Project Manager (20204)

Project Manager (20204)

Project Nature

• Establish a standard set of tools and processes for project planning, issue management, status reporting, risk assessment and financial tracking. 
• Establish tools and processes for gathering Metrics that will provide macro-level insight into the various aspects of Project Management. Data gathering and Analysis will span disciplines (Pure Project Management, Quality Control and Development.) 
• Audit projects to ensure compliance to standard SDLC practices 
• Responsible for program and portfolio reporting, including schedule and budget performance, risk rating, issues log and action items, to the senior leadership team on a weekly and monthly basis. 
• Lead and facilitate regularly scheduled PMO key project status reviews.
• Contribute to the continued development of the PMO, including but not limited to the proliferation of project management methodologies, tools, templates, PM and PMO knowledge development and management, PM training, and related collateral and collaboration tools.

Computing/Development Environment Detail:

• Minimum of 12 years experience managing application development projects, preferably in the financial/banking industry 
• Minimum of 7 years experience within a technology Project Management Office (PMO) establishing project management processes, metrics, tools and templates related to program/project planning, scope, issue, risk and cost management 
• Highly Proficient in MS Office tools - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio 
• Highly Proficient in creating and managing SharePoint sites for maintaining PMO documentation 
• Proficient in PMI, program, and project management methodologies. PMP preferred. 
• Experience with SDLC and Agile methodologies 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, detail orientation, and interpersonal skills 
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a challenging, fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Bachelor's Degree

SKILL SET REQUIRED

• Project Manager
• PMO
• SharePoint
• Visio
• Microsoft Office
• SDLC
• Agile
• PMP

This position is at a Warren, New Jersey location. It offers a competitive compensation.

Please contact me by email, yigal@sans.com along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referral greatly. 

PMO ANALYST POSITION (20240)

PMO ANALYST POSITION (20240)


Project Nature

• Define and document processes for best practices and standards in the program and project management space; create templates relating to these standards and best practices
• Work with project and delivery teams to implement process improvements and best practices
• Perform tollgate reviews (formal checkpoints between specific project phases) and other program and project reviews to ensure adherence to governance standards
• Provide weekly program portfolio reporting for the department
• Collect and report metrics

Computing/Development Environment details

• Minimum: Bachelor level college education.
• PMP certification.
• 3 years experience in PMO function or as hands-on IT project manager.
• Familiar with project management methodologies, including SDLC and Agile.
• Expert in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, charts), PowerPoint, MS Project
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated, ability to work independently, and getting things done

Preferred

• Experienced working in the financial services industry
• Knowledge with MS Access 
• Familiar with SharePoint

SKILL SET REQUIRE

• Project Management
• PMO
• PMP
• SLDC
• Agile
• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft Project
• Access
• SharePoint

This position is at a Jersey City, New Jersey location. It offers a competitive compensation.

Please contact me by email, yigal@sans.com along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referral greatly. 

Sr. System Administrator

Senior Systems Administrator (Stamford, CT)
Seeking a permanent, full-time Senior Systems Engineer, with solid experience building and supporting progressive financial technologies, in a fast paced, mission critical environment, and wearing many hats. Stamford based fixed income trading firm, with 3 sites, consisting of approximately 60 employees. This position offers an excellent Oporto unity for someone to gain exposure to best of bred technologies as well as establish themselves in a dynamic, growth oriented environment t. Our client offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Required Qualifications: 

• 7++ years' of experience e as a Unix Systems Administrator managing mission critical infrastructures 
• Expert knowledge of IT security and security best practices 
• Experience managing virtual environment's required 
• Strong understanding of clustering and high availability 
• Strong understanding of storage technologies (RAID,, SAN, NASS, ISCSI, FFC) 
• Demonstrated ability of shell scripting 
• Previous experience supporting a trading desk 
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills required 
• Willingness to work additional hours when necessary 
• Must be available after hours for support calls 
• Must be willing to occasionally travel 

Additional Qualifications: 

• Red Hat Certification a huge plus 
• 2++ years' of experience as a Windows Systems Administrator 
• Experience administering Sybase and Postgre databases a plus 
• NetAp experience a plus 

Responsibilities: 

• Managing environment which consists of Unix and Windows 
• Server/Network optimization for peak performance 
• Troubleshooting network/server performance and connectivity issues 
• Create technical documentation as required for network and sy stem related changes and updates 
• Maintain network and system diagrams utilizing Microsoft Visio 
• Assist with technology planning through ongoing research and testing 

Business Analyst Position 20120

Business Analyst Position 20120



Address user reported application issues

• Generate adhoc reports based on Business Request
• Coordinate with SA's and DBA to address Server/Database related issues
• Coordinate COB ( Continuity of Business) tests
• Work the release management team for application deployments 

Computing/Development Environment Details

• At least have 7 + years of Business Analyst experience
• Strong technology background, especially in Java, Oracle SQL
• Experience in compiling and Data Analysis is required
• Knowledge of KYC (Know Your Customer) is a plus
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office tools and data base concepts
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Work on own initiative, drive requirements to a successful conclusion in a timely manner.
• Ability to present to senior levels of management.
• Quickly grasp and master new requirements and related knowledge.
• Manage tight deadlines or unexpected requirement changes.
• Team player in both solid and matrix line reporting organizations.
• Willingness to ask questions, challenge the process and seek out answers.
• Values diversity, demonstrating an appreciation of a diverse workforce
• Experience with Global / Multi Country initiatives is a plus
• Education Level: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience 

Skills Required for the position:

BUSINESS ANALYST, DATA ANALYSIS, SQL, ORACLE, JAVA, RELEASE MANAGEMENT

This position is at a Wall Street Area, NYC location. It offers a competitive compensation.

Please contact me by email, yigal@sans.com along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referral greatly. 

Project Manager Position 20032

Project Manager Position 20032

Project Nature

• Responsible for delivery of strategic, cross-functional, high visible projects within time, cost, scope, and quality defined boundaries, in accordance with the company's life cycle methodologies and disciplines
• Manage complex interaction of multiple technical and business stakeholders that span multiple businesses, functions and geographies within the company
• Creates project schedule, expense plan, communication plan, tracking & reporting variables
• Manages all projects, tracks time allocations and resource usage
• Leads in implementing/applying standard processes for scope/change management, risk management, issue management, quality assurance, estimate variances and project communications
• Communicate to all stakeholders on a timely basis, including Senior or Executive Level Management
• Supports project negotiations by providing subject matter expertise around retail banking and project lifecycle methodologies
• Builds and maintains high performance teams through own actions and direction provided to others
• Ensures project closes effectively through production turnover, documentation of learning and provision of feedback on project resource performance
• Ensure project satisfies all required policy, audit, financial and technology guidelines
• May require some shift work to accommodate different time zones

Computing/Development Environment Details

• Minimum of seven years experience as a project manager (managing large technology projects) in Retail Banking/Financial Services
• Previous track record that demonstrates the successful implementation of 3-5 large scale, cross functional, strategic initiatives
• Experience handling multiple projects concurrently and consistently meeting project deliverables/deadlines
• Expert knowledge and hands-on experience in application and execution of PMBOK-based project management methodologies and processes
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, influence, negotiation, organization & communication skills
• Ability to influence senior business and technology leaders
• Ability to coordinate and manage across various business segments and technology disciplines
• Previous experience managing projects with Planview or related Project Management software
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Visio
• Experience with BluePrint Requirements Center or other requirements management software , a plus
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, Masters, a plus
• Project Management certification (i.e., Master Certificate or PMP) preferred

Skills

Project Manager

Retail Banking (A MUST)

Visio

Outlook

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

PMP

This position is at a Long Island City, NY location. It offers a competitive compensation.

 

Please send resume to yigal@sans.com, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position

 

Project Manager Position (20043)

Project Manager Position (20043)

Project Nature

Accountable for implementing and maintaining formal project management practices for the several testing tracks that makes up the testing practice. This job includes: interacting with the Test Manager, Test Lead  who lead the testing tracks, as well project managers in the development groups, other project management professionals who may be employed especially on large, multi-functional and/or multi-regional projects, and the service delivery managers in the TCoE; conducting formal project management in this role includes creating and/or updating project plans, tracking scope, budget, resources, schedule, prerequisites, deliverables, and communications - and providing appropriate metrics in all those spaces; understanding and insuring conformance to the standards and processes of the TCoE; selecting/maintaining and integrating the appropriate set of tools, processes and procedures to ensure overall project management efficiency and effectiveness within my organization; providing regular status reporting consistent with established program governance requirements.

Computing/Development Environment Details

• 8-10 years performing formal Project Management, preferably in the software testing space
• Delivery oriented go getter and should be self learner.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Excellent Collaboration, Negotiation, team building and presentation skills
• Experience with project pipeline management & demand management in a large, multi-tracked, dynamic organization - a proven track record in this area with excellent references.
•  In-depth knowledge and working experience with Microsoft Project, experience with Quality Center a plus. Experience working in a global team in a vendor dependent model.
• Must be an excellent collaborator and relationship manager.
•  PMP Certification much preferred.
• A hands-on background in Quality Control/Testing is another big plus and will make this person successful in the team & organization.

Skills

• Project manager
• Testing
• Quality Control
• PMP

This position is at a Jersey City, NJ location. It offers a competitive compensation.

Please send resume to yigal@sans.com, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position

Sr. Data Analyst (20024)

Sr. Data Analyst (20024)

JOB DESCRIPTION:
This position is responsible for helping to support the Technology Management and clients in their needs for program and project management reporting and includes ad-hoc support with data analysis, data collection and metrics reporting.  Additional responsibilities include SharePoint site administration, maintenance and development.

OPPORTUNITY:As a member of the Reporting team, the candidate will have a challenging opportunity to work with a number of Technology units. The individual should be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Candidate will have over 4 years experience in Excel, Access, Visual Basic, BO and minimum 1 year experience in Share point site maintenance,  Info Path forms and designer knowledge.  Hands-on experience in PTS-W will be an asset. Experience in Project Management will be a plus.
NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS:Good communication skills.

KEYWORDS:
Data Analysis
Excel
Access
Visual Basic
SharePoint
VB

This position is at a Tampa Office location. It offers a competitive compensation.

 

Please send resume to yigal@sans.com, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position

Business Management Manager # 20019 FULLTIME

Business Management Manager # 20019  (FULLTIME)


The work of the Business Intelligence group focuses on the providing support for management reporting, process standardization, and cost management. This entails a high level of interaction with various teams across the bank as well as communication with multiple levels of management globally.
Seeking a versatile New York based team member to join existing group to focus on headcount reporting and forecasting, handy management, process re-engineering relating to accruals, provider cost analysis, and GT report standardization.  This role reports to the NY team lead and is part of a global team. 
Overall we support Wholesale and Retail IT Development groups and their clients.

Responsibilities:

• Subject Matter Expert for providing cost analysis and centrally coordinate the total view 
• Partner with finance to validate and agree on the monthly flash results 
• Participate in the monthly balance sheet and results position review with finance 
• Monthly reporting reviews with senior management 
• Participation in the quarterly forecast process and coordination 
• Manage BMS team in the production of the monthly headcount report 
• Joiner / Leaver data analysis and ad hoc reporting 
• Work with divisional admin to ensure proper HR data is available for valid reporting, internal and external headcount 
• Participate in working groups related to headcount process change 
• Develop and implement process for headcount forecasting to be adopted across global technology 
• DB Rib reporting implementation and adoption (or similar central repository tool) 
• Assist in the handy support and central accrual process 
• Management of project initiatives lead by the central team to ensure end to end roll out and adoption 
• Participate in central workstreams as necessary 

Professional and Personal QualificationsBusiness management or controlling experience in the financial industry. 

• High proficiency in Excel, Microsoft access, Powerpoint, Graphing, Charting, Hiperion/Essbase, and ability to work with large complex datasets. 
• Financial experience and knowledge of accounting principles & practices, including budgeting and forecasting. 
• Has experience presenting to senior management and feels comfortable in such a role. 
• Ability to monitor, track and clearly communicate progress, escalating issues when appropriate. 
• The ability to work either independently or as an integral team member sharing ideas and following group standards 
• Strong attention to detail, quick turnaround time, and adaptability to variation in the work type 
• Time Management skills -ability to work in a fast-paced, high pressure environment with various work-streams and demands in place simultaneously.  Strong ability to prioritize and problem solve. 
• Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently, choosing the most appropriate method and medium depending on audience. 
• Ability to develop and implement processes for the long term strategic solution while managing the short term tactical approach.

Education/Certification:

• Master Degree from an accredited college or university (or equivalent) &/or relevant practical experience

This position is at a Wall Street Office location. It offers a competitive compensation.

 

Please send resume to yigal@sans.com, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position

Business Analyst Position (19808)

Business Analyst Position (19808)

Project Nature

• Act as business expert for the team. Write functional requirements and testing scripts.Participate in data analysis and documentation.
• Verify functional and data integrity of the application.
• Manage changes to scope effectively and impact on overall project plans.
• Lead and participate in peer reviews to ensure excellence.
• Assist PM and PL in planning.
• Manage issues list and meeting minutes to ensure transparency and consistency.
• Provide input to the business on guidelines and processes.
• Create process flow diagrams, and data mapping documents.
• Oversee use of design tools to create mock screens and prototypes.
• Drive use of advanced analytic capabilities.
• Assist PM with budget and project management activities.
• Interview stakeholders.
• Document current and future state.
• Develop process flows (both current and future state).
• Identify and implement best practices across the organization

Environment Details

• 5+ years experience in Corporate Banking.
• Detailed knowledge and experience in the Treasury business (payments, receivables, liquidity, transaction services).
• 5+ years experience in applications related to Business Intelligence.
• Expertise in front-end delivery and Graphical User Interface design.
• Strong mathematical skills to drive advanced analytics capabilities.
• Experience in working in a data warehouse with strong policies and implemented processes is extremely desirable.
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry with specific experience in Corporate or Wholesale Banking.
• Experience with one or more of the following is a big plus:
• Business Intelligence Technology

Skills Required for the position:

BUSINESS ANALYST, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, USER INTERFACE;

 

This position is at a Jersey City location. It offers a competitive compensation.

 

Please send resume to yigal@sans.com, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position.

 

 

Project Manager Position (19784)

Project Manager Position (19784)  (NO THIRD PARTIES PLEASE)

Contract position at a large financial services conglomerate.(the reference # for this position:19784)

 

Detailed Info:

• 8+ years direct work experience in a project management capacity; including all phases of a project lifecycle from requirements to production deployment.
• 5+ years experience in Web based applications development projects at a Financial Institution.
• 3+ years experience with large functional teams and processes following SDLC guidelines.
• PMI certification required, PMP certification preferred.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint.
• Demonstrated experience in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is critical.
• Must have had enough technical skills to identify technology solution and requirements fulfillment gaps Must be as comfortable discussing requirements with Business teams as well as with the technology teams Demonstrated experience in personnel management

Development/Computing Environment:

 

• Ability to react to project adjustments promptly and efficiently without compromising quality.
• Ability to prepare/maintain detailed project plans and manage all project tasks.
• Ability to provide project status updates and prepare presentations accordingly.
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Must be flexible during times of change and adapt according to change in direction.
• Must have exposure to dealing with geographically dispersed teams and the ability to adapt to different communication styles from all disciplines.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments.
• Ability to defuse tension among project team, should it arise.
• Ability to bring project to successful completion through political sensitivity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial Overtime may be required to meet project deadlines.
• Early morning hours (6am-8am) and late PM hours (8pm-10pm) may be required to accommodate Global team members schedule.
• Sitting for extended periods of time, due to conference calls and documentation requirements.
• Some travel may be required for the purpose of meeting with clients.

Skills Required for the position:

PROJECT MANAGER, POWERPOINT, EXCEL, WORD, PMP, SDLC, WEB;

 

 

 

This position is at a Newark, Delaware location. It offers a competitive compensation.

 

Please contact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position. If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referral greatly.

 

Send resume to yigal@sans.com

Business Analyst (19748)

Business Analyst (19748)

Project Nature

• The project is undertaken to implement regulatory practices dictated by FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)
• Strong Analytical skills with extreme care for details, including a thorough understanding of how to interview the SMEs to collect business needs across multiple product specializations, interpret and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Thorough understanding of Account and Asset Structures, Taxation, Regulatory Reporting, KYC Practices, AML used in general financial markets including Banking/Trading etc
• Preference would be given to candidates with exposure to Domestic and International Tax Laws and FATCA Regulations.
• Ability to proactively communicate and collaborate with internal and Business/Technology teams to analyze information needs and document detailed Business & Functional requirements and Use Cases along with test cases to validate each of them.
• Excellent track record with about 7 years of experience doing Business Analyst work in a Financial Industry preferably supporting Taxation
• Drive and ability to challenge business on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
• Ability to collect, prepare, communicate project plan/status on a periodic basis and to effectively enforce the project deadlines and schedules
• Ability to read/interpret/map GUI Interfaces along with strong data analysis skills including usage of SQL

 Computing/Development Environment Details 

• Strong Analytical skills with extreme care for details, including a thorough understanding of how to interview the SMEs to collect business needs across multiple product specializations, interpret and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Thorough understanding of Account and Asset Structures, Taxation, Regulatory Reporting, KYC Practices, AML used in general financial markets including Banking/Trading etc
• Preference would be given to candidates with exposure to Domestic and International Tax Laws and FATCA Regulations.
• Ability to proactively communicate and collaborate with internal and Business/Technology teams to analyze information needs and document detailed Business & Functional requirements and Use Cases along with test cases to validate each of them.
• Excellent track record with about 7 years of experience doing Business Analyst work in a Financial Industry preferably supporting Taxation
• Drive and ability to challenge business on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
• Ability to collect, prepare, communicate project plan/status on a periodic basis and to effectively enforce the project deadlines and schedules
• Ability to read/interpret/map GUI Interfaces along with strong data analysis skills including usage of SQL

This position offers a competative compensation and is located in Warren, NJ.
Send resume to yigal@sans.com 

Business Analyst (19746)

Business Analyst (19746)

Project Nature

• Meet with decision-makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, systems, and operations requirements. This position is location in Warren, NJ and offers a competative compensation.  Email resumes to yigal@sans.com
• Ensure that all stakeholders are involved in Pre studies and definition phases and that all tasks that require a technical a solution are identified in the project plans submitted for approval.
• Develop and review Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
• Facilitate meetings with the appropriate subject matter experts to receive specifics on requirements
• Ensure that high-level business requirements have been decomposed properly into useable functional requirements
• Perform analysis to determine and verify business requirements and functional design
• Manage changes to baseline requirements through a change control process
• Maintain issues lists, including minutes from design meetings
• Document functional specifications and SDLC required artifacts
• Document operational flow of multiple business areas or processes
• Develop and execute test plans that will ensure business requirements have been met
• Create test scripts including specific test cases and expected results
• Balance the needs and foster a relationship between the business and the technology areas
• Create flow diagrams, structure charts, and other types of system or process representations
• As appropriate, utilize design tools to create mock screens and prototypes
• Assist Project Manager with the project plan
• Assist in the organization and delivery of presentations

Computing / Development Environment Details

• Minimum of 4 - 6 years of practical experience in analysis, design and implementation of projects within the financial services industry
• Compiling data, defining and documenting business requirements
• Managing, organizing and prioritizing multiple tasks and responsibilities
• Preparing and executing test scripts
• Knowledge of Financial Products and Market Data. Specifically Equities, Fixed Income, and Derivative instruments.
• Technically proficient in Microsoft Office products, MS Project and Visio.
• Knowledge of Transactional Services (Securities & Fund Services, Fund Accounting, Custody Services)
• Understanding of Account Reference data would be helpful
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to facilitate discussions
• Quickly grasp and master new requirements and related knowledge
• Manage tight deadlines or unexpected requirement changes
• Ability to learn/understand some technical implications of system design
• Willingness to ask questions, challenge the process and seek out answers
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of the project
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Metadata Project Manager (19698)

Metadata Project Manager (19698)

DescriptionThe role of the Metadata Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize Metadata Hub implementation projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes aligning resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver metadata projects according to plan. The Project Manager will also align the project with stated objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Document project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Track budgets and other financials, and alert management when issues arise.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports and presentations.
• Assemble content of status reports from the project team.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential issues, and participate in contingency planning.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Use best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Position Requirements

• 7+ years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• PMP certifications and CMMI credentials is a plus.
• Strong familiarity with Microsoft Office Project 2007.
• Familiarity with metadata management and data governance concepts.
• Previous experience with metadata repository projects a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in personnel management.
• Background with Ab-Initio a plus.
• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.
• Flexible during times of change.
• Ability to work with team members and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to bring project to successful completion.
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues.
• Must be able to quickly learn, understand, apply and be a proponent of new technologies.

This position is location in Jersey City, NJ and offers a competative compensation.  Email resumes to yigal@sans.com

Solutions Architech (19260)

Solutions Architech (19260)
The candidate will be responsible for working with our IT Business Process Engineering, Information Security, Audit, and Software Development clients to produce a set of requirements that integrates the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) workflow with our standard development tooling.
The overall solution will service in excess of 20,000 developers globally, initially on Distributed Systems (Linux, Windows, AIX, Java) and ultimately extending to the mainframe.
To create the requirements, the candidate is expected to have a comprehensive knowledge of the underlying tools and the integration interfaces they provide.  This includes knowledge of tools and process within the SDLC, Requirements and Modeling tools, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Build and Packaging, Code Re-use, Deployment, Testing and Profiling, Static and Dynamic Code Analysis disciplines.
The solution is anticipated to require some new development and enhancements, customization of existing tooling, and integration with existing corporate infrastructure and data.

Candidates will possess an appropriate mix of the technical skills below. The candidates are expected to have at least 10 years of IT experience and one recent major successful (roll-out with real users) initiative that services 7,500 or more corporate end users. Additionally, the solutions architect must possess strong inter-personal, documentation, and interpersonal skills with experience presenting to middle level and senior management.
Development Methodology: Waterfall, Agile, RAD, et. al.
Project Management: Planview
ALM Tooling: Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Collabnet Team Forge, or IBM Rational Team Concert products.
Integrated components for source code control, issue tracking, build, and traceability between the phases of the SDLC
Requirements Tooling: Blueprint
IDEs: Eclipse, Rational Application Developer, and Visual Studio.
Collaboration: Wiki's, Sharepoint
Build Language: make, ANT, nmake, msbuild, maven
Continuous Integration: Hudson/Jenkins
Packaging and Deployment: MSI, RPM, JNLP
Testing Tools: HP Quality Center
Static and Dynamic Code Analysis: Ounce or equivalent

This position offers a competative compensation and is located in Warren, NJ.
Send resume to yigal@sans.com

NO THIRD PARTIES PLEASE

Senior Business Analyst (19654)

Senior Business Analyst (19654)

Contract position at a large financial services conglomerate.(the reference # for this position:19654)

Detailed Info: 

• Understand customer requirements and translate into technical deliverables across a wide array of products and technologies.
• Analyze and understand the current Cash Management product offerings within the bank in general.
• Create business model and logical data models for cash management products.
• Reverse engineer the business model for the Cash management products on existing applications.
• Interface with and collaborate with the technology and architect team to help identify and define services interfaces for SOA.
• Partner with the business and technical teams and create and maintain the Functional design for the various modules in the platform.
• Identify, create and maintain Functional Requirements, User Interface requirements and Service interface requirements per the processes established in the organization.
• Document and maintain Use Cases, Functional design, and System Specification.
• Follow the SDLC process established in the organization and create and maintain all relevant requirements artifacts.
• Support development, QC and UAT teams of the various projects.
• Act as subject matter expert on the various domains.

Development/Computing Environment:

• College degree
• 7+ year minimum Business Analyst experience with enterprise level
• 7+ financial applications
• Prior experience with Cash Management products and Electronic Banking platform must have Cash Management Payments Direct Debit FX Global and Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement processes and settlement systems Ability to understand customer business process and requirements and translate into a functional requirement across a wide array of products and technologies.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation of complex information and data).
• Prior experience with UML.
• Ability to draft Use Cases, Process Flows, Activity Diagrams.
• Experience with creating data models, process flows and sequence diagrams are must.
• Expertise in Word, Excel, Power Point & Visio is a must.
• Good analytical and problem analysis skills.
• A strong commitment to quality and efficiency.
• Excellent multitasking ability - Must have ability to track multiple issues, effectively manage time and competing priorities, and to drive results through partner organizations.
• Relationship management skills -ability to develop and sustain positive partnerships and be a team player.
• Experience of using UML, SQL/PLSQL knowledge are desired but NOT required.
• Detail oriented and well organized.
• Prior experience with Requirements Management tool including DOORS / Blueprint highly desired.
• Prior experience with Sharepoint  Skills

Required for the position:

BUSINESS ANALYST, FX, UML, SETTLEMENT, EXCEL, WORD, SQL, VISIO, SHAREPOINT;

This position is at a Jersey City location. It offers a competitive compensation.

Submit resumes to yigal@sans.com

Project Manager/Project Coordinator (19649)

Project Manager/Project Coordinator (19649)

Contract position at a large financial services conglomerate.(the reference # for this position:19649)

Detailed Info: 

MS Office  Good Powerpoint and Strong Excel skills        

Sharepoint  Pre-exposure to Share Point.

Ability to use and organize sharepoint (Not development skills) Project planning  Understands stages of SDLC and experience of tracking it project, budget etc Organizing and Conduct Meetings

Development/Computing Environment:

Organizing and Conduct Meetings

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Technology exposures (design, development experience) related to following skills is a very good add

        1.       Java / Flex

        2.       Websphere

        3.       Oracle  PL/SQL

        4.       Unix

Person should be flexible to work different hours as role requires interaction with Asia and EMEA teams.

Skills Required for the position:

PROJECT MANAGER, MS OFFICE, POWERPOINT, EXCEL, SDLC, JAVA, FLEX, WEBSPHERE, ORACLE, PL/SQL, UNIX, SHAREPOINT;

This position is at a Warren,NJ location. It offers a competitive compensation.

Please email resume to yigal@sans.com

AV Project Manager (19624)

AV Project Manager (19624)
NEW YORK CITY.

Multimedia Project Manager for projects ranging from $50,000-Multi-Million dollar Multimedia Projects. Coordination with Corporate Services Design Consultant Teams to implement Client's Multimedia Systems both as new construction as well as room upgrades in the Americas. Building RFP's and managing the RFP process as well as the awarded Multimedia Vendor through project closeout. Some travel may be required.   

Skills Required:  
* Minimum 5 years Project Management Experience
* AV Engineering experience
* Infocomm CTS Certification
* Minimum 3 Years Experience working as a Project Manager at an Audiovisual Integrator or Audiovisual design Consultant 

Skills Desired:  
Infocomm CTS-D Certification 

PROJECT MANAGER POSITION (19621)

PROJECT MANAGER POSITION (19621)

Analyst with some project management experience will be responsible for

• Leading the vendor evaluation and selection of a tool to measure application development productivity
• Defining an effective application rollout strategy for on-board applications onto the selected tool
• Managing the communication of status, issue, and risks to all appropriate stakeholders, including senior management, on a timely basis.

 Qualifications

• Experience running third-party tool evaluations and selection processes
• Background in Project Management experience leading Application Development teams
• Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes and Application Lifecycle tools
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, with ability perform pivot analysis and charts on large data sets
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, with ability to create clear & concise communications for senior management
• Minimum 10 years technology experience with at least 5 years of Financial Services/Capital Markets / Securities & Banking experience
• Influences and negotiates with senior leaders (across functions); may communicate with external parties.
• Ability to perform meeting facilitation of senior managers in the organization
• Highly developed written and visual communications skills
• Experience in systems design and architecture a plus

This position is at a New York City location. It offers a competitive compensation.
Please contact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availability if you are interested in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referral greatly.

Email resumes to yigal@sans.com

Business System Analyst (19593)

Business System Analyst (19593)

 

Location:  Jersey City
Business System Analyst - Cash AML Remediation Support

Job Description:
As Business Analyst, you will be responsible for gaining an understanding of our client's business needs and using the Flexcube platform to develop functional solutions.  You will be responsible for developing and maintaining project documentation and information in support of multiple implementations.  Looking for candidates that have knowledge of Core banking systems, Accounting, and Banking Operations.

Responsibilities:
Conduct analysis in support of the definition and documentation of the Anti Money Laundering (AML) remediation requirements affecting our applications.  Review the design of controls and operational effectiveness of processes in Flexcube and legacy mainframe applications.  Act as the primary contact for end users and act as a liaison with other members of the implementation team.  Work with users to elicit and identify business requirements.  Document business requirements utilizing use cases and data flow diagrams.  You will lead workshops to describe application functionality and the ability to support current business functions and processes, determine functional gaps, propose workarounds, and identify potential areas of development.  In this role, you will be responsible for explaining application functionality and answering functional question from project stakeholders.
Translate business requirements into functional specifications.  You must have the ability to interpret requirements and create sufficiently detailed documents, diagrams and workflows.   The specifications could include data mapping, interface requirements, and workflow/business logic.  Work with technology staff to ensure an accurate understanding of the specifications and product to be delivered.  Provide documentation support of interface, reporting, and data conversion requirements and specifications.
Work with Project and Program management to identify deliverables, estimate analysis effort, and create project schedules and preliminary budgets for implementations.
Assist the technology staff to configure the system and business parameters.  This could include the maintenance of static parameters, advice formats, security, chart of accounts, account definitions, etc.
Assist the Testing staff by explaining functionality in their development of test use cases and scripts.  During testing, you will assist in defect analysis by validating conformance to requirements.  Occasional onsite QA users support during SIT, UAT, and PVT phases.
Provide post-implementation assistance to end users in the adoption of new systems and processes.  This will also include analytic and documentation support of production change and release management.

 

Skills:

• Excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to solve complex problems and issues.
• Banking Domain experience (DDA, Payments, Funds Transfer, International Cash Management, SWIFT /Messaging, Trade Services)
• Reporting and query languages (ex. Business Objects, Crystal Reports, PL/SQL)
• Microsoft Office skills, including Powerpoint and MS Project
• Proficiency in diagramming tools is required, MS Visio preferred.  Knowledge of UML language and diagram standards is also desired.

 

Experience:

• 3+ years experience as a Business Analyst or Consultant in an IT environment.
• Experience with Bank Client onboarding/KYC Technology.
• Experience implementing and/or supporting Banking Products - Liquidity, Accounting, Information Reporting, Risk Management, Cash pooling, DDA, etc.
• Business Analysis or Project Lead support of at least one Core Banking system implementation.
• Educational Requirements / Certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Engineering or Technology desirable

This position is at a Jersey City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

 

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com

Project Manager (19590)

Project Manager (19590)

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead core project team and facilitate team's ability to lead extended/complete project team.
• Ensure effective cross-functional teamwork among project team members including both internal and external ancillary services.
• Serve as escalation point for project issues.
• Resolve conflicts as needed.
• As applicable monitor project schedule and scope to ensure both remain on track. Initiate and implement appropriate actions.
• Contribute to the work by the Head of IRS PMG on the strategic direction of the team.
• Proactively engage in both quality assurance and risk management activities to ensure project deliverables are met according to client requirements.
• Accountable for budget across assigned project(s) including the control and minimizing of write-offs. Proactively identify out of scope activities and execute necessary change orders.
• Collaborate with finance to initiate monthly invoicing.
• Ensure that all staff allocated to assigned project(s) adheres to professional standards and SOPs.
• Initiate improvements to enhance the efficiency and the quality of the work performed on assigned projects.
• Provide performance feedback of team members to respective supervisors.
• Present at external and/or internal meetings.
• Ensure client satisfaction.
• Define and manage project resource needs and establish succession plans for key resources.
• Create required project plans. Implement and monitor progress against project plans and revise as necessary. Responsible for appropriate issue escalation to appropriate stakeholder(s).
• Serve as key client contact for assigned projects.
• Establish working relationships with client project teams which result in client satisfaction, operational excellence and thereby increase potential for repeat business.
• Prepare and actively participate as operational lead in internal project review meetings.
• In collaboration with relevant departments, develop cost estimates and proposals and prepare and deliver presentations for new business as required.
• Meet resource management and utilization targets for assigned staff.
• Meet financial performance targets for the assigned projects and proactively manage change control process both internally and externally.
• Ensure lessons learned are implemented across projects currently being managed.
• Contribute to development and management of client project metrics.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Skill Sets

• Project Management skills
• Project methodology (both waterfall and agile)
• PM experience (at least 5- 7 years)
• PMO experience
• Risk and Issue management
• Change Control
• Planning and estimating
• Project reporting
• Benefit tracking
• PMP certification preferred
• Insurance industry experience a plus
• Good communication (in all forms to all levels)

This position is at a New York City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com

Sr. Business Analyst (19540)

Sr. Business Analyst Position (19540)

The candidate's main objective is to provide Subject Matter Expertise and guidance in the requirement Analysis and solution design of the clients core Global Accounting Platform.  Candidate should have knowledge of Core banking systems, Accounting, and Banking Operations.

• Provide product expertise for our Global Core Banking & Accounting Platform to a variety of audiences, including the Local Business team, Local and Global Operation teams, Business, Analysts, Development teams and Senior Management.
• Demonstrates his/her understanding of our Global Strategy on Functional Blue Print usage; should be able to communicate this to a non technical audience to ensure that the business strategies are maintained.
• Possess a clear understanding of how the business uses the products in day-to-day activities and able to communicate this to the Business Partners and to Technology. For new countries being rolled out to Core & Accounting Platform, should be able to provide the same support.
• Maintains current working knowledge of the Global and Regional partners/products processors across both Domestic and International markets.
• Work with Global Delivery Team to analyze the business requirements.  Should be able to respond to requirements by producing High level Design (HLD) and low level design documents.
• Candidate will lead workshops to describe application functionality and the ability to support current business functions and processes.

• 5-7 years of experience
• Banking Domain experience mainly on DDA, International Cash Management and optionally in Local Payments, Funds Transfer, Collections, SWIFT /Messaging, Trade Services etc.
• Experience implementing and or supporting Core Banking Products is must. Flexcube experience is a major advantage.
• Past experience in documenting HLDs/LLDs is a must. Proficiency in diagramming tools is required, MS Visio preferred. 
• Client facing management or Relationship Management experience.
• Ability to communicate (both verbal and written) issues in a clear and timely manner to build trusting partnership with a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, solid organizational and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Engineering or Technology desirable

This position is at a Jersey City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com

Datawarehouse/Java Developer

Datawarehouse / Java Developer
Jersey City, NJ


Job Summary & Responsibilities 
Distribution Technology is seeking an strong application developer for development of new projects and application support for clients mutual fund sales attribution and reporting platform supporting the shareholder services and sales business.  The candidate must have strong analytical and communications skills, and must be able to operate independently, interacting daily with stakeholders, peers, developers and management.  The ideal candidate will be strong technically with data warehouse experience, strong database skills, ETL design & tools, java, unix, and scripting.

Basic Qualifications 

• Proficiency in problem solving and analytical skills 
• Experience with data warehouse and reporting applications
• Java, unix, scripting skills
• Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Design and Development 
• Database design and query optimization skills
• Proficient communication skills
• Experience writing high quality, secure, readable, and maintainable code 
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-site global team 
• Experience working with end users to during various phases such as requirements definition, UAT,     production support 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with Informatica
• Detail oriented with track record of working on full system life cycle application development projects 
• Highly motivated, and organized individual who takes initiative and is able to manage multiple tasks independently 
• Understanding of asset management business 
• Experience of Test-Driven Development and automated testing tools 
• Experience with user experience analysis or user interface design
• Project management skills

This position is at a Jersey City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com

Business Analyst Position (19323)

Business Analyst

The nature of the project is

• Understand customer requirements and translate into technical deliverables across a wide array of products and technologies.
• Analyze and understand the current Cash Management product offerings within the bank in general.
  Create business model and logical data models for cash management products.
• Reverse engineer the business model for the Cash management products on existing applications.
• Interface with and collaborate with the technology and architect team to help identify and define services interfaces for SOA.
• Partner with the business and technical teams and create and maintain the Functional design for the various modules in the platform.
• Identify, create and maintain Functional Requirements, User Interface requirements and Service interface requirements per the processes established in the organization.
  Document and maintain Use Cases, Functional design, and System Specification.
• Follow the SDLC process established in the organization and create and maintain all relevant requirements artifacts.
• Support development, QC and UAT teams of the various projects.
• Act as subject matter expert on the various domains.

• College degree
• 7+ year minimum Business Analyst experience with enterprise level financial applications
• Prior experience with Cash Management products and Electronic Banking platform must have
• Cash Management
• Payments
• Direct Debit
• FX
• Global and Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement processes and settlement systems
• Ability to understand customer business process and requirements and translate into a functional requirement across a wide array of products and technologies.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation of complex information and data).
• Prior experience with UML.
• Ability to draft Use Cases, Process Flows, Activity Diagrams.
• Experience with creating data models, process flows and sequence diagrams are must.
• Expertise in Word, Excel, Power Point & Visio is a must.
• Good analytical and problem analysis skills.
• A strong commitment to quality and efficiency.
• Excellent multitasking ability - Must have ability to track multiple issues, effectively manage time and competing priorities, and to drive results through partner organizations.
• Relationship management skills -ability to develop and sustain positive partnerships and be a team player.
• Experience of using UML, SQL/PLSQL knowledge are desired but NOT required.
• Detail oriented and well organized.
• Prior experience with Requirements Management tool including DOORS / Blueprint highly desired.
• Prior experience with Sharepoint

This position is at a Jersey City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com

Business Analyst (19537)

Business Analyst Position (19537)

Look for people with PAYMENTS experience.

• Min. 5 years experience within Banking & Financial Services industry in Business Analysis and/or Product Management capacity
• Solid background and understanding of Corporate Banking products and services offered within the following areas:
• Payments (Must)
• Receivables (Must)
• Liquidity & Investments (Must)
• Commercial Cards (Must)
• Information Services / Master Data Management & Business Intelligence (Must)
• Trade Services (Nice to have)
• Securities & Funds Services (Nice to have)
• Background and knowledge of clients products/capabilities preferred
• Excellent oral & written communication skills: Clear, Concise, Direct & Timely communication
• Experience in exhaustive Data Analysis and knowledge of Master Data Management concepts & best practices is a plus
• Experience in Business Process analysis & Workflow definition is a plus
• Ability to effectively interact with many stakeholders globally and handle multiple information tracks concurrently
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision - A self starter & quick learner
• Ability to lead analysis tracks and deliverables to closure through proactive follow-ups and timely reporting
• Exhaustive analysis of Product Master Data within the Capability Grid
• Obtain and understand GTS product revenue reporting structure
• Define and finalize optimal Product Master Data hierarchy through data analysis & revenue reporting structure
• Define and finalize optimal Product Attributes mapping and Attribute Groups structure
• Define and finalize Business Rules for Product Master Data cleansing & enrichment for Data Migration
• Interact with Business Users globally -
• Understand various Product Master Data usage scenarios
• Define user experience requirements and detail Use Cases
• Interact with Product Teams and Region/Cluster/Country Reps globally -
• Validate Product Master Data hierarchy, Attributes structure and Data Migration business rules
• Define and finalize Capability Update/Introduction workflows
• Define Product Master Data never entered into the Capability Grid and related configuration for on-boarding to PDH
• Interact with PDH Technology team -
• Review Product Master Data hierarchy, Product Attributes structure and Data Migration Business Rules
• Define test cases
• Validate test results
• Collaborate & define functional solutions for required user-level/process-level enhancements
• Document User Training material

This position is at a Jersey City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com

Business Analyst Position (19541)

Business Analyst Position (19541)

Description

The role of the Integration Business Analyst is to develop requirements for architecture engagement type project. This is achieved through interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys and personal visits.  The Business Analyst is responsible for the development of Business Requirements Documents, Functional Requirement Document which include business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.

 

Responsibilities

• Gather and document all requirements from multiple sources.
• Act as liaison between business units, technology teams, support groups and technical developers.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources.
• Interpret business and technical needs and translate them into specifications to support development.
• Decompose high-level information into details.
• Create abstractions from low level information to provide a general understanding.
• Distinguish and prioritize user requests.
• Develop Business Requirements documents.
• Develop Business and System Use cases.
• Understand and document interface and integration details.
• Align business requirements with solution architectural patterns as defined by technical architects and developers.
• Develop requirements using standard templates and established approaches.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to understand and establish a technical vision.
• Analyze, document and articulate tradeoffs between user and technical concerns.

Position Requirements

• University degree or college diploma.
• 5 years direct work experience in a Business Analyst capacity.
• Ability to reconcile business and technical conflicts and issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks.
• Familiarity with architecture, middleware technologies and information governance concepts.
• Previous experience working in middleware, SOA, J2EE application is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing information and translating it into requirements on high profile projects.
• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
• Can conform to shifting priorities and demands.
• Experience developing enterprise requirements aligned with formal methodologies.
• Flexible during times of change.
• Strong analytic, verbal and written skills.
• Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

This position is at a Jersey City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

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Sr. Business Analyst (19554)

Sr. Business Analyst (19554)


Job Description
Senior Business Analyst will serve as liaison between IT and business end-users located in Europe, Asia and North America.   Focus will be on payment data (e.g. Funds Transfers, Wires) to support Anti-Money Laundering monitoring activities.  This position will entail working with the AML business to analyze requirements and review/produce specifications for new and existing technology processes. This role will also involve working with the technical lead and offshore development team to ensure that they understand the specifications and can implement the requirements. Business process modeling will also need to be performed. Senior Business Analyst must have minimum 10 years of industry experience.

Role: Senior Business Analyst for the GTS AML IMR Remediation Program

Key Responsibilities 

• Document business requirements and communicate these requirements to the development team for the design and implementation.
• Business Analyst will document current and to-be process flows to understand and examine business processes.
• Business Analyst will be responsible to identify, assess, and document business requirements, recommending priorities, and advising team of options and risks.
• Help shape the vision of longer-term business requirements.
• Communicate business priorities to the technology organization in order to drive effective business solutions.
• Conduct research to determine if solutions to business requirements currently exist within or outside the business unit, and if not, whether new solutions are feasible.
• Facilitate requirements and design sessions with user community and IT.
• Analyze impact of proposed solution across the business, develop use cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to IT team.
• Contributes to continuous improvement and proactively supports knowledge sharing within the team and across Technology.
• Facilitate implementation of new functionality through training sessions, demos, and the development of appropriate documentation.
• Manage day-to-day individual workload as well as the workload of others on the team, monitors milestones and critical dates.
• Extensive experience in writing Business Cases. Must have experience doing feasibility studies.
• Provide guidance in formulating new requirements and aim to improve business processes by coming up with creative and alternative approaches to solving business problems and identify business strategy, issues and opportunities.
• Business Analyst will coordinate with Project Managers in the development of detailed project plans and work assignments while monitoring progress to ensure project deliverables are met.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate for this position will possess a college degree with 8 to 10 years experience in an IT Senior Business Analyst role.
• Experience with web-based and client server applications is required.
• Experience/understanding of business process reengineering and business modeling concepts, business systems development and analysis.
• Strong analytical and writing skills, to include solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications.
• The candidate must have demonstrated experience in documenting use cases and functional requirements with excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication is required along with strong presentation skills and business acumen.
• Knowledge of ETL technologies (Informatica, Ab-Initio).
• Experience with SQL and writing queries.

This position is at a Jersey City location and offers a competitive compesation.  Please conact me by email along with an updated resume, your current rate/salary & compensation requirements, as well as your citizenship status and availablilty if you are interesed in this position.  If you are not currently available, but know someone who is interested I would appreciate your referrals greatly.

Send resumes to yigal@sans.com