Financial Markets Operations Consultant - Boston & NY

Since most of our work is performed at client sites, this position requires up to 100% travel. It is recommended that new hires into the Global Business Services U.S. practice must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the following cites: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Hartford, CT; Houston, TX; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; Minneapolis, MN; New York City, NY and surrounding area; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; Tulsa, OK; and Washington, DC and surrounding area. Risk and Compliance, Data Management, Investment Management & Trade Operations, Securities and Fund Accounting, Transfer Agent and Shareholder Servicing, Retirement Services, Wealth Management, or Domestic and Global Custody Brokerage Operations experience required. Must be knowledgeable of financial products including Equities; Fixed Income; Mortgaged Backed Securities, and Foreign Exchange. Experience with Exchange-Traded & OTC Derivatives, Commodities and alternative investments is a plus.

Implementation experience with vendor software products is a plus. Examples of these packages include: Murex, Golden Source, Mantas, Front Arena, Python, Portia, Geneva, GlobalPlus, Hi-Net/Hi-Portfolio, Information Mosaic/ CAMA, Advent, Calypso, Content Manager, or Pure Edge. Other package implementation experience would also be helpful.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with advanced MS office suite skills required.

You will use your Financial Services operational and systems expertise within Institutional or Retail Front, Middle and/or Back Office Securities Operations areas to develop business requirements, reengineer business processes, streamline operations and/or facilitate the evaluation, selection, and implementation of supporting systems for our clients.

Candidates should live within commuting distance to New York City. The majority of client work is performed in the northeast corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C. Some projects however, require travel to other parts of the US and other countries. Candidates must be willing to travel 80 - 100% as needed for out of town projects.

Workplace
M-Mobile/Telecommuters

Division
Global Business Services: 05-BCS BUSINESS CONSULTING SVCS

Desired Skills
Investment Management / Investor Services (Buy Side) Business Transformation Senior Consultants: As a Financial Markets Senior Consultant, responsible for leading project teams for clients implementing business, process or technology change in their organization. Must be able to multi-task, delegate to sub-teams and understand how project tasks relate to the larger client context and project deliverables. Financial Markets business, operational and systems expertise within Investment Management, Private Banking, Wealth Management, Trust / Custody or Mutual Fund Front, Middle and/or Back Office Securities Operations areas required to develop business requirements, reengineer business processes, streamline operations and/or facilitate the evaluation, selection, and implementation of supporting systems. Position requires 4 - 8 years experience as a Consultant, Senior Business/Analyst or Team Lead on medium or large-scale systems implementation, process reengineering or other project-oriented work. Must have participated in the design or implementation of Front, Middle or Back-office processes or technology, and have experience managing and improving the performance of client servicing, trading, securities processing, corporate actions processing, client reporting, shareholder recordkeeping or other core business process projects in an Investment Management, Private Banking, Wealth Management, Trust / Custody, Mutual Fund, Fund Accounting or Shareholder Recordkeeping business.
Specific business process experience should include: Investment Management & Trade Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities and Fund Accounting and Reporting, Transfer Agent and Shareholder Servicing, Retirement Services, Wealth Management, Client Servicing, Corporate Actions Processing or Domestic/Global Custody Brokerage Operations. Must be knowledgeable of financial products including Equities; Fixed Income; Mortgaged Backed Securities, and Foreign Exchange. Experience with Exchange-Traded & OTC Derivatives, Commodities and alternative investments is a plus. Package experience with Murex, Front Arena, Python, Portia, Geneva, GlobalPlus, Xamin, PFPC, PAM, Horizon, Igefi, Eagle, Hi-Net/Hi-Portfolio, Envision, DST, Access Data, Information Mosaic/CAMA, Advent, Calypso, Charles River or Latent Zero would be helpful. Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with advanced MS office suite skills required. Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. xallx xnationalx

Additional Info
IBM's Global Business Services is part of IBM Global Services, the world's largest information technology services and consulting provider and the fastest growing part of IBM with 2005 revenue of more than $47 billion and over 190,000 professionals serving clients in 160 countries.

Our Financial Services consultants develop innovative solutions to our clients' most vital business and technical issues across the Financial Markets, Insurance and Banking communities, using functional business experience in Operations, Process Improvement and Systems Transformation. Our Financial Services team of highly talented professionals accounts for a substantial share of all Global Business Services revenues. We bring to bear the resources only a global leader like IBM can offer to scale our integrated, On Demand business services from desktop solutions to global enterprise level initiatives. We are committed to service delivery excellence in all we do.

Our people learn valuable skills, gain access to a vast and diverse network of talented professionals, and enjoy unparalleled career, training, and educational opportunities. For additional information about IBM's Global Business Services Financial Services offerings, visit us and explore the Banking, Insurance and Financial Markets links at