The client's Corporate Technology group is seeking a senior MS/SQL programmer to lead the design and development of an internal Private Client commission's application. The ideal candidate will possess application development experience where he/she:o Works directly with business partners to identify and document business requirements, o Develops functional and technical specifications, o Develops high-level and low-level application and GUI designso Programs the application according to approved designs and unit testing codeo Conducts systems tests leading into user acceptance testingo Delivers final application into productionCandidate will need to have excellent communication and analysis skills to work directly with senior business clients in the Finance area to gather requirements. Once requirements are completed and signed-off by the business owner, a comprehensive application design will need to be created leveraging the successful designs of two other recent commission projects. With a fair amount of work previously done for this project, the candidate will need to evaluate the work that has been done and re-use as much of the existing product as possible. The objective of this project is to enhance the existing application, add new critical functionality, and migrate to a .NET front-end that is aligned with the department's other .NET applications.The requirement to have both excellent analytical and technical skills is a critical one for this position and the candidate must be detail-oriented, possess excellent communication and analytical skills, be able to define, interpret, and document business partner needs, and have a proven track record of completing tasks within established timeframes. In addition to this primary initiative, the candidate will also need to provide both technical and functional expertise to other applications and team members in support of the Financial Management department's information technology requirements.The candidate's other responsibilities will include, but not be restricted to:o Document, analyze, and resolve reported performance and/or functional issues by performing independent testing and coordinating all communications with business and technical staff. o Develop, document, manage, and coordinate all user acceptance testing.o Perform performance tuning to increase processing efficiency.o Coordinate all communications with the Database Management team and vendors.o Develop and perform training sessions for clients and management when necessary.o Provide written and oral status updates to management as required.
Experience: o Knowledge of and experience working with compensation and commission applications is a plus.o Experience leading and coordinating offshore development teams.o Experience building .NET applications with Infragistics NetAdvantage assembly.o Experience with business intelligence (BI) and reporting application tools is a plus.o Knowledge of Cognos 8 application software to both model meta-data and create reports.o Knowledge of Informatica to build extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes.o Knowledge of Ralph Kimball Data Warehouse principles.o Experience with the following technologies:o JavaScript, Visual Basic, HTML, ASP, Oracle, Sybase, UNIX and UNIX scriptingo Business Process Modeling o Financial Process Modelingo Business Cost Benefit Analysiso Develop Functional Specificationso Use-Case Preparationo Usability Conceptso Flowcharts and Diagramso Visioo Entity-Relationship Definitiono Project Management
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