Accountant - Financial Reporting NYC GEFJA1

Grey Global Group Inc.

Accountant – Financial Reporting

 

 

General Responsibilities:

 

·         Being able to multitask coordinating and obtaining information from a multitude of International and Domestic entities.  Being tenacious and on task keeping detailed information on whom has provided the information that is required and following up with entities which have not.

·        Creating relationships with above mentioned in order to have them respond to many different requests from parent companies

·        Analytical review of both US Domestic and International subsidiary financial statement submissions fielding questions from parent company.  This includes balance sheet roll forward analysis on key balance sheet accounts.

·         Intercompany Analysis on US Domestic and International Intercompany accounts.  Ultimate goal is to provide topside journal entries that they can make in their consolidated financial statements.

·         Ability and desire to become well versed in Cartesis software (new software to the whole company).

·         Educate the subsidiaries on Cartesis reporting (when necessary) and monitor the accuracy and timeliness of their monthly submissions.

·         Collect and organize groups Journal entries and Sox requirements.

·        Periodic special projects.

 

Requirements:

 

·        Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.

·        Strong analytical skills.

·        Good knowledge of PC based computer systems – emphasis on Excel

·        Knowledge/experience working with Hyperion Software (our “old system) and Cartesis (our new system) a plus, but not required.

·        Working Knowledge/experience in consolidations, equity method accounting, International reporting and foreign currency exchange (not required, but a plus)

 

Other

 

·        Minimum 1-2  years job experience  -  general ledger/ financial statement preparation and analysis.

 

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Senior Analyst - NYC - can get to 120 base for right candidate

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Senior Analyst  - NYC - can get to 120 base for right candidate
Investment Management Technology  NYC

Responsibilities:
• This position requires person to develop and maintain .NET applications, develop data extracts using technologies like web services, SQL and various frame works. The person needs to work closely with IIS and database administrators.
• Develop database code in the form of stored procedures, triggers and user-defined functions
• Develop long term database strategy that incorporates enterprise business requirements and future technology directions.
• Develop and document database architectural standards based on combination of known best practices, industry standards and professional experience.
• Participate in the requirements discovery process with members of both technical and business teams and conduct analysis of and provide recommendations for the business requirements.
• Design the next generation schema and SQL to accommodate database production, storage, maintenance, and accessibility.
• Provide technical database-related assistance to various development teams
• Document data models, data dictionary, database related tools, and all database related procedures.
• Work with the customer support team to provide third level post implementation support.
• Ensure effective version control and database change management practices in the development environment.

Technical Requirements:
• 8+ years as a SQL Server developer & .NET with hands-on experience designing, developing .NET applications and MS SQL databases objects that support web based software applications.
• Strong knowledge of .NET development environment/practices/web services with experience in working on enterprise level applications.
• In-depth knowledge of SQL server 2005, T-SQL, DTS, stored procedures, triggers, and functions
• Very Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Platform, Management studio, various tools, installation, Performance tuning, Optimization techniques, Security and user management.
• Knowledge about SQL Server Integration Services 2005 and ETL processes is desired.
• Working knowledge of Java and Eclipse is desirable.
• Extensive knowledge of the principles, methods and techniques used in all phases of database design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance
• Data Transformation and Analysis in both normalized and de-normalized data environments from a wide variety of data sources.
• Experienced in the practice of design reviews and code reviews as a constructive and necessary aspect of development.

Other Skills:
• Must be willing to adopt new agile development strategies and ways of improving software quality and accuracy
• Demonstrated problem solving / trouble shooting ability
• Strong communication skills
• Positive attitude and team oriented
• Can work independently (self starter)
• Willing to work under pressure and take ownership of problems and resolving them
• Experience with any brokerage firm and asset management systems will be big plus.

 

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Team leader - Jersey City - can do 120 base for right candidate CODE LNDJA4

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Team leader  - Jersey City  - can do 120 base for right candidate (if the candidate is strong on VB and is not as strong on Java that would be fine for this need)
Operations Technology

Project Description:
ASAP, Automated Settlements And Payments, is a derivative payment system which receives payments from different source systems. The main functionalities of the system are to create payment notice, confirm and release payments and do journaling. The web portal gives prime broker access to their payments.

Role/Responsibilities:
Projects involved development of the key modules and functionalities ranging from front-end Visual Basic development to backed end Java/TIBCO/JMS.

Requirements:
Strong design and analytical skills on technical development.
Involved in full project life cycle from design, coding, implementation to support.
Strong communication skills.
Comfortable with Windows and UNIX/Linux environment
Knowledge of VB, Excel Macro/Addin
Knowledge of Java, XML and Weblogic
TIBCO and JMS messaging will be plus
Strong knowledge in relational database - Sybase
Knowledge of financial products

 

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NYC - Unix Admin CODE AAKJA1

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No H1-Bs

Salary to about 90K + bonus

IMPORTANT NOTE:
This position will require working Tuesday-Saturday or Sunday-Thursday

Qualifications: Degree or currently attending college/technical school in a computer technology field.

The candidate should be familiar with the day-today operational issues surrounding the various business computer technologies listed below.

The candidate should be familiar with operational disciplines such as project management, problem management, change management, network/server monitoring, systems monitoring, server backups/restores, and multi-platform integration/communication.

This position requires that the candidate have at least 3+ years experience with the following technologies:

Hardware:
Sun Microsystems (Sparc server/workstations, Ultra server/workstations, Ultra enterprise servers), X86 hardware (IBM, DELL, HP, or equivalent)

Operating System:
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 and later, RedHat LINUX

Other:
Microsoft office suite, NIS, LDAP, NFS, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, Veritas Netbackup, Scripting in one or more of the following: Perl, BMC Patrol, C Shell, Borne Shell, C/C++, MySQL.


Desired skills include:

Hardware:
Digital Alpha, EMC Symmetric, EMC Connectrix, EMC DMX, NETAPP

Operating Systems:
Digital UNIX, Windows NT Other: Lotus Notes, Sybase, Oracle, SAMBA, PC_NFS, and Problem management and escalation applications.


Duties Include:
- Combination of on-site and 24x7 on-call support
- Represent Client Server Administration team on various firm initiatives
- Manage various projects sponsored by Client Server Administration
- Monitoring all distributed systems infrastructure
- Creation, and updating support scripts and documentation
- Perform periodic server maintenance - Support server backup and restores
- Provision and maintain servers and associated peripherals 
   
  THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE WORKING TUESDAY-SATURDAY OR SUNDAY-THURSDAY.

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Business Analysis Team Lead - Audit Technology (VP level) - Jersey City CODE LNDJA2

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Business Analysis Team Lead - Audit Technology (VP level) - Jersey City
Comp - Jersey City but can do NYC if really needed - 125 base max plus bonus

The Audit Technology group is part of the GTS: Corporate department and is focused on delivering portal-based, integrated solutions to help the Audit business achieve their mission – “to identify, assess and mitigate risk by recommending necessary improvements in the system of internal control and by working with management to effect such changes.”  The Project Lead filling this role will be in the unique position of being exposed to all aspects of the firm from trade processing to financial reporting and compliance.  They will be expected to help drive a strategy of continued improvement and innovative thinking to help Audit identify and mitigate risk across the Firm.

Responsibilities:
The person filling this role will head up the business analysis function for the Audit Technology team.  This includes definition of requirements, scope and structure of application releases, functional analysis, as well as management of the QA function for the team.  Additionally, this person will be responsible for managing and conducting user acceptance testing across Audit and contributing to the development and maintenance of the overall technology roadmap for Audit.  The primary contact within the Audit organization is the Audit MIS team, but interaction with the 5 senior Audit directors and their staff will also be required.

Additional responsibilities:

• Manage scope and requirements for application releases
• Working with the Project Manager, develop and maintain the technology roadmap
• Provide structure and best practice methods for all phases of testing (unit, stress, QA, UAT)
• Manage UAT plans and results, working with the Audit MIS team to conduct formal sessions
• Manage a small team (1-2 people) of business analysts and QA resources and be able to evolve the team structure as required
• Work with development staff in the US and India to resolve functional requirement and testing issues in a timely manner
• Propose and design new solutions to improve efficiency and process within Audit (e.g., ways to perform automated testing of controls to free up Auditor’s time and give control to the business units for tracking remediation of issues)
• Identify opportunities to improve the technology, focusing on supporting repeatable business processes and increasing Auditor's efficiency

Requirements:

• Track record of working with a user base with varied requirements and expectations
• Ability to assess and set release priorities
• Experience managing a testing effort, using best practices
• Working knowledge of in-house workflow products such as Staffware and BusinessWorks
• Good working knowledge of all phases of the development lifecycle
• 5-7 years of experience

Critical professional/soft skills include:

• Good organization skills
• Ability to communicate succinctly at various levels in the organization
• Innovative
• Forward-thinking
• Ability to multi-task and a self-starter

Good relationship builder

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Operations Tech - AVP level - 120 base or so plus bonus CODE LNDJA1 Jersey CIty, NJ

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Operations Tech - AVP level - 120 base or so plus bonus
Team Leader to work on the Prime Broker New Initiative Project - Strong Financial experience required
 •  Responsible for the management of one or more related mid-sized, modestly complex projects
 •  Provides overall direction for deadlines for assigned initiatives
 •  Typically manages small to medium size teams
 •  Responsibility for understanding project goals, technical and business requirements
 •  Ensures project objectives are met
 •  Leads team members and manages performance standards
 •  Liaison with business partners for changes and testing of projects
 •   Steers projects in the right direction and implement the project plans accordingly
 •  Responsible for project plans, budget and general cost management
 •  Accountable to the Project Manager

Technical Skills Required:
Unix/Linux
Relational Databases (Sybase, UDB, etc)
Java
Tibco and JMS messaging
Technical Skills Strongly Preferred:
Perl
ETL (Informatica)
EII (composite)
XML
Spring or Tibco GI (AJAX)
Workflow tools (Business works, staffware)
General knowledge of Project Life Cycle
Personal traits:
Good communication skills
Motivated
Self-starter
Organized

 

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