Lead System's Analyst - Investment Data - FS - Boston, MA Area

Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates"
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:17 pm (PDT)

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Position Title - WR713801



Lead System's Analyst - Investment Data - FS - Boston, MA Area - Outstanding

Package



Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS



Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship



Company



Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -

Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -

Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused

environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth

possibilities.



Position Responsibilities - Summary



The individual will be leading the system design and analysis for

development projects in the End-Of-day Pricing Application in the Investment

Data Systems team. In this role the individual will work with the project

managers, business analysts and lead programmers to define technical

solutions and roadmap for implementing business requirements in our

applications with a strong focus on scalability, quality and application

integration with the downstream consumers of pricing data. This person will

also be performing supervisory activities including budget management within

the team.



Key Responsibilities;



· Partner with Investment Data and Derivatives Services Business

team within the Investment Administration Group to proactively identify the

firms growing needs around pricing and analytics in order to develop long

term scalable solutions.

· Take a hands-on approach to functional architecture and technical

design to deliver business solutions.

· Work with the Pricing Data consumer groups to understand their

requirements and help develop innovative solutions to address their data

needs.

· Provide input into system design to help the programming teams

define effort and implementation schedules for application development work.

· Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing

and building controls to measure the overall accuracy and timeliness of data

delivery.

· Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on

time, scalable and high quality business solutions.

· Manage the overall budget of the team and help in planning and

budget estimations of various efforts.

· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both

full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.

Keys to This Position:

1. This is a Senior role that is a combination of Functional and Technical

with emphasis on the Functional.

2. The Domain (Functional) requirement: This candidate must have a strong

background in Investment Management with exposure to Back Office and Middle

Office Operations. This individual will be responsible for Reference Data

Applications that includes Pricing, Security Master, Analytics and

Derivative Operations. Any experience in these areas is a very strong plus.

3. Technical: The applications are written in Java (J2EE), PL/SQL and Data

Stage. Experience as an Analyst working with applications built with these

technologies is a big plus.

4. The candidate must have Excellent Communication and Client Relationship

skills. The individual will be interfacing directly with the business

(Investment Data and Derivatives Systems Operations).

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Strong understanding of Investment Data and Investment Management

industry, with specific domain expertise in Pricing and analytics

· Minimum 10 years experience as a systems analyst

· Minimum 5 years experience in Data Management

· Minimum of 5 years of Project Management experience is required.

· Experience in working with data providers such as IDC and Reuters.

· CFA certification is a plus.

· Experience in the design of n-tier applications and architectures.

· Experience with SOA architecture will be a huge plus.

· Team management experience and a proven ability to work in a cross

functional environment

· Experience in managing delivery in a centralized team with

aggressive delivery timelines is required.

· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills.



Contact Information



Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates



Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net - WEB

Site - www.wrightassociates.org