Key member of team responsible for transaction-oriented database for investment management and accounting applications
Responsible for hands-on design, specification, testing, documentation and implementation of new features, components, reports, and/or modules
Coordination with Development, Testing and User Documentation Teams to communicate requirements, design specs and review their work products
Translate requirements from multiple sources such as customers, implementation consultants and internal operations teams to achieve desired results
Responsible for bringing new features through the development lifecycle and implementation
Research and analysis of systems errors and issues as received from Customer Support team
Prepare data, examine and analyze investment accounting records, financial statements and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness and conformance to reporting and procedural standards
Job Requirements
Experience as analyst in a financial / investment applications or as hands on accountant
Experience in the accounting concepts, investment reporting and transaction processes related to buy-side asset management or investment funds (hedge funds, PE funds, etc.)
Experience working with development teams to deliver production software in a SaaS environment
General knowledge of SQL databases and query concepts
Experience understanding and documenting system data flow
Experience interacting directly with operations and business side users to diagnose problems
Experience and competence creating functional specs for business logic
Understanding of end-user reporting concepts (dynamic date roll-ups, dynamic grouping, filtering)
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis.
Ability to build models/examples/test cases in Excel via an in-depth understanding of advanced Excel functions (vlookup, pivot, text logic functions, etc)
Ability to conceptualize and articulate ideas clearly and concisely
