Position: Lead Systems Analyst job at Boston, MA Area - Excellent Package
Location: Boston, MA Area

Lead Systems Analyst job at Boston, MA Area - Excellent Package
Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

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 Equity Support team provides world-class, mission-critical support for all portfolio construction, investment research and business management activities. The Lead Systems Analyst support function is a key role which requires a high level of direct interaction with investment personnel, excellent analytical and communications skills, experience with database technologies including SQL and Oracle, strong Equity, Derivatives and investment process knowledge, and effective project management skills.

This is a high profile role that will provide a broad set of opportunities to streamline processes, proactively manage business outcomes and deliver innovative solutions to complex business problems.

It should be noted that this position is an extremely strategic addition to our IS organization and needs to be filled by a highly qualified and experienced individual with a unique set of skills that include in-depth subject matter expertise, a hands-on leadership style and the ability to handle multiple key projects and responsibilities.

Detailed Responsibilities:

- Work closely with investment professionals at all levels of the organization to proactively identify opportunities for new/improved systems. Partner with investment professional to iteratively deliver applications that are critical to their investment process. On an ongoing basis provide enhancements to previously deployed solutions.

- Assist in coordinating global office support responsibilities, ensuring best practices and clear and concise communication to the global team

- Overall project management, project prioritization and issue resolution

- Set development standards, perform code reviews and ensure development practices adhere to firm guidelines

- Perform data gap analysis and facilitate remediation efforts

- Manage key support projects and lead development and deployment

- Work with users to prioritize needs and provide communication to keep them apprised of progress

- Manage and facilitate implementation of business solutions aimed at investment process efficiency, data quality improvements and simplifying investor work flow

- Strong sense of end-to-end ownership of business outcomes

- Critical thinker who can provide hands-on leadership and employ problem solving skills

Required Skills and Competencies:

- Technology and support leader with a record of success in a large-scale, high-growth, rapid paced, & complex environments. Ideally, the individual will come from a global financial services organization, with a strong preference for asset management and/or capital markets.

- 10+ years of financial services or investment environment experience with a minimum of 5 years proven experience leading technology initiatives supporting, Equity, Hedge Fund, derivatives and other complex asset classes and business processes.

- Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills.

- Proven hands on project management skills with full cycle (iterative and incremental) development experience and a proven track record in managing various components of a small and large-scale system across multiple teams.

- Proven software development experience and in-depth understanding of the full software development life cycle

- Strong strategic thinker with a track record of innovation and transformation to support business growth

- Experience working in an interdependent, team-oriented environment in which effectively managing resources and relationships outside of one’s direct control is critical to success

- Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical production environment.

- Guided by the highest levels of integrity, ethical and professional standards

- Commitment to excellence and continuous improvement

- Team player who works collectively toward common goals and objectives

- Ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively

- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

- Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology.

- Bachelor’s degree is required.

Keys to this Position:

1. This is a very senior role (number two in the department) that is at the Officer level. We are seeking very strong Client Relationship and Leadership skills. This individual will be managing the Boston team within 6 to 12 months of coming on board.

2. Domain Knowledge: This individual must have strong Equity, Derivatives and general investment process knowledge. A CFA is a plus.

3. Systems Analyst skills: We need a strong systems analyst that works effectively with Investment Professionals (Portfolio Managers, Traders, etc.). The ability to query the database with SQL is required.

4. This individual will convey confidence and will have a strong track record of handling ‘challenging users’. Compensation

Very Competitive Base Salary + Profit Sharing + Bonus - Comprehensive Benefits Package

No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation

Contact Information:
Send Resume in Word format only to:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates AT verizon DOT net
WEB Site - www.wrightassociates.org