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Financial Investment house
CPSS seeks IT Finance B/A consultant for NYC Financial client. Implementing
and supporting systems that support investment or partnership accounting
systems. Require extensive knowledge of alternative investment products,
operation and processing. Excellent client management skills , prefer US
citizen or GC, submit in ms word to marcia@yahoo.com job code
FBA-5498. Paid on C2C basis. Position: Senior Business Analyst for Fund
Accounting Application Long term contract.
Job Description:
* Responsible for assisting with process design, configuration,
testing, design specification of business requirements.
* Provide engagement management and/or participate in development of
methodology
* Play lead role in the communication/deliverable quality including
technical content of reports, proposals, etc.
* Demonstrate high level of understanding of clients business
* Demonstrate strong knowledge in industry or functional specialty
* Play lead role in management planning, economics, and billing
* Project work anticipated with daily operational duties
* Train and educate the user community in the financial modules
Qualifications:
* 5+ years of industry, vendor or consulting experience in an
alternative investment management or private equity firm, or other financial
services organization with a clear record of expertise, accomplishment and
impact.
* Alternative investment management experience or specialization
should include: portfolio and/or partnership accounting system experience
for a hedge fund, private equity or alternative investment department of an
investment organization
* Extensive knowledge of alternative investment products, derivatives,
structured products, hedging strategies, derivative operations & processing.
* Familiarity with the trading, operations, documentation, settlement
and reporting processes for such securities.
* Experience using, implementing or supporting systems such as:
investment or partnership accounting systems, private equity or hedge fund
accounting, order management, securities dealing, loan management or real
estate accounting, risk management. Familiarity with systems such as: Advent
Geneva and/or Partner, Wall Street Office, SunGard Investran, Thomson
PORTIA, Algorithimics, etc.
* Ability to provide functional design specifications to the user and
development team in order to bridge between Technical and Business needs;
* Application development experience a plus
* Excellent client management skills.
* Knowledge of PC application tools (MS Office, Visio, etc.).
* Excellent communicator with strong problem solving skills.
* Ability to work independently yet cooperatively.
* Team player, ready to take initiative, to think out-of-the-box.
Marcia Cotton