Project Lead - Settlements - (US-CA-Greater Los Angeles)

Project Lead – Settlements - (US-CA-Greater Los Angeles)

Compensation: $110K - $125K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: WJKJASET

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Must have: Asset Management, Settlements & Fixed Income background.

Individual will be responsible for leading settlement related initiatives while managing day to day activities of a small team of developers and business analysts. This position will be responsible for recommending strategic and tactical changes in work flows considering the integration of both third party vendor solutions and proprietary systems pertaining to middle and back office support departments. The candidate will be responsible for gathering requirements and creating functional and non-functional specifications and regularly meet with the end user to review overall effectiveness and tackle problems related to settlement functionality.

Responsibilities/Duties:
§ Act as senior business and system analyst to translate client needs into business requirements and system specifications; work with business users across functional groups to truly and systematically identify business problems and propose innovative solutions; communicate requirements to developers and provide guidance for creating test plan and test cases
§ Manage projects through software development lifecycle and deliver good quality solutions under tight schedule and budget. Coordinate with project leads and developers in pertinent IT groups for necessary changes to mitigate system dependencies and ensure successful delivery
§ Perform necessary quality assurance and acceptance test

Specifications:
§ Requires 6+ years experience in business and system analysis, writing functional and non-functional requirements for complicated business problems in financial service industry
§ Requires 5+ years experience in product or project management for complicated financial systems
§ Require good knowledge of fixed income securities, prefer specific knowledge in TBA, MBS/ABS, SWAP
§ Requires 10+ years of information systems experience, prefer in financial service industry
§ Basic knowledge of relational database environment, SQL/Oracle, and Java required
§ Microsoft Windows NT, word processing and spreadsheet applications required
§ Client-server, 3 tier architecture, and GUI development concepts preferred
Competencies:
§ Extensive business and system analysis working experience with good understanding of popular requirement management (i.e. RUP) and change control management methodologies
§ Proven ability to understand complex business process and problems, and transfer requirements to clear functional requirements and system specifications
§ Has good knowledge in asset management principles, settlements and allocation processes for complex fixed income instruments
§ Strong understanding of, or experience in, a fixed income management company or middle/back office environment required
§ Clearly understand purposes, objectives, practices and procedures of the Trade Processing, Settlements, and Fund Accounting departments and related business units
§ Has a good knowledge and experience with product and project management and familiar with various product management and software project development lifecycle methodologies
§ Proven effectiveness with leading systems development at both the strategic and hands on project management level or implementation with progressively more complex responsibilities in an investment management client focused environment
§ Has good understanding of basic technologies such as database, Java, and other front end technologies; Be able to communicate requirements in technical language and understand system dependencies in technical level

Academic Qualifications (minimum requirements):
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related; graduate degree in Finance or MBA is preferred; CFA certification is preferred.

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Sr. MS SQL Server DBA - (US-NY-New York)

Sr. MS SQL Server DBA - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $120K - $130K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: TJKJA6

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Flexible on salary

Be the go-to person for MS SQL Support and Maintenance. Play a key role in standardizing and enhancing the organization’s database server architecture. Create and maintain robust, reliable, integrated and efficient databases, scripts, and queries in both the development and production environments. Work closely with the technology team, operations and development, and focus on operational DBA responsibilities. Depending upon the project, on average, you can expect that 50% of your time will involve database performance tuning, analysis and layout and 50% will be devoted to database administration.

Competencies:
4+ years of SQL Server DBA experience.
4+ years of MS SQL Server database development experience with similar systems including tables, views, stored procedures, triggers and indexes
Experience with database recovery
Experience with automation database scripts, database running and query analysis
Coding in Java
Database clustering
Experience with Storage Area Networks
Detail oriented, very organized, with strong writing and communication skills
4 year degree in Computer Science or related field.

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SQA/Test Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

SQA/Test Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $75K - $85K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: TJKJA5

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Develop thorough test plans that ensure the effectiveness of custom technology solutions, validate each solution’s ability to meet requirements guide business users in appropriate verification of functionality. Coordinate and track execution of appropriate testing plans. Work with development teams to identify key areas of risks in new solutions. Develop and support training plans for new technologies as needed. Communicating testing status on a regular basis to project team members. Help define the future of automated test tools.

At least four years experience in QA, focused on web-based solutions
Experience with JMeter &/or JUnit
Experience with SQL queries
Experience with Contact Management/CRM Solutions a big plus
Detail oriented, extremely organized, will have exceptional writing and communications skills
4-year degree in Computer Science or related field.

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Community Bank President - (US-FL-Fort Walton)

Community Bank President - (US-FL-Fort Walton)

Compensation: $105K - $135K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: W205652JA

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Experience Required : 5 - 10 years
Degree Required : 4 Year Degree
Travel Required : to 25%
The Community Bank Market President will assume personal responsibility for meeting and exceeding all performance objectives related to sales, referrals, profitability, and expense management for the Fort Walton, FL market. Aggressively market financial solutions with a goal of winning new clients and expanding existing relationships. Conduct relationship reviews with business and affluent customers and prospects, and identify, sell or refer appropriate financial solutions including credit products, deposit products, private client products and services, investment products, insurance services, and financial planning. Develop prospects by making consultative sales calls, qualifying prospects, and converting prospects to clients. Develop and maintain effective referral sources. Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of all relevant products and services. Coordinate with Loan Administration Portfolio Management to support the quality, profitability, and managed risk exposure of the loan portfolio. Aid in strategically assessing the risk profile of relationships and help define risk management guidelines and relationship plans accordingly. Participate in community development activities that materially contribute to business development efforts. Partner with other employees within the market to ensure a uniform, consistent and effective approach to community involvement. Partner with regional leadership and corporate contributions to maximize the effectiveness of corporate giving within the community. Lead, coach, and develop a team of Community Bankers within the market, as well as motivate the entire local employee base. Set strategies and deploy tactics that will ensure team performance, targets and goals are met. The market's complete general ledger performance will be the responsibility of the Community Market president.

REQUIREMENTS: Minimum Qualifications: Must have undergraduate degree or equivalent banking leadership experience. Minimum of eight years banking industry experience. Business, commercial or corporate lending experience, specifically focusing on partner products and processes, retail bank, investments, commercial, corporate, private client. Demonstrated solution based sales experience in the financial services industry. Preferred Qualifications: Currently lives in, has lived in, or has ties to the Fort Walton market. Attended graduate or undergraduate school in the area. Experience in commercial banking, retail banking and/or private banking highly desired.

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Lead Architect - (US-NY-New York)

Lead Architect - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $125K - $150K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: TJKJA4

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Will lead a small group of developers using Web 2.0/AJAX and creating new applications, replacing existing web applications. Responsible for providing technical architecture and vision, as well as leading a team of 2-4 software developers through an entire development cycle. This role requires a highly seasoned professional who is creative yet possesses disciplined thought.

Required:
· Architect and develop scalable applications in a dynamic environment, using Java, Struts 2 Framework, and the Dojo Javascript library.
· 7+ years experience developing increasingly complex and sophisticated software, of which 3 years were at the architectural level
· 3+ years as a technical project lead
· 5+ years experience developing in Java
· Must have experience developing in Linux, Apache, Tomcat or other web servers and JUnit
· Object/relationship modeling experience and software (IBATIS, Hibernate, Torque, etc.)
· Ajax and asynchronous web-application experience.
· Experience with Torque framework is a strong plus
· 4-year degree (or more) in Computer Science, BSEE, or related field
· Excellent Mentoring Skills
· Detail-oriented, organized, good writing and communication skills
· Ability to operate effectively, and with a sense of possibility, in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment


Really nice to have:
Exposure to portals (Websphere, in particular)
Experience with Open Source solutions
Experience with Perl
Agile development practices

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Technical Recruiter--Contract to Hire - (US-NY-New York)

Technical Recruiter--Contract to Hire - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $40.00 - $45.00 / Hour
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: TJK2

$40-50/hr (target $45/hr.) Will Convert to $80-100K
Must have 4-year degree, and be a “Seasoned” Technical Recruiter. The requirement  is experience from FOR PROFIT environments.

Must have proven ability to work on multiple open requisitions with proven ability to conduct full technical screens including, but not limited to: Programmers, Application & Database Developers, DBA’s. Web Developers, Architects, Technical Leads, Help Desk (all levels), Network & Infrastructure, Managers up through Department Heads.

Some of the Technology: Java, J2EE, Web 2.0, AJAX, Struts, Dojo Javascript, Agile methodologies, Linux, Apache, Tomcat, JUnit, Hibernate, Torque, SQL, Postgres (or Oracle), .Net, etc.

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Finance ERP Business Analyst - (US-CT-Windsor Locks)

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Finance ERP Business Analyst - (US-CT-Windsor Locks)

Compensation: $80K - $100K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: HS69562JA

Experience Required : 5 - 10 years
Degree Required : 4 Year Degree
PAID RELOCATION AVAILABLE
Summary: Looking for an individual that has a strong interest in financial process analysis with the goal to make standardized / optimized / and easier to use changes through utilizing systems in a more productive manner. Candidates should have a strong interest in IT capabilities and a drive to use them to make a real impact on the financial processes. Candidates should possess good interpersonal skills, with an eagerness to learn new things while working within a team environment.

Key Responsibilities:
Support ERP conversions by owning financial applications / processes.
� Act as a Financial Module Lead for ERP conversions
� Project Management responsibilities
� Coordinate IT, Central Finance and BU Finance resources
� Facilitate process mapping sessions to compare the BU's financial processes to the ERP Standard process definitions
� Facilitate Gap analysis of BUs financial process requirements to ERP standard processes
� Closure of gaps through process changes or system configuration / modifications
� Lead data conversion definitions and action plans
� Lead gap closure decisions and action plans
� Manage and Support the Post Go-Live phase of conversions.
� Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and the System Development Life Cycle

Grow in knowledge of financial modules within JDE and the HS Standard definitions to become a Financial ERP Lead.
� General Accounting � Address Book, G/L, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets

Software/Systems Used: JD Edwards � World and One World, HFM, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access), .NET

Additional Information (i.e. travel requirements, overtime):
� Key characteristics:
- Project Management Skills
- Organizational skills Demonstrated in Prior Assignments
- Good communication skills, verbal & Written
- Project/Assignment documentation skills
- Experience in writing Specs / Testing / Implementing a plus
- Self-starter
- Drive to learn new skills (business and technical)
- Approximately 25% travel required

Candidate Must Have :
* JD Edwards World & OneWorld
* Bachelor's Degree

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