Business Systems Analyst - Financial Applications

Client is a Private Equity firm in the back bay area of Boston.

This is a full time, permanent position.

The candidate will participate at various levels in all technology related initiatives from inception to implementation and support. Through in-depth knowledge of the business, this position will document business processes, develop needs analysis, functional / technical specifications and perform system / user acceptance testing around hardware and software implementations.

Key skills:
- Must have experience with either accounting system implementations (i.e. Geneva) OR must have trading desk experience

- Must have a significant background in finance (corporate actions and compliance don't count) OR must have an MBA


RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Form strong working relationships with internal users - both business and technical - to facilitate reporting.
• Fulfill responsibilities related to production support as well as application development projects simultaneously.
• Create documentation in support of technology requests
• Gather, validate, document, and facilitate implementation of business requirements for technology initiatives (includes business/data requirements, data flows, data modeling, workflow context and design, and user interface designs)
• Responsible for system planning and testing
• Participate in user acceptance testing and support system training / documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• MBA with concentration in finance or technology preferred
• 2 - 3 years experience with financial applications
• Strong project management experience in all stages of the project lifecycle required
• Background in application development or infrastructure preferred
• Knowledge of securities, currencies and derivatives required
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, reporting schemas
• Experience with Reporting systems for investment management required
• Strong MS Excel skills including experience with building macros required
• Experience with data warehouse and reporting data marts preferred
• Exposure to Total Return, Eze Castle Traders Console, and Electronic Communication Networks preferred
• Intermediate skill level in data modeling, normalization, and SQL queries.
• Experience in User Interface design in web and client-server environments.
• Familiarity with multiple architectures: n-tier, .NET, client-server, etc. and multi-system application integration
• Fundamental understanding of software development lifecycle.


Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.