Senior Systems Analyst - Open Systems Technologies

A financial firm is looking for a Senior Systems Analyst to join their team in Boston, MA.

Pay: $80-85/hr w2

Responsibilities:

• Interact with investment professionals at all levels of the organization as a trusted advisor
• Identify issues and opportunities for improved methods and approaches to support investment processes
• Answer functional and technical questions from business partners and colleagues
• Manage production incidents, determining root cause, appropriate corrective actions, and follow-up
• Respond to requests from business for adhoc analysis as well as other information delivery solutions
• Design, support, improve, and develop data validation and productivity tools and processes within this area

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Economics, Finance or related subject
• 5+ years business analysis or systems analysis experience in financial statement analysis, investment management or financial services environment
• Analytical and problem solving skills in buy-side investment management systems and data technologies
• In-depth understanding of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, swaps, options, futures, forwards, derivatives and FX
• Hands-on experience working directly with investment professionals; Experience with Portfolio Construction workflows is highly desirable
• Experience with advanced investment data concepts such as holdings, transactions, security master, analytics, performance, and attribution
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with SQL is required