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Position Title – WR75763R062016
Sr. Systems Analyst – Portfolio Accounting - Investment Management – Boston, MA Area – $$ Open
Outstanding Compensation Package – Base + Bonus + PS
Relocation Possible for an exceptional match – US Based Only
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 Investor and Portfolio Technology (IPT) team seeks a Senior Systems Analyst who will be responsible for providing systems and business analysis on enhancements and major initiatives in support of the Portfolio Accounting function. The objective of the team is to enhance our vendor portfolio accounting application, Geneva (Advent/SS&C) and its integration points with other systems to provide improved functionality such as withholdings tax, derivatives processing capabilities, feeds processing and production of accurate, near real time data flows into front office systems. Projects are comprised of functional and systems enhancements as well as supporting new, highly visible strategic initiatives.
This person should have a good understanding of portfolio accounting and must be able to provide functional and technical requirements documentation, integration/UAT test plans, and support for working through the entire implementation life cycle. This individual must be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of assignments with people at all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities:
· Partner with the Portfolio Accounting (Geneva) business team to define and document requirements
· Champion the user’s needs to the software and quality assurance engineers
· Assist in the design, testing, and support of the main Portfolio Accounting Application and its integration components
· Work collaboratively with IT and business teams across Wellington (e.g. Compliance, Trading, Investment Management, Global Relationship Management, and Investment Data Services).
· Document, track, and research production issues and work with appropriate teams on the resolution
Required Skills and Competencies:
· A minimum of eight years’ experience as a systems or business analyst.
· Experience in Financial Services systems and an understanding of data flows within Portfolio Accounting.
· Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans; strong analytical skills
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced team environment.
· Experience in writing basic SQL commands and comfort in navigating relational databases
· Experience supporting critical production applications and incident management process
· Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems or related discipline
Keys to this Position:
1) Domain knowledge: Portfolio Accounting knowledge. Ideally the candidate will have Advent Geneva Portfolio Accounting knowledge. Comparable to Geneva would be Eagle or FISERV. If the candidate has other back office knowledge that will suffice as long as they meet the soft skill criteria i.e. proactive, hard-working, self- motivated, etc.
2) Strong Systems Analysis skills (A minimum of eight years’ experience as a systems analyst writing requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans; strong analytical skills.
Contact Information – Resumes in Word format to:
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org
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