Wednesday, October 31, 2007

BA/PM in New York, NY

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Our Client, a large investment bank is looking for a Business Analyst/ Project Manager for a 6 month contract. Must be able to work on a W2 basis.



Job Description:

With over 350

analysts covering over 3100 companies worldwide, we

provide our investing clients with comprehensive

research analysis of companies, industries, and the

world's markets.

The Information Technology Strategy (ITS) group within

CIR oversees all technology initiatives that affect

the department. Headed by the Director of ITS, members

of the ITS team liaise with business communities in

all operating regions and CIR Technology to identify

and implement technology solutions best suited for

CIR.

The ITS group is currently seeking a temporary

consultant to function as a business analyst/project

manager for a research publication system project.

Detail responsibilities of this role include:



"X Work with two other business analysts to gather

requirements for this publication system by

interviewing various users and stakeholders.

"X Provide design recommendations from both system

and

human workflow perspectives.

"X Produce a detail business requirement document

for

the project.

"X Work with the Technology department on functional

specifications.

"X Oversee and manage all aspects of the project

life

cycle, including development, QA, UAT, and

development. Ensure co-ordination among all parties

involved.

"X Manage expectations of stakeholders throughout

the

project.

"X Provide regular status updates to management.

"X Manage expectations of all project stakeholders.

Key Requirements/Core Competencies

"X 5+ years of work experience, including 2+ years

in

technology business analysis in a global operation,

and 2+ years as a project manager responsible for

global, multi-tier, technology projects.

"X Good understanding of technology (both hardware

and

software); ability to assess the validity of a

technological solution and its cost estimate.

"X Proven communications skills (both verbal and

written) to build trusting partnership with business

clients, technology team members and other

stakeholders to deliver solutions.

"X Ability to summarize/explain/present requirements

and technology solutions in non-technical terms.

"X Experience in quality assurance of technology

projects. Prefer having prior hands-on experience with

testing.

"X Excellent negotiation and relationship management

skills. Ability to broker agreements amid priority

conflicts across stakeholders.

"X Understanding of Economics and/or Equity Research

is a strong advantage.

"X Experience with research systems - publication,

financial database, disclosures - is a strong

advantage.

"X Excellent Word and Excel skills required.






Experience: 5 years, with some financial experience

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