Eagle PACE developer with Oracle

This is a one year contract position in Boston
Phone interview followed by in person interview.

Basic Purpose:

Work with business analysts on PACE related projects. Creates programs that satisfy every requirement listed in the functional specifications document and follows standard coding practices. Clearly documents each coding change made to new and existing routines.


Primary Responsibilities:

Work with business analysts to map out and document technical requirements
Interpret written business requirements and technical specification documents
Perform coding to written technical specifications
Develop and execute unit testing procedures
Easily recognize system deficiencies and implement effective solutions
Work with development group to ensure that all design questions (e.g., application security, data feeds, etc.) are addressed through the business analysis process
Support project tracking and monitoring
Perform maintenance programming and correction of identified defects
Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory requirements
Take on other software development group responsibilities as assigned


Job Requirements:

1. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or IT related discipline is desirable
2. Minimum of two years demonstrated experience with Ab Initio
3. Experience with PL SQL language a plus
4. Knowledge of Eagle PACE data hub product a plus
5. Knowledge of database, system design, and technical architecture concepts
6. Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and different development models
7. Ability to code software according to published standards and design guidelines
8. Flexible attitude and ability to perform under pressure
9. A commitment to quality and a thorough approach to the work
10. Ability to work well within a team

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

Charles River Compliance BA

Long term contract position in Boston
In person interview required

Job Description

Candidate will be working as part of the Trading Systems Team, working with the CRD design/architecture team to asses the CRD Compliance system in preparation for an upcoming implementation. The CRD Compliance system works with the IMS System to make sure that trades are compliant with business standards and regulations. Candidate both business and hands on technical experience with the system, the ability to install the system in a testing environment, and provide expertise knowledge on implementation and support of the system.

Job Requirements

· 5+ years experience as a BA or BSA in financial services industry
· 2+ with implementation/support of CRD Compliance System
· Working knowledge of compliance workflows and some rules

Knowledge of the following:
· Fixed Income
· Bond Trading (process of buying/selling bonds)
· Swaps - Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), Credit Default Swaps (CDS), Total Return Swaps (TRS)
· SQL Server 2005
· Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience
· GREAT communication skills

Additionally candidates with similar systems experience such as Eagle PACE or Sentinel will be viewed favorably.

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

Performance Business Systems Analyst

Long term contract in Boston

Performance Business Analyst
Boston MA
6-12 months duration
phone and face to face

Strong Performance measurement, Risk Analysis experience and SQL

· 5 to 7 years business systems analysis experience.

· Experience with performance measurement, attribution and risk analytics.

· Good knowledge of SQL, ability to perform detailed analysis on existing data bases and to use SQL to model data required for reporting, UI screens or in calculations.

· Strong knowledge of Excel, ability to model complex calculations and business rules related to performance and risk analytics.

· Experience with conceptual data modeling techniques, data analysis and the documentation of data conversion requirements between systems.

· Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group consisting of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

· Strong process orientation as well as meeting facilitation skills to drive progress throughout the requirements development process

· Ability to work independently with users to define concepts and to complete project tasks under direction of project managers and the ability to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.

· Certificate Investment in Investment Performance Management (CIPM) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or progress towards these certifications is desirable.

Skills and Competencies:

· Extremely strong interpersonal, interviewing, and listening skills

· Proven ability to work directly with the business community, handle demanding user groups, and communicate with internal clients.

· Writing skills, capability to communicate information effectively and provide quality documentation of processes.

· Organizational skills, strong attention to detail, ability to prioritize multiple tasks, handle diverse situations, set goals, and meet deadlines

· Ability to learn new business concepts, project methodologies, systems, and software independently and quickly


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

Eagle Pace Developer

Downtown Boston Location

Our client has a need for an Eagle PACE developer on an open ended contract or as a permanent employee

Need strong Uploaders/Exports form Eagle PACE
SQL Server knowledge and understanding including DTS packages is a big plus
Client is on Eagle PACE v9

BIG Plus*s

Eagle;s SRM - Security Reference Manager
Eagle*s Pricing module
Exp with Eagle PACE and Datamart (with SQL Server)

Immediate interviews and start dates.

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

Senior QA Analyst

Downtown Boston location
Permanent position

The Sr. QA Analyst will work with the QA Manager as a two person QA Team. Strong QTP skills are a must. Very strong Automated Testing preferably in a Financial Services environment is required.

Requirements - QTP, automation
Preferred - Financial Services


JOB SUMMARY
We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with expertise in developing and implementing QA Processes, software lifecycle, testing methodology, test automation, defect tracking & test estimation & planning for clients and projects. Ability to apply technology and business knowledge to solve business problems and create new business opportunities. Candidate will provide techno-functional leadership and help build internal competency within the company. Will establish and build relationships with clients, applying knowledge to the business and providing personalized, value-added service.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Oversee and take part in the planning, estimation and implementation of QA frameworks to ensure quality, timely delivery to our clients.
Define and articulate the value of each phase of Testing to clients and team
Leverage knowledge of manual/Automation and Defect tracking tools to help in proper tool selection and set-up
Ensure that QA best practices are followed diligently.


JOB REQUIREMENTS

· Bachelor’s degree required
· 8-10+ years of QA and Program Management experience
· QA lead, able to define overall QA approach, structure and build the team, ensure proper execution
· Knowledge/experience in QA Processes, software lifecycle, testing methodology, test automation, defect tracking & test estimation & planning
· Experience in QA tools, packages and methodologies
· Ability to effectively work as a part of a larger project team with clients and competing vendors
· Commodities and/or ETRM knowledge a plus
· Frequent travel may be required

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

Performance Systems Analyst

Full time, permanent position at an asset management firm in Boston.

Position Overview:

The Performance Systems Analyst will be a member of the Information Technology team but work closely with several teams throughout the organization including Performance and Attribution group, Marketing, Client Service, Portfolio Construction; main responsibilities include support and management of the performance and attribution systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, international investment, and portfolio performance combined with excellent analytical, communication, and technology skills.

Responsibilities:

Ensure prompt, accurate calculation and reporting for all composites, as well as other performance related data for a variety of purposes. Specific responsibilities include:

• Maintain composites in multiple systems (performance and attribution related)
• Run and analyze attributions in multiple platforms (Factset, StatPro, BARRA, Proprietary Factor Attribution System)
• Participate in the planning, testing, and deployment of releases and upgrades of Operations and Performance applications.
• Lead components of major initiatives
• Gather user and system requirements, develop specifications for Operations and Performance systems (such as the integration of the portfolio system with other applications) Conduct business and systems requirements analysis, data mapping, and data conversion analysis
• Analyze workflows, processes and procedures
• Develop and test new group processes and technology solutions
• Work with Performance and Attribution group to further improve processes and streamline workflow

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or other financial/information systems related degree
• At least 3 years of experience in performance measurement and/or information technology
• Strong knowledge of SQL
• Ability to write/amend Microsoft Excel macros
• Prior knowledge of BARRA, StatPro, FactSet, GIPS, DSTi, Bloomberg, Reuters desired
• CFA or CIPM, or demonstrated progress towards one, is a plus
• Be well organized, flexible, and able to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Extremely strong analytical skills, attention to detail and quality
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to lead project meetings with users.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Demonstrate high commitment to meeting deadlines and exceeding expectations

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

Investment Operations Engineer

Full time, permanent position at an asset management firm in Boston.

Position overview

This position has development and maintenance responsibility for the software programs and processes associated with our investment operations support team. This would include support for a broad range of applications, including those for accounting, reconciliation, trade settlement, cash management, corporate action processing, performance measurement, client reporting, and client billing. This role reports to a Development Team Leader and is a member of the Information Technology team. The position has exposure to many business units in a dynamic investment management firm. The position requires some direct interaction with end users and requires excellent analytical and communication skills.


Responsibilities

Take responsibility for the maintenance of software programs used by the operations group.
Develop loaders for new sources of investment data, using a combination of C#/VB programs, Microsoft Data Transformation Services, and SQL Server Integration Services
Assist with various application enhancement requests
Continue development of reporting solutions to meet internal and external business and client requirements.
Maintain, enhance and develop new stored procedures within SQL Server and Sybase environments.
Work collaboratively with Operations and IT staff and with business units across the firm
Research, resolve, and document production issues and work with appropriate teams to resolve the problem.

Qualifications

B.S. in computer science or equivalent a strong plus
Minimum 5 years software development experience
3 or more years experience with software development in a financial services environment a strong plus
Must be skilled in Visual Studio (C#, ASP.NET, Visual Basic)
Must be skilled in SQL
Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services or Crystal Reports desirable
Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills
Strong interpersonal/communication skills
Strong organization skills and detail-oriented
Good teamwork skills
Familiarity with investment operations and transaction processing a plus

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

SQL Server DBA

Two positions, one is a Full Time permanent position and the otehr is an open ended contract
Downtown Boston location


Overview:
Reporting to the Database Manager, the Senior DBA would be aligned with a development and business division and act as the liaison, providing superior database support, direction and solutions for new and ongoing initiatives. Areas of support/solutions include implementing best practices, performance tuning, problem resolution, environment buildout and database maintenance. The Senior DBA will also be an integral part of the DBA team responsible for project delivery, and contribute to the future vision of the department.

Primary Responsibilities
· Manage a production environment consisting of 300+ databases, and 50+ production SQL Server’s, most of which are read-intensive databases with a large data load cycle while some are OLTP-based mission critical trading systems

· Manage HA and DR solutions including MS Cluster Server, Database Mirroring, Log Shipping and SQL Replication

· Assist in the development of a GDOC (Global Database Operations Center) where our systems will be monitored via 3rd party products, in-house scripts and a operational dashboard

· Manage the database security models, both in-house developed as well as Windows Auth (AD) based security.

· Leverage 3rd party tools (e.g. Red-Gate, Idera) or in-house developed tools to troubleshoot

· Safeguard our production systems by implementing the right security policies as well as managing the MS service pack/hotfix deployment process

· Resolve blocking and deadlocking issues, high CPU / memory, analyze job timeouts, ETL loader performance problems.

· Manage database maintenance jobs to ensure optimal performance and data availability.

· Define and enforce database standards, best practices, methodologies, processes and procedures

· Assist in the build out of our SQL Server Analysis Services 2005/2008 (SSAS) OLAP databases

· Provide development and production support for complex SSIS packages

· Architect and implement reports within SSRS 2005/2008

· Research new technologies to enhance performance, heighten security, ensure uptime, automate common/redundant administrative duties


Mandatory Requirements
· An average of 5-6+ years Database Administration

· Knowledge of the financial industry is preferred

· Experience with managing and implementing High Availability (HA) solutions for SQL Server 2005/2008

· Experience with managing and implementing DR solutions for SQL Server 2005/2008 (e.g. DB Mirroring, SAN replication, etc)

· Database monitoring software (e.g. Idera, HP Openview, SiteScope, etc) and advanced monitoring techniques

· Experience with VLDB’s - 100+ GB databases, hundreds of DB’s in a highly transactional environment

· Well versed in query performance analysis, improvements and troubleshooting performance degradation

· Experience with resolving complex blocking and deadlocking issues and automated ways of doing so

· Strong knowledge of SQL Server internals and performance tuning methodologies

· Experience with security as it pertains to databases (permissions, users, roles, policies, etc)

· Experience writing comprehensive and descriptive documentation

· Understanding of the database development lifecycle, including database creation, table design, etc.

· Familiar with ETL tools and processes, primarily with SSIS 2005/2008, Informatica, DTS

· Experience supporting the development and deployment of complex SSIS packages

· Experience with architecting and implementing reports within SQL Server Reporting Services 2005/2008

· Experience in the management of OLAP databases, most specifically with SSAS 2005/2008

· Solid grasp of primarily T-SQL


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

Derivatives Developer

Contract position in Boston at a financial firm
Working on a large derivatives project
Derivatives knowledge is a must

Java is preferred development language but will consider candidates with C++

Derivative Products: Swaps (IRS, CCS, CDS, TRS, Equity), Futures, FX
Industry Experience: Middle Office, Back Office, Front Office, Pricing, Insurance industry hedging, other Derivatives accounting Apps (Calypso, Murex, etc.)

Technical Skills: Findur//Endur/AVS, C, SQL, Java, Reuters/Tibco Messaging or similar, UNIX/KSH, DBs: Sybase, SQL Server, Oracle

Soft Skills: Independent, good communication

Pluses: Informatica, ClearCase. Control-M, ESP, .NET, Swapswire, RediPlus, Swiskey, working with offshore.

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

Support Engineer - Financial Applications

Full time position in Boston
Hours are from 6 am – 3pm on all US trading days

Client is a Boston based, 40+ person firm that specializes in managing alternative and index-oriented investments for institutional clients. They are currently seeking a Support Engineer to serve as a technical liaison between the business users and the Development team and Systems team. The person filling this role will work directly with traders, fund managers and research personnel to resolve technology problems. Additionally, the role will involve change management functions including release testing and software configuration and deployment.

Principal Role and Responsibilities:

This is a multi-function job role that requires time to be split between production support and systems maintenance.

Production Support

• Provide support for our various trading, fund management, and investment decision applications
• Monitor applications for production issues. Help troubleshoot any production issues that arise
• Participate in setup and configuration of new and existing applications
• Serves as initial point of escalation for all technology related issues
• On-call responsibilities
• Document issues and solutions
• Support hours are from 6 am – 3pm on all US trading days

Systems Maintenance

• Involved in all aspects of change management, including emergency production testing and change deployment as well as regularly scheduled software and data changes
• Assist with end-user testing
• Manage code deployment cycles
• Manage production accounts on Linux, Windows and SQL Server accounts
• Assist with production contingency planning and testing

Requirements

• 3+ years of IT work experience
• Prior experience in front office equity buy side environment, with experience in fund management and trading applications; any experience with Order Management Systems such as Charles River, Macgregor, etc would be a plus
• Demonstrable Unix scripting experience
• Solid technical understanding of databases and with demonstrable SQL experience; SQL Server preferred
• Some programming skills; Java and R preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience finding and resolving technical problems
• Strong troubleshooting and general problem-solving abilities
• Bachelors degree required; technical major preferred


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

Desktop Support

Full time position at a financial firm in Boston


Reporting to the Desktop Lead, this position is part of the IT Infrastructure group. The Desktop Engineer has primary responsibility for the configuration, and operational management of all desktops, mobile devices, and various desktop applications, and works closely with the Service Desk and Systems teams to resolve issues in a timely manner.

Primary Responsibilities:

Hardware

Desktop and laptop hardware support
General Hardware Inventory control (Desktops, laptops, printers, phones, PDA's and wireless devices)
Loaner/Training laptop inventory, build, deploy and support
Remote support of devices that can connect to the network to be used for VPN or Citrix access
Desktop hardware procurement
Hardware Recycling
Hardware proof of concept research
Desktop, laptop, PDA, printer and phone deployment
Computer and telephone moves
Hardware refresh\repurposing
Network patching and 1st level support
Warranty repair through Dell

Software

Desktop and laptop software support
Virtual machine configuration and support
Bloomberg installation and support
Laptop encryption and decryption
Software distributions through Altiris
Work with developers for requirements to deploy a package
Create automated scripts
Desktop system builds (Imaging with Acronis and Altiris)
Desktop backups and restores
Desktop software procurement
Citrix support
System Administration

New hire setup
Create, delete, and manage accounts in AD
Manage Citrix desktop connections
Assign permissions to and configure wireless connections
Manage remote access accounts
ActiveSync account administration - Norman Lallier
Exchange administration and 1st level support
Printers

Printer maintenance and support
Print Server Administration - Bob Ross
Create, update, and remove printer queues, update drivers, create sharing security
Blackberry

Purchase, manage, and support Blackberry devices - Norman Lallier (Primary)
BES account administration - Norman Lallier (Primary)
Manage accounts through Verizon and AT&T
Monthly review of accounts\billing
Other

Conference support - Audio and Video
Conference Tech support
Includes room, laptop, printing, and wireless support, meetings involved in planning the event
Working with the hotel and hired production company.
Making yourself available during the day to clients and guests for a myriad of needs.
Pre conference and post conference board meetings.
Liaison between service desk and other teams - Many problems routed to desktop for diagnosis before escalation to server, network, telecom, security, DBA or developer teams.
Ad hoc research requests

Mandatory requirements:

Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience
MCSE Certification
5+ years experience in the financial services industry

Skills:

Experience working with IP networking, networking protocols and understanding of security related technologies including encryption, IPsec, PKI, VPNs, firewalls, proxy services, DNS, electronic mail and access-lists
Experience working with Cisco security appliances, routers, and switches
Experience with Juniper SSL VPN and Firewalls
Familiarity with Active Directory
Excellent, proven troubleshooting skills
Experience supporting market data services (Reuters, Bloomberg, FactSet)

Experience working with relevant operating system security (Windows, Linux, etc.)
Strong written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills
Must exhibit a team-oriented approach

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

eLearning Instructional Designer

Full time, permanent position
Location: Waltham, MA

As an e-learning instructional designer, your responsibilities would include:

* Creating e-learning modules from start to finish—planning, designing, storyboarding, and scripting—using e-learning tools such as Captivate and Lectora
* Interacting with a wide range of subject matter experts (engineers, business professionals, and managers) to thoroughly research and learn about software provided to our clients
* Working hands-on with the software in order to write clear, concise, and easy-to-follow instructions to explain complex concepts
* Managing the flow of projects from inception through delivery

The ideal candidate would also meet the following requirements:

* Experience with researching and selecting appropriate software tools for planned projects
* Knowledge of adult learning principles
* Experience with writing reference sheets, online help, user guides, tutorials, and other instructional materials for end users
* Comfort with creating new processes, championing new projects, and working on multiple large projects simultaneously
* A commitment to being persistent and paying attention to the details
* Demonstrated ability to be flexible and embrace changes in project scope and schedule
* At least one year of experience with instructional design, a plus
* Knowledge of financial concepts and experience with financial software, a plus
* Experience with podcasts, a plus

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

Systems Designer - Senior Developer

Full time permanent position in Boston


This is a senior developer position in the Front Office Team supporting US Fixed Income investment operations.

The role offers the opportunity to work directly and in collaboration with the key business stakeholders involved in sourcing and managing new public and private fixed income investments.

A strong business focus, familiarity with investment processes and terminology, a desire to interact with business clients, and excellent communication skills are essential.

A strong business focus, familiarity with investment processes and terminology, strong working knowledge of SQL Server, Access, VBA, VB.net, Clearcase, SLDC, and excellent communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities include:
• Translate business user requests for information and technical support services into systems requirements.
• Review, analyze, design and develop analytical decision support software tools to advance fixed income portfolio management activities, in adherence with established SDLC and SQA methodologies.
• Produce detailed specifications for development, testing and implementation of bond calculations based on key fixed income risk measures, including average life, duration, yield, and OAS.
• Integrate internally developed applications with vendor products (e.g. Bloomberg, FT Interactive) to support a variety of business processes, including bond pricing, cash flow projection, compliance monitoring, and CBO modeling.
• Work with business partners and other systems resources to understand requirements in order to formulate effective designs and code.
• Design, code and test maintenance work requests and enhancements for key Investment systems.
• Provide post implementation support for all deliverables, as well as production support for systems.
• Follow IT processes, including configuration management, in order to produce quality, timely deliverables and IT solutions for business partners.

Requirements

Requirements include outstanding computer skills along with 5-7 years of relevant experience, ideally with an investment bank or asset management firm. Top-notch organization skills, communication skills and leadership skills necessary. The incumbent must enjoy accepting challenges and persist until the goals are achieved. They must also be a self starter and be able to think outside the box when faced with complex, technical and business challenges.

• Knowledge of the Securities industry
• Proficient in SQL, SQL Server 7, Sybase, MS Access, Visual Basic
• Ability to allocate time efficiently; handle multiple demands and competing priorities.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of system design.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable when dealing with change.
• Strong problem solving skills and analytical ability.
• Able to grasp new concepts and information quickly
• Able to work well independently, as well as with others as part of a team
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and procedures for managing change
• Customer service & business partner orientation

Helpful:
• Experience in UNIX, Oracle and Informatica
• Experience in Business Objects and ClearCase.
• Architecture experience is highly desired
• Experience in supporting Investment systems, particularly portfolio analysis functions


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

OMS Implementation Specialist

Downtown Boston financial client is looking for a long term contractor to assist in a Linedata implementation. Candidates with experience implementing ANY OMS will be considered.

Department Profile:

The Research Systems Group provides development and support to various Investment Divisions in all areas of the investment process, including research, portfolio construction and optimization, pre and post trade analytics, trading, middle and back office.

Position Overview:

Client is looking to fill a contract position for an Implementation Specialist. The ideal person will have hands-on experience with implementing Order Management Systems, experience working on Equity Trading and Compliance projects, an understanding of project management, and a good mix of business knowledge and technology skills. The ideal person will report to the project manager and share responsibility for various aspects of the implementation. The ideal person will help define requirements, configure the application, train users, test workflows and resolve any issues before go live. The person will work closely with the project manager, highlighting issues, scope changes, and progress against the budget and schedule. The expected contact duration is six months.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field.
• Required: Prior principal experience implementing investment management software, preferably order management systems. Ideally, several prior engagements.
• An understanding of project management, timelines, scope, and budgets.
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Strong trouble-shooting skills
• A good understanding of SQL and relational databases
• An understanding of .NET development and n-tier architected systems on Windows Servers
• LineData LVTS, Charles River, LatentZero or similar a plus.



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

Equity Trading Systems Developer

Contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent candidates will be considered.


Department Profile:

The IT-Research Systems Group provides development and support to various Investment Divisions in all areas of the investment process, including research, portfolio construction and optimization, pre and post trade analytics, trading, middle and back office.

Position Overview:

Client is looking to fill an open development position on the Trading Systems team. The ideal candidate will be a self-directed, mid to senior level software development professional that has a clear track record of productive contributions to the delivery of successful custom development projects dealing with equity trading. The candidate should be able to communicate and collaborate in a team setting with other developers, analysts, project managers, and end-users. Frequent interaction with traders, analysts, and portfolio managers may be required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test multiple .NET applications as part of a trading systems implementation and integration project.
• Work closely with the project team to understand requirements and ensure that requirements are satisfied. The team consists of technical, project management and trading professionals.
• Provide any technical expertise for the trading systems implementation and integration project.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 5 years .NET development experience
• 3-5 yrs development experience in MSFT SQL Server 2005 (2008 a plus)
• Experience with WCF, WPF, LINQ, XML, and MSMQ a plus
• LineData LVTS, Charles River, XIP, LatentZero or similar a plus
• InfoReach, FlexTrade, Portware, EMSX or similar a plus.
• Java, perl, kdb+, wombat, data cache/fabric technology all a plus.

Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albertb@avidtr.com or via phone at 617-951-1893.

ASP.NET/VB.NET Developer

Full time position at financial firm in Waltham, MA

2-8 years of experience in middle tier .NET development

DEVELOPER

The Development department creates, builds, and maintains software applications to help everyone associated with company work more efficiently.

As a developer, your responsibilities would include:
• Enhancing and developing applications for our internal staff, as well as our advisors, relying primarily on Microsoft technologies
• Being involved with all aspects of the development process, from application design to coding, testing, and rollout

The ideal candidate would also meet the following requirements:
• At least 2–3 years’ programming experience in Microsoft technologies
• A minimum of 1 year of experience with ASP.NET/ VB.NET
• Experience with SQL/relational databases
• Solid communication skills
• A strong work ethic
• Financial services industry experience, a plus



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

SQL Implementation Manager

Full time position at a financial firm 15 minutes West of Boston.

Summary:
Project owner and lead of a SQL 2000 to SQL 2008 migration targeted for 2010. Act as a SQL liaison between the production technology team and the New Technology team and will work in close alliance with the Development, QA, Infrastructure, IT Production and Helpdesk support teams in providing service excellence and platform insight to enhance the efficiency, integrity, safety and soundness of our SQL systems. Develop administrative as well as optimization and monitoring efficiencies in all SQL platforms. Visual FoxPro (VFP) experience is preferred.


Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Ownership of upgrading our existing SQL 2000 platforms (Production, DEV, QA, UAT, Train) to SQL 2008.
Formulation of monitoring, optimization and capacity planning of all RPS SQL instances
Provide guidance on managing database growth and database indexing and general SQP environment health
Troubleshoot production issues, provide expedited resolution and 24 x 7 support for mission critical systems
Assist with and develop ETL processes and data warehouse development
Work with key vendors (EMC, Microsoft) to identify problems and propose solutions
Lead weekly Core/New technology team “SQL Forum” where common challenges are discussed
Manage SQL DBA
Assist Core and New Technology teams on VFP to SQL table migrations
Develop an audit-proof SQL Security methodology and policy, using ADS best practices
Create a library of SQL documentation
Review and provide recommendations to change control and SQL source code management practices
Evaluate new technologies and recommend appropriate solutions to support company products and services
Collaborate with users and domain experts. Strive for establishing a high-level of trust & credibility


Job Requirements :

10+ years MS SQL Administration: expertise in MS SQL server 2000, 2005 and 2008
Demonstrated experience with a SQL 2000 to SQL 2008 migration
Experience with Windows Active Directory, and SQL security integration
Experience with SQL performance optimization on EMC or other enterprise storage systems
Experience with SQL Server Integration services and DTS
In depth understanding of SQL Server architecture, tools and security
Experience supporting systems that have high transaction rates, and large volumes of data
Hands on manager, potentially responsible for 2 -3 direct reports
Ability to multi-task and operate under tight deadlines and high profile situations
Excellent written and verbal communications
Will be required to occasionally works evenings, nights and weekends
Strong inclination towards knowledge exchange
Ability to work independently and on a team
Mastery of Microsoft Office
Visual FoxPro, .Net and Oracle experience a plus
Financial Industry experience preferred


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

Eagle PACE SRM Business Analyst

Full time or long term contract

Overview:
Reporting to the manager of the Project Management/Business Analyst team within Investments Control, the PACE Business Analyst will focus on projects related to the Eagle Investment Systems PACE data warehousing system. This individual will be responsible for collaborating with all operational teams within the Investments Control Group to document business requirements while coordinating with Technology department. This position will also be responsible for overseeing operational projects, evaluating existing workflow, and coordinating projects that span across multiple teams. The position also includes supporting the needs of Investments Control and the investment divisions as they relate to operational systems/workflow and/or ad-hoc requests, and working with Investment Control managers to identify initiatives to improve efficiencies/capacity within systems, applications and workflow processes.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Develop a thorough understanding of all functions performed within the Investment Control Group
• Elicit the operational community’s requirement for enhancing existing systems and workflow
• Provide process and technology recommendation for improving efficiency or reducing risk associated with our operational environment
• Liaise with member of our IT staff to ensure project requirements are clearly documented and that initiatives are progressing as expected
• Develop/review business testing processes to ensure requirements are met and implementation risk is mitigated.
• Work with the business community to establish functional requirements for the warehouse, including data loading, data exports, data storage requirements, and reporting requirements
• Write business requirement documents to be utilized by our IT staff
• Provide timely updates on progress of assigned tasks to project manager
• Coordinate/execute QA test plans on behalf of the functional department within Investments Control
• Become a subject matter expert related systems integrated with the PACE warehouse

Required Skills:
• Expertise with Eagle Investment Systems – PACE, Security Reference Manager (SRM), and PACE Reporting
• SQL Querying Capabilities
• Understanding of Security Master and Transactions within PACE
• Familiar with Bloomberg, Reuters, IDC vendor files
• 5+ years experience with data warehousing concepts
• Experience writing Business Requirement Documents and QA Test Plans
• Independent thinking, decision-making, ability to work with various departments and strong work ethic are imperative
• Proven analytical skills and demonstrated ability to analyze process with a focus on development solutions which improve efficiency and/or reduce risk.
• Understanding of back office workflows, OTC and Exchange traded securities
• Posses strong project management skills

Mandatory requirements:
• Bachelor degree in business, finance, or a technology science discipline
• 5+ years experience in a Investment Operations or IT organization
• 5+ years experience in a business analyst role
• 5+ years experience in the financial services industry

Additional Skills and Competencies:
• Must be detail oriented with strong communication skills, both orally and written
• High energy and positive attitude- candidate should be conscientious, self-directed and posses a strong work ethic
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals, and meet deadlines
• Must be willing to take initiative and employ good follow-through skills
• Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
• Willingness to take initiative, seeing problems through to final completion.
• The ability handle diverse situations and rapidly changing priorities with deadlines
• Familiar with the investment manager business model (operations, technologies, investment group structure)

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

Senior Application Support Analyst – Fixed Income Systems

Full time, permanent position at Boston Based investment firm.

Purpose:

The Income Systems team is responsible for the all technology that supports fixed income portfolio management and risk management. This includes the project management and support for all in-house developed systems and third party applications, with high standards of security and reliability.


Primary Responsibilities:

1. Provide front-line functional and technical application support for Income portfolio management and trading systems
2. Have detailed knowledge of all business flows, the application architecture and the hardware configuration for supported applications
3. Respond to user inquiries, investigate and resolve system issues or performance problems, escalate when necessary
4. Log and track all user related issues, defects, enhancements and work requests
5. Debug, fix and resume batch processing or scheduling problems
6. Manage system configuration
7. Manage user setup and permissioning
8. Light programming/scripting
9. Maintain business continuity / disaster recovery regimens and oversee annual testing
10. Application release management
11. Modification and enhancement of daily jobs / processes
12. Assist with application unit and regression testing
13. Liaise with internal development teams to troubleshoot software problems and identify solutions
14. Overnight and weekend support, when necessary
15. Vendor management and communication between users and vendors
16. Adheres to IT security and other relevant policies


Job Requirements:

1. 5-10 years providing front-line application support for portfolio management and trading systems
2. Solid technical background analyzing, testing, or developing client-server based and web-based products
3. Strong knowledge of:
* SQL Server programming including stored procedures, functions, views, etc.
* Visual Studio tools
* SQL Management Studio
* Visual Basic/.NET/Java
* MS Access
* Advanced Excel (including VBA)
* Windows Server Management
* Batch auto scheduling
4. Ability to read code and make small / simple modifications
5. Ability to create ad-hoc interfaces, feeds file extracts using scripting tools or programming languages
6. Complete understanding of incident, problem and change management principles
7. Strong initiative, organization, and excellent analysis/problem solving/troubleshooting skills required
8. Excellent communication skills and written skills with the ability to interact with various lines of businesses and support groups within the organization
9. Ability to interact with portfolio managers and traders, understand problems and concisely and precisely communicate solutions
10. Understanding of the portfolio management and trading business and Investment Management industry
11. Experience with Perform, CreditScope, Everest, Charles River (CRD), Axiom, Bloomberg POMS, FX Connect and GTSS preferred
12. Vendor management experience is strongly preferred


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

Charles River Full Time Business Analyst

Full time position at boutique hedge fund in Boston.

Charles River experience required.
Client is currently on version 8x, going to 9x next year.


- Solid support capabilities for Charles River Development System’s trading system, including ability to modify trade file exports and domain knowledge of all security types
- Minimum 5 years in investment management, preferably hedge fund
- Proven experience as a business analyst for portfolio managers, traders and operations systems
- Strong knowledge of securities data, including Bloomberg
- Reasonable knowledge of SQL (MS)
- Reasonably strong project management skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Familiarity with Securities Operations processes, especially trading & settlement issues. ( e.g. sources of breaks, settle & payment delays, brokers, counterparties, custodians, accrued on trade, trading flat, clean/dirty price etc. )
- Some knowledge of accounting – sufficient to be able to use VPM (e.g. realized vs. unrealized, sub accounts, accruals, fx gains / losses (non USD symbols & Crrncy Fwds) , clean vs dirty pricing (options), etc )
- Both BA for implementation, including settlement rules, trade file generation, tax lot load… and BA for “from scratch software development” outside of CRD

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

Charles River Consultant

Duration: 4+ months

Help support a new deployment of Charles River 9.1.4. The candidate will be expected to be on-site from 7:30 am to 5 pm, and will work with internal IT engineers and developers, trade operations, traders, portfolio managers and compliance to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Some Charles River development, configuration and testing work be required. Ideally the candidate will have experience working with Charles River consultants and support personnel.

Experience with Charles River CRIMS and SQL is expected. Solid version 8 experience is a pre-requisite. Any version 9 knowledge would be helpful, but is not a requirement. It is expected that there will be 4-6 weeks of ramp-up time on version 9.

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

Portfolio - Fund Accounting consultant

Financial client in Waltham, MA
Contract position

Candidates must be able to pass a background check including financial (no bankruptcy or bad debt), criminal, employment and education.


3-6 month contracts

Our client is looking for an Accounting expert, ideally in the fund accounting area. This consultant will be reconciling accounts and cleaning up transactions. (Security Master cleanup, data maintenance, downloading data and loading up data into Product Master, creating spreadsheet tools to help spot data discrepancies and cleanup, etc). The candidate should have experience working with a product master; researching classifications by utilizing systems such as Factset, Bloomberg, Morningstar, or Thompson. Beginner SQL skills (basic query functions) is a plus


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

.NET Developer

Full time position at financial firm in Boston

POSITION SUMMARY

The Mid –Level Developer will be a member of the software development team. This position will help design and program web based business applications using ASP. Net and C#.


Key Responsibilities
• Responsible for reading an existing code base in order to analyze its behavior and make fixes or enhancements to it.
• Responsible for unit testing code
• Responsible for revising existing code without impacting its functional behavior.
• Responsible for basic use of a version control tool as well as a general understanding of software configuration management.
• Responsible for providing solutions to complex problems.
• Responsible for presenting designs to solutions to Solutions Architect
• Responsible for peer code reviews
• Responsible for creating technical documents
• Responsible for meeting project objectives on time.
• Responsible for effective communication and interaction with Project Teams


KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED
Technical Knowledge:
Must have some understanding/ Practical Usage of:
• Read Code: Understands how to analyze a code base.
• Write Code: Understands the fundamental constructs of object based programming.
o Basic syntax and semantics
o Variables, types, expressions, and assignment
o Conditional and iterative control structures
o Functions/Procedures Parameter Passing
o Error Handling
o Data Access

• Relational Database fundamentals
o Data Types
o Creating and Modifying database schema
o Basic and Advance Set Operations
- Data entry, updates and deletions
- Data retrieval, summarization and reporting
o Relationships and Joins
o Cursors, Triggers, Functions, Stored Procedures and Transactions
o Error Handling
o Data Modeling
• Web Services

Must have some understanding of:
• Software Design
o Structured Decomposition
o Patterns and Practices
o Algorithms
o Efficient Coding Techniques
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Use of Libraries and Frameworks
• Debugging
• Integrated Development Environments
• Version Control
• Manual/Automated Unit Testing
• Refactoring
Use of Build Automation


Technology Platform Specialty
• Microsoft C#
• HTML /Java Script/CSS/XML/XSLT
• .Net Framework 2.0/3.5
• Windows Communications Framework
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Team Foundation Server
• MS Build
• Visual Studio 2005/2008 IDE
• Windows Services
• Messaging/Microsoft Message Queue
• Internet Information Server (IIS) Basic Administration
• Windows Smart Client Programming
• Microsoft Silver Light
• Microsoft SQL Server Report Services
• Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
• Microsoft Guidance Automation Toolkit
• Microsoft BizTalk 2006
• Windows Server 2003 Basic Administration
• Basic Data Modeling Tool
• Microsoft Visio

Business Knowledge
Investment Finance/Asset Management – Fixed Income
• Working Knowledge of Financial concepts
• Financial Entities and their data representation Company (Issuer), Security (Asset), Portfolio, and Holdings (Positions).
• Financial Instruments and their data representation; Equities, Bonds, Loans and CDS
• Financial Holdings and their data representation; Par, Market Value
• Articulation of Work Flow and Data Flow from investment recommendation, trade settlement, financial statements and reporting.

Training: • Strong leadership skills and experience



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

Java contract

Java contract 6-12 months
Downtown Boston location

Candidate must come from an Agile development environment.

Our client is looking for a developer with solid Java Enterprise experience in multiple tier development environments. The person in this position will need to contribute to decisions regarding which frameworks will be utilized and will then participate in a very collaborative development environment that includes lots of peer code review. This is a very dynamic and innovative team and so the successful candidate will not only have solid technical skills and knowledge but will also need to be very creative in their approach and thought process. Client is currently on the Java EE 6 Platform so experience with this is highly desirable. Business domain knowledge in the Financial Services space would be a plus but not mandatory for this position.

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

Financial BSA

This is a contract to hire position at a financial client in Waltham, MA.

-5-7 years of Business Systems Analysis experience required
-Meeting with business users, gathering requirements, writing functional specifications, testing end product
-BA on the full life cycle of a product required
-Financial services experience a big plus as is CRM experience
-Any Project Management experience will set a candidate ahead of others for consideration

Immediate interviews and candidate can start ASAP.


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

Sr + Mid SQL Server DBA

Top tier investment firm in the financial district of Boston.

There are 2 open positions, one is senior and one is mid level.

These are full time, permanent position. No sponsorship available. Must be local candidates.

Department Profile:

The Database Administration and architecture team is responsible for supporting and architecture of a global SQL environment. Responsibilities would encompass day-to-day administration, daily maintenance and optimization tasks and assisting developers in the creation of new databases. The team also provides support to all vendor and packaged applications which use SQL server as a backend.

Overview:

Reporting to the Database Manager, this Senior level DBA would assist in providing world class support and leadership to our developers, application support and business teams.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage a production environment consisting of 300+ databases, and 50+ production SQL Server’s, most of which are read-intensive databases with a large data load cycle while some are OLTP-based mission critical trading systems
- Manage HA and DR solutions including MS Cluster Server, Database Mirroring, Log Shipping and SQL Replication
- Assist in the development of a GDOC (Global Database Operations Center) where our systems will be monitored via 3rd party products, in-house scripts and a operational dashboard
- Manage the database security models, both in-house developed as well as Windows Auth (AD) based security. Also develop policies to restrict over-privileging and enforce it
- Provide second tier support on-call rotation to all mission critical production systems
- Develop custom scripts to automate various database management processes
- Leverage 3rd party tools (e.g. Red-Gate, Idera) or in-house developed tools to troubleshoot
- Safeguard our production systems by implementing the right security policies as well as managing the MS service pack/hotfix deployment process
- Assist in the migration of SQL Server 2000/2005 to SQL Server 2008
- Assist in the database release management process, be the “gate-keeper” and ensure only QUALITY code is released into production
- Help troubleshoot performance problems using a variety of methods (tracing, query optimization review, error logs, etc)
- Resolve blocking and deadlocking issues, high CPU / memory, analyze job timeouts, ETL loader performance problems.
- Manage database maintenance jobs to ensure optimal performance and data availability.
- Define and enforce database standards, best practices, methodologies, processes and procedures
- Assist in the build out of our SQL Server Analysis Services 2005/2008 (SSAS) OLAP databases
- Provide development and production support for complex SSIS packages
- Architect and implement reports within SSRS 2005/2008

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
- An average of 6-8+ years total IT experience
- An average of 5-6+ years Database Administration
- Knowledge of the financial industry is preferred


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

Senior Business Systems Analyst

Position Location - Boston


DESCRIPTION:

This position will be working directly with one of the business units. The person 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.

Position Qualifications
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
• Experience with investment reporting systems related to fixed income required
• Experience with data warehouse and reporting data marts required
• Strong understanding of relational databases, reporting schemas, data transformations
• Experience with implementation of Reporting systems / portals for portfolio management and investment teams required
• Experience with BI tools, Cube / OLAP technology required
• Experience in MS SQL Reporting services required; MS Report builder expertise required
• Exposure to investment concepts / terminology and systems related to fixed income investments
• Exposure to Wall Street Office 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
• Experience in project management or managing regular software release cycles a plus
• Experience with reporting status, milestones, deliverables regarding the project
• Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications

QUALIFICATIONS:
• 2 - 4 years experience in the financial applications
• Knowledge of fixed securities required
• Knowledge of leveraged loans, bonds, and credit derivatives preferred
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to deliver technology projects on time and within budget


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
• Responsible for project coordination and project reporting standards
• Maintains project status reports that includes tasks/issues/risks
• Maintains project calendar that includes high / mid / low level plans
• Responsible for overall status reporting to Technology Steering Committee and Program Manager
• Monitor and document project task list, progress and resource allocation for assigned projects

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

Eagle Pace Developer

Full time or position or long term multi-year contract
Client is a prestigious financial firm in downtown Boston


Overview:

Reporting to the Manager of PACE Development, the PACE Developer will be responsible for the development, integration, and support of PACE related enhancements. The development team is responsible for importers, exporters, code release, service pack deployments, Advanced Reports, scheduling, and bug fixing. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years experience working in PACE as a developer writing uploader and exporter code. A strong knowledge of back-office investment operations would also be preferred.


Mandatory requirements:
• 2-3 years Eagle PACE development experience - uploaders and exporters
• 3+ years experience in the financial services industry
• 3-5 years experience in a systems analyst / developer role
• 5+ years experience in an IT organization
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience

Skills:
• 5+ years of IT related experience in the investment/securities industry. Specific experience in working with Eagle PACE.
• Strong business/technical perspective and knowledge of the investment/securities industry.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of standard design methodologies and principles.
• Extremely strong interpersonal skills, proven ability to work directly with the business community
• Must be willing to take initiative and employ good follow-through skills

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

Eagle Pace Business Systems Analyst

Full time or position or long term multi-year contract

Overview:

This individual will be responsible for working with the business community as the development group to create business requirement. In addition, this individual will have responsibility for QA plans and ensuring that the final deliverables are accepted in a timely fashion.

This position will also be responsible for project management of PACE related initiatives. The position puts the candidate in contact will all areas of the organization and will be required to work closely with other members of the project team(s).

Mandatory requirements:

• 2-3 years Eagle PACE development experience
• 3+ years experience in the financial services industry
• 5+ years experience in an IT organization
• 3-5 years experience in a business analyst role
• Undergraduate degree in technology discipline or equivalent experience

Skills:

• Experience with Eagle Investment Systems – PACE, Security Reference Manager (SRM), and PACE Reporting, required.
• Experience writing Business Requirement Documents and QA Test Plans required
• Extremely strong interpersonal skills, proven ability to work directly with the business community
• 5 years experience with data warehousing concepts
• 5 years experience in the investment management sector required.
• Must possess strong project management skills
• Must be detail oriented with very strong organizational and communication skills

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

Derivative Systems Director

Full time, permanent position
In person interview and background check required

Job Description
The systems director will have the responsibility for supporting all existing and new applications and projects that enable the derivative business functions within Investment division. This hands-on position is located in Boston and offers the opportunity to liaise with front-office, risk-management, middle-office and back-office global clients, onshore and offshore development teams and vendors. The successful candidate will collaborate with each of these groups to provide technical solutions and requires a solid background in technology, specifically related to systems that support derivative straight-through-processing, accounting and risk management. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience supporting and providing solutions in a global trading environment with geographically distributed teams. Further, a strong business focus, familiarity with business processes within front, middle and back offices and terminology, a desire to partner with a diverse client-base and excellent communication skills are also required.



Responsibilities will include

* Develop and implement a long-term technology strategy to support business needs.

* Establish effective relationships with all system users across the company.

* Ensure that all solutions meet the mandated regulatory and compliance requirements for the industry.

* Establish a strong control systems environment.

* Review and sign off on technical solutions and architecture and implementation plans.

* Manage system availability and service delivery along with future capacity requirements.

* Ensure production and development environments support the requirements of the technology team.

* Ensure proper change and release management for successful production implementations; work with offshore team to develop test strategies, plans and cases to ensure initiatives being implemented meet expected deliverables.

* Develop, mentor, motivate and challenge direct reports and staff

* Evaluate and ensure appropriate systems development (SDLC) and project management processes are being utilized.

* Exercise judgment in identifying issues, developing plans as business conditions change and either develop recommendations or make decisions for changes in plans.

* Conduct feasibility studies, evaluate risks, develop and sell business cases, and implement appropriate technological alternatives, ensuring cost effectiveness.

* Share accountability for clients' satisfaction, system availability and stability.

* Use industry experience and contacts to assist Investments Division in understanding what other similar companies are doing.

* Keep abreast of new market developments in derivatives.


Qualifications:

* BS in Computer science or related field; a Masters degree is preferable

* 8+ years of management or team lead experience

* Knowledge and experience with derivatives (fixed income, commodity, currency, equity)

* Experience with Java, .NET, databases, Matlab, C is desirable

* Experience working with Bloomberg, Reuters and other market data providers

* Systems knowledge in Summit, Findur/Endur, Murex, Calypso and other similar applications in a front to back office environment

* In-depth understanding of strategic business objectives combined with broad industry knowledge of investment products, market practices and securities operations.

* Knowledge of industry compliance and regulatory requirements.

* Proven capability in initiating, motivating and managing change effectively.

* Highly developed presentation and communication skills.

* Demonstrated leadership and project management skills and methodology with a service oriented interpersonal style.

* Ability to work independently as well as part of a team in an international setting.

* Experience supporting global trading and development environment

* Experience managing resource and costs within budget

* Strong influencing and negotiation skills

* Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain positive cross-department relationships to attain collaborative solutions

* Demonstrated ability to manage pressure and to provide clear direction to people during times of crisis

* Strong application and architecture knowledge of systems

* Thorough understanding of current business objectives and ability to initiate system strategies to support them.


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