & solutions. This position is expected to take on
implementation projects of increasing challenge and complexity and may also
involve oversight and training of Consultants.

Further, ideally, they are seeking Consultants with extensive domain
expertise in asset accounting for utilities, oil & gas, transportation,
mining, and telecommunication industries.

Software is currently installed on premise and project length ranges from
6-9 months for average sized projects, with 1-3 people assigned, and 12+
months for large sized projects, with 4-6 people assigned.

The Sr. IC may work on multiple projects depending on size, scale and scope
of efforts.

Travel is expected to up to the 80% area, Monday thru Thursday (M-T), all of
US + Some Canadian - Home Office Based roles with expenses fully paid.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Actively participate and be highly engaged as part of an
implementation project team (including clients, colleagues, other
consultants, vendors, etc.). Contribute and share application and
domain/industry expertise, and functional knowledge of asset accounting.
Possess and demonstrate advanced consultative skills.

* Complete tasks and activities with high execution as assigned by
the Project Manager, and in accordance with the firm's methodology. Adhere
to project schedules and budgetary constraints; provide early notice of any
potential risks or issues with respect to adherence to project schedules or
budgets.

* Address risks and resolve issues relating to implementation with
minimal assistance/direction from the Project Manager and/or other subject
matter experts.

* Assist the Project Manager in planning for future project phases,
tasks, events, and resources

* Hands-on project execution; responsible for leading a small
project or a work stream of a large project including gathering and
analyzing client requirements; leading design sessions for processes;
determining best practice design of to-be-delivered solutions, ensuring it
is based on the approved requirements, and per the SOW; QAing/reviewing
functional project deliverables; developing functional and technical
specifications; configuring the application to meet the approved design:
assisting clients with data conversion etc.

* Testing; working with their customers, define test plans and
procedures; assist with the development of use and test cases; conduct unit,
system, and integration testing; and support the client's User Acceptance
Testing (UAT).

* Support application go-live; by providing knowledge transfer to
clients and ensuring the client staff are ready to operate the application
upon go-live; assisting clients in transitioning the application to client's
production support team; planning and executing effective hand-off to the
firm's Support organization; identifying client skill or knowledge gaps that
might be addressed via the training organization and/or via an enhanced
support model etc.

* Utilize and contribute to enhancing the firm's implementation
methodology as warranted

* Oversee consultants and other resources; provide guidance and
direction to others regarding functional or technical tasks and activities.
Provide feedback to management on the performance of those consultants.

* Participate in special projects, training initiatives, industry
groups and conferences, and client forums as requested

Required Skills and Competencies:

To be considered, Sr. Software Implementation Consultants should have the
majority of the following knowledge and experience:

* Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or
equivalent combination of education and experience

* Four-nine (4-9) years experience implementing enterprise software
applications in a client-facing consultant role, including, experience in
most phases of the implementation process, experience with utilizing a
robust implementation methodology, and previous experience working for a
software vendor, implementing solutions, is the preference.

* History of increasing responsibility or upward progression - team
Lead experience.

* Excellent, and effective communication skills, including, verbal,
written, listening and presentation skills

* The ability to engage and successfully interact with the client
and project team at all levels.

* Consulting and client/project team relationship-building skills

* Ability to establish oneself as a trusted advisor in the eyes of
the client, project team and colleagues

* Excellent organizational and time management skills

* Ability to adhere to the firm's methodology

* Process orientation, and ability to analyze and design/build
complex processes and to assist others

* Skilled in MS Office Suite

* Strong technical background

* Previous experience implementing large enterprise wide Financial,
ERP, EAM, CRM and Maximo or related systems

* Working knowledge of financial accounting processes like (General
Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Project
Accounting, Close, Budget)

* Experience with some of the advanced functions of Excel, including
functions, macros, and pivot tables

* Possess basic SQL and database skills - PowerBuilder experience a
plus

* Understanding of system and network architecture, system
platforms, system access, database design, and network protocols

* Process orientation with ability to analyze and design/build
complex processes

* Hands-on experience working on or with capital projects, capital
budgets and fixed asset accounting, or business tax software

* Property Tax or Income Tax expertise within an enterprise business

* Industry experience within oil and gas, mining, transportation,
natural resources, utilities, energy markets or telecomm

* PMP and/or CISSP certification a plus

As a condition of hire, a full background check and drug test are required.

Contact Information - (Resumes in Word Format to);

Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates - High Technology Recruiting
Services

Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org
<mailto:replywrightassociates@verizon.net> - WEB Site -
www.wrightassociates.org <http://www.wrightassociates.org/>

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Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:06 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Gary Wright" wrightassociates


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Position Title - WRLDNWER042014

Lead Data Network Engineer - Cisco/NxOS - Asset Management - Marlboro, MA
Area - Outstanding Package

Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS - Relocation Assistance
Possible for Strong Fit

Company

Large, highly successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management
Firm - Great Company - Lots of Upside - Outstanding Compensation Package -
Bonus - Profit Sharing - Comprehensive benefits- Join a team oriented,
collaborative, results focused environment and become part of an elite
organization with great growth possibilities.

Position Summary

My client is seeking an exceptional Engineer with strong technology,
leadership, communication and execution skills for a key role in its
Enterprise Technology Services Group. This lead role will combine
technology skills with extremely strong communication, collaboration and
coordination capabilities. The Lead Data Network Engineer role is extremely
challenging and the high level keys to this position include:

Technology

The candidate should have a strong technical acumen with at least 10 years
progressive experience in lead data engineering roles supporting enterprise
environments. This individual will lead the Data Network Operations team
within Enterprise Technology Services. They will need to take initiative, be
able to function both independently and as a member of a team and be
successful with minimal supervision.

Candidates will possess expertise in managing a complex LAN and WAN
environment across numerous business units and geographical locations. They
will provide 24X7 production support in a multi-vendor environment for all
Network technologies. They will interface with technical and non-technical
individual contributors and business executives. The candidate will have
extensive production support and leadership experience; displaying
ownership, strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication and
decision-making skills.

Business Domain

While experience working in an investment management firm or in
Global Markets of a large Investment bank would be highly desirable, it
is not a strict requirement. Our successful candidate will understand the
urgency that is implicit in a 24 X 7, global trading environment and the
criticality of having the infrastructure available at all times. Experience
working with Asia Pacific and Europe in addition to the US is necessary.
Enterprise Technology Solutions is wholly responsible for all "piping" -
Data Networking, Voice Services, Security and Market Data - across the
entire enterprise that bridges across multiple time zones.

The successful candidate will contribute very "hands-on" technical and
thought leadership overseeing a team of 7 professionals to deliver services
globally, to a diversity of cultures. In addition, our successful candidate
will have experience working with a variety of vendors, understand contracts
and SLA's (Service Level Agreements) and be willing to "roll up their
sleeves" to maintain the continuity for global high availability front and
back/middle office applications.

Role reports to the Manager of Enterprise Data Services

Keys to the Position

* 10+ years' experience as a Lead Data Engineer supporting
enterprise environments with expertise in the following disciplines:

1. Cisco device programming and troubleshooting, including CatOS, NxOS,
ASA, ACE, CSS, GSS, VPN, LMS, DCNM and wireless.

2. Advanced working knowledge of routing protocols - OSPF, BGP

3. Real-time application support - voice, video and MDS services.

4. Infoblox DNS

5. Riverbed Steelhead

6. Report generation - LMS, DCNM, HPOO, PRTG, SumoLogic, etc.

* Leadership: This individual will lead a team of 7

* Excellent communication skills are required. The successful
candidate will interface will the IT Leadership team.

* CCIE certification is a plus

* Financial services is a plus

* Candidate should be comfortable with ITIL framework

* Emphasis on sharing of knowledge through good communications, peer
training and written documentation

* Tactical and Strategic direction setting

* Strong inter-personal skills, leadership qualities and
communications skills

* Positive customer service and team attitude (helping others when
required)

* Focused on quality and customer delivery

* Committed to continual improvement

* Willingness to participate and proven record of providing 24X7
on-call support in a dynamic multi-application environment.

* Product support for upgrades and patch releases

* Experience supporting distributed/global (layer 1-4 ) platforms in
a multi-server/multi-location environment

* Experience designing and implementing High Availability and
Disaster Recovery solutions

* Ability to work independently or within a team

* College degree

Responsibilities

* Provide Tier 2/3 support for a complex global enterprise network

* Take ownership of issues, collaborate with other
customers/teams/vendors on remediation and manage problems through
completion

* Develop best practices for capacity planning, trending,
monitoring, high availability and disaster recovery

* Provide ITIL direction and guidance for incidents, changes and
problems

* Establish and enforce best practices for network management,
including configurations, monitoring, patch management and security

* Oversee deliverables for domestic and international initiatives

* Oversee compliance with change control and incident management
processes

* Manage incident bridges

* Provide on-call support on a rotating basis

* Be a very "hands-on" technologist with a collaborative mentality
in strong team environment where "big" ego may not be considered an asset.
Breadth and depth of knowledge is critical

Ideal Candidate Profile

In addition to the above mentioned skills, the ideal candidate must be an
excellent communicator with a proven ability to provide and deliver
responses and solutions relevant to complex technical and business issues.
The successful candidate needs the ability and willingness to work in a
fast-paced, mission-critical environment with a strong focus on delivery and
the capacity to overcome obstacles. This individual will bring the firm a
diverse background, skill set, and perspective, which could be summed up in
a trifecta of raw intellectual horsepower, strong management and technical
skills and an ability to learn and adapt in a rapidly moving environment.
The right person must incorporate outstanding technical skills, a
familiarity with many technologies with strong people and process skills.
This balance between superb technology strength, interpersonal communication
skills and process ability is a fundamental requirement. The appropriate
candidate must be self-sufficient and a collaborative team player, someone
who works hard and retains a long-term perspective, but with a strong detail
orientation. Though this person will be a hands-on contributor, they will
be required to demonstrate a wide range of "soft" skills in a very
collaborative environment. This position requires excellent written and
verbal communication skills. A degree is required, with an advanced degree
a strong plus.

Why This Role

* Client is a privately held company with no affiliates. Their
people are empowered to do their jobs; providing results for their clients,
not shareholders.

* Client is consistently viewed as one of the best organizations to
work for. Further they are very selective, consistently hiring the most
talented and creative professionals and they work very hard at retaining
their employee's long term.

* There is little internal politics. Most of the time is spent
working on specific, relevant issues or in moving the infrastructure
forward.

* This is not a "siloed" environment. You will be involved in data
networking, voice, security and market data services.

* This is both a technical and managerial role.

* The successful candidate can expect to have regular interaction
with the highest levels of management.

* Beyond management of the 7 team members and interaction with the
architectural and development teams, there is additional responsibility for
working with vendors and carriers; managing contracts and SLA's.

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
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