Thursday, July 21, 2011

Financial Services Advisory Managers - (US-See Below)


Financial Services Advisory Managers - (US-See Below)

Compensation: 
$100K - $150K / Year
Minimum Education: 
Bachelors
Job Type: 
Full Time
Jobcode: 
EJFJA20

Positions Based in NYC, Boston, Washington DC and vicinity, Charlotte and San Francisco 
80% Travel 

Manage client engagement teams, work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services, and lead business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts. The successful person 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. Must have 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. 


Qualifications 

To qualify, candidates must have: 
• a Bachelor's degree and approximately 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience 
• a degree in computer science, engineering, accounting, finance or a related field; MBA or MS degree preferred 
• a minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience at a financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services company 
• demonstrated ability to manage and supervise a team of technology advisors through all phases of the technology life cycle, including requirements definition, architecture design, 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 
• characteristics of a forward thinker and self motivator that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge 
• ability to work collaboratively in a team environment (and know when to lead and when to follow) 
• strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• a strong work ethic 
• a willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 50-70% 
• a valid driver's license valid in the US and a valid passport required; willingness and ability to travel internationally 
Prior Experience in the following areas: 
• Finance technology architecture design 
• Financial systems (General Ledger / Sub-Ledger) design and implementation 
• Systems selection 
• Finance transformation and accelerated close improvement 
• Financial systems assessment 
• Financial process assessment and design 
• Financial systems reconciliation redesign or improvement 
• Budgeting, planning and forecasting improvement 
• Performance management and measurement 
• Financial / Management reporting enhancement 
• Post-merger integration 
• Data governance and management 
• Business intelligence and decision support 
• Technology program / project management (PMO) 
• Technology change management 
• Definition of business and technical requirements 
• Data mapping and conversion 
• Proof of concept solution design 
• Quality assurance and testing 
• Business and IT process reengineering 

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

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