Advisory Services Technology Enablement--Multiple Positions - (US-NY-New York)

Advisory Services Technology Enablement--Multiple Positions - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $80K - $225K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: EJFJA14

To qualify, candidates must have: 
• A Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, accounting, finance or a related field (MBA or MS degree preferred) 
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience working at a financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services company. We will consider candidates with four (4) years of work experience if they possess an advanced degree. 
• Experience working in a wealth management/retail brokerage, broker/dealer, registered investment advisor, and/or private banking firm/company or as a Management Consultant in one of these companies. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage and supervise a team of technology advisors through all phases of the technology life cycle, including requirements definition, architecture, design, development, implementation, conversion and testing 
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating operations with technology skills 
• Ability and comfort level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies 
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50%-70% 
• Experience in the following areas: 
o Target operating model strategy and application system design 
o High level business requirements 
o System selection and Proof of concept 
o Definition of detailed business and functional requirements 
o Definition of technical architecture requirements: application and data 
o Development support and management 
o Conversion strategy and execution (data requirements, mapping, reconciliation, etc) 
o Testing strategy and execution (application, integration, UAT/QA, parallel, and business readiness, etc) 
o Implementation and post-rollout support (training, transition, etc) 
o Business and IT process reengineering 
o Program/project management and implementation planning (PMO) 
• Previous Project experiences in: 
o Target operating model and strategic roadmap/planning 
o Package implementation and integration 
o Custom development and integration 
o Complex Transformation management and planning (Mergers and Acquisitions) 
• Previous Application/Package experience in any of the following: 
o Siebel/Salesforce.com 
o Thompson Beta 
o Sungard 
o Odyssey 
o Charles River 
o Broadridge ADP 
o SEI Trust 3000/GWM 
o Vestmark 
o Checkfree APL 
o Eagle Star/Pace 

The successful candidate should possess strong knowledge of and experience in supervising and executing all phases of the technology life cycle, based on proven project management and testing methodologies. It is essential that the successful candidate possess a deep knowledge of technical architecture design and have a good understanding of technology tools and components to reasonably argue for and against all components (middleware, database, reporting tools, etc.) in financial systems architecture. 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

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