Position Title – WR151009032015

Sr/Lead Systems Analyst – Derivatives – Calypso/Murex – SQL - Boston, MA Area – Excellent Package

Excellent Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS – Relocation Possible for Exceptional Candidates

Company

Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Outstanding 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:

The Alternatives Systems Team is responsible for supporting and providing advanced tools to analyze, book, price, and risk manage a broad spectrum of products and assets used by the Asset Allocation, Commodities and Hedge Funds Investment teams. In addition this team supports Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity, and Currency OTC derivatives platform used throughout the firm’s portfolio management, trading, and operations. Members of the Alternatives team play critical roles in firm’s success by providing proprietary technology solutions and supporting vendor applications which assist in complex investment decision-making, streamline trading, reduce operational risk, and improve efficiency.

The Lead Systems Analyst, Alternatives Systems will be responsible for the IT support for the users of the firm’s Derivatives platform across multiple business lines and will provide business analysis on multiple ongoing and new initiatives related to derivative infrastructure across all asset classes.

Success in this position requires knowledge of derivative instruments and derivative investment process, a solid understanding of a broad range of technology solutions, and outstanding client management skills.

Responsibilities:

· Work closely with investment and trading professionals to understand business problems and to create effective technical solutions.

· Work closely with members of the firm’s IT teams. Actively participate in the analysis of requirements, design, test, deployment, and support of new technology solutions.

· Be an “expert” in the firm’s derivative infrastructure

· Stay abreast of the “state of the art” as it relates to investment practice, both within the firm and throughout the industry.

Required Skills and Competencies:

· Minimum of five years of experience in the investment industry, with a minimum of three years in a systems role related to one or more of the following areas: derivatives, equity, fixed income

· Demonstrated client focus and relationship management skills.

· Solid understanding of fixed income and equity derivative instruments, knowledge of quantitative concepts, and related front-office investment processes.

· Previous experience with Calypso, Murex or a similar Derivatives vendor system

· Previous experience acting in a business analysis capacity, including knowledge of software requirements gathering processes.

· Practical knowledge of quantitative and analytical aspects of one or more of the following markets: Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives

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

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

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

· Strong delivery focus and ability to overcome obstacles.

· Bachelor’s degree is required.

· CFA charter, or work towards one is strongly preferred.

Keys to this Position:

1) We are seeking strong Systems Analysis skills (gathering business requirements, writing functional specs, working with development teams, testing, etc.).

2) Experience supporting Investment Professionals (i.e. Portfolio Managers, Traders, etc.) is required. The candidate may have previously worked for a buy side or sell side firm or a bank – May have worked for firms like Fisher Francis, Barclay Point, Pyramis, CRD, Numerix, Geode Capital, DST Global Solutions or the like.

3) Domain Knowledge: knowledge of Investment instruments (such as Fixed Income, Equities, Derivatives, Hedge funds, etc.) is required.

4) Previous experience with Calypso, Murex or similar vendor Derivatives system is required

5) Technical: the candidate must know SQL to be able to query the database.

6) Excellent communication skills required.