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Position Title – WR738801092014

Sr. or Lead Systems Analyst – (Pricing or Security Master) – SQL - FS – Boston, MA – Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS

Local Candidates Only

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 Summary:

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Systems Analyst to join a strong, collaborative team in a role focusing on analysis with leadership and advancement opportunities. Our team covers a wide variety of asset types, including equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC securities and fair value assessments, which are used throughout the firm. The Senior Systems Analyst will learn about a variety of assets and work with multiple teams. We use a number of major vendors and also seek out best of breed to price niche investments classes.

The Senior Systems Analyst will participate in the system design and analysis for development projects for 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 for implementing business requirements and see them through to completion. Our applications require a strong focus on scalability, quality and application integration with the downstream consumers of pricing data.

Responsibilities:

· Work with Pricing business team to define, analyze and document requirements.

· Document functional specifications and work directly with development and QA to ensure delivery.

· 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.

· Provide team leadership on assigned projects that may include both full time and consulting staff in a matrix organization.

· Act as an escalation point person for support issues that require detailed analysis and management.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Minimum 5 years’ experience as a systems analyst in the financial services industry

· Strong hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology

· Demonstrated experience in business and systems analysis

· Experience in Data Management a plus

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

· Ability to work effectively in a multi-location team environment

· Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills

· Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate field

Keys to this Role

1) Strong Systems Analysis skills are required (requirements gathering, writing functional specs, user interaction, etc.)

2) Domain knowledge: Asset Management or Custodian experience is required. Pricing knowledge and experience dealing with Data Vendors (such as IDC and Reuters) is highly desired. Security Master will also be highly considered. We will also consider sell side experience.

3) SQL skills are required.

4) Strong Client interface and Communication skills are required.

5) Leadership and Project Management experience is a big plus.