SAS Programmer - Fleetcor (Norcross, GA)

The Company

Headquartered in Atlanta, FleetCor is the global leader in processing and managing commercial fleet card programs. Founded in 2000, FleetCor serves 1 million businesses with 3.5 million active cardholders, and processing over 200 million transactions per annum. We employee 900 employes who operate in 18 offices across 9 countries throughout North America and Europe.

Since its inception eight years ago, FleetCor has grown revenue eleven-fold and EBITDA twenty-five-fold, and now has an enterprise value exceeding $1.5 billion. We have been named one of the fastest growing companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for four years running. The company is privately owned by management and a group of blue-chip private equity investors that includes Bain Capital, Summit Partners, and Advent International.

FleetCor operates through three principle lines of business:

• Global Direct Issuing – Serving the needs of fleet operators directly through proprietary and universal branded fuel card programs, such as FleetCards USA, Fuelman, MasterCard, CCS, and PPR.
• Global Fuel Card Services Group (GFCS) – Helping oil companies deliver world class commercial fuel card programs through fully outsourced program management. Major clients include BP, Chevron, CITGO, and Texaco.
• Petroleum Retailer Services Group – Helping independently-owned petroleum retailers service their local commercial clients through innovative fuel card offerings.

FleetCor seeks an analytical thinker who is highly motivated and driven to join the FleetCor team. We offer significant professional and financial growth opportunities.

For more information, visit our website at www.fleetcor.com.

The Position

Title: SAS Programmer (US)
Location: Norcross, GA – Corporate Headquarters
Reports to: John Jelinek, Chief Risk Officer

In this newly created role, the SAS Programmer will play a key role in developing our analytical capabilities in Risk and Fraud for our commercial fuel card portfolio. Primary responsibilities include:

• Designing and devloping standard software and data structures
• Developing and executing statistical programs designed to analyze commercial card portfolios
• Working on cross functional teams to ensure programming / reporting needs are met
• Productionalizing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as well as developing ad hoc reporting as necessary

Experience and Education

The successful candidate must meet the following criteria:

• BA strongly preferred
• 3+ years of SAS programming experience experience
• Intermediate / Expert knowledge of data steps, SQL and macro programming
• Proven track record of solid documentation / data flow skills
• Expert knowledge of Excel

Personal Qualifications

• Proven ability to work on multiple projects, with changing priorities, in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize work
• Ability to work independently on projects and drive to a desired outcome

To apply: email resume with cover letter to: liz.calkins [at] fleetcor.com

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Senior Statistician - AstraZeneca (Wilmington, Boston or Sweden)

Senior Statistician
Highly competitive packages + relocation assistance
USA (Wilmington / Boston) or Sweden (Södertälje / Mölndal / Lund)

Here is your chance to play a hugely influential role as part of AstraZeneca’s industry-leading Discovery Statistics group.

About the role

We are looking for a number of talented Statisticians to strengthen our global Discovery Enabling Capabilities and Sciences (DECS) Statistics Department , which provides innovative technologies and direct project support to our drug discovery and development activities. Based at one of our key sites across the world, you will focus on integrating statistics fully into the workflow of the Discovery function. It’s a newly created role that will see you ensuring that project teams have the right level of statistical input, and identifying new opportunities for adding value and implementing best practice.

About you

Qualified to at least MSc and preferably PhD level in a subject with a significant statistical component, you’ll have proven technical skills in a similar role. Although experience of the pharmaceutical industry would be a plus, it’s more important that you can show the ability to provide statistical input that delivers real business impact. For roles in Södertälje and Wilmington, experience of regulatory toxicology would be an advantage. Expert knowledge of a package like SAS, R or S-Plus is essential – and so too are the communication, presentation and consultancy skills to work effectively with scientists and managers at all levels of the business.

About AstraZeneca

As one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is focused on providing innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference in important areas of healthcare. We employ 66,000 staff around the world and spend $16 million every working day on research and development.

AstraZeneca’s Discovery Statistics Department delivers creative statistical solutions to a wide range of business problems. Our thinking helps to exploit the maximum value from research experiments by improving the quality of data generated and the consistency of interpretation, whilst reducing costs, saving time and contributing to portfolio diversity.

To apply, click here and search under reference DECS136.

Closing date: 13th Feb 2009

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Research Scientist - Boronia Capital (Sydney, Australia)

Position Title : Research Scientist

Company: Boronia Capital Pty Ltd
Location: Sydney , Australia.
Contact Person: Christopher Mellen

Boronia Capital Pty Ltd (formerly Grinham Managed Funds Pty Ltd) is one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest Hedge Fund Managers. Managing in excess of $1 billion we trade in over 60 futures markets into 9 countries, 24 hours a day. Boronia is committed to the development of statistically robust quantitative investment strategies through a disciplined scientific research process.

We are continuing to grow our research group and so are looking for individuals to fill a new permanent research position. The primary task will be to undertake research into the detection, modeling and exploitation of robust statistically significant patterns within financial time series data. The aim of this research is to develop new automated trading and execution strategies that complement those already in use.

The ideal applicant will have substantial research experience in machine learning, data mining or computational statistics, and a Ph.D. in one of engineering, physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, finance or a related field. All levels of experience will be considered. Competency in software development is essential and a thorough knowledge of one or more of C, C++, Matlab/Octave or related languages will be required. Past experience with complex systems, large datasets, statistical and numerical analysis, or time series modeling will be highly regarded. Prior knowledge of or experience in finance is not a pre-requisite, though a strong interest in finance is essential. The working environment is informal, relaxed and has an academic feel. Hence researchers within the group have the possibility of publishing results from selected areas of their work, are encouraged to engage in collaborations with groups from outside the company, and are supported in conference attendance. The research group is divided into small teams (3-5), each with close IT support, so successful applicants should be willing to work harmoniously with other researchers and with the I.T. professionals that support the research.

This is an exciting, intellectually challenging and rewarding role for someone with enthusiasm, imagination and a desire to learn more about the dynamics of financial markets. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Bonuses are linked to seniority and performance.

Individuals who are interested may apply by emailing their resume to : Research@boroniacapital.com.au

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Featured Jobs

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Statistician and Mathematician, 2 positions - Visual Numerics (Houston, TX)

Visual Numerics, Inc. is currently seeking a Statistician and Mathematician to complete their staff in the Corporate office located in Houston, Texas.

Visual Numerics provides leading technical solutions for numerical analysis and visual data analysis to users in a broad range of industries including High Performance Computing and predictive analytics. Established in 1970, the company has a proven track record of delivering innovative products, The IMSL® Numerical Libraries and The PV-WAVE®Family. The IMSL Numerical Libraries provide a comprehensive set of embeddable mathematical and statistical algorithms, written in C, C#, Java, and FORTRAN and recently we had added Python to our lineup. The PV-WAVE Family of products delivers easy to use software that allows users to quickly understand and visualize data with broad visualization functionality.

Candidates for both positions must possess the ability to read, interpret, and perform software development activities including research, programming (C/C++ or FORTRAN or Java on UNIX and/or Windows environments), consulting, and documentation.

Degree requirements for the Statistician candidate carry a minimum of a Masters degree in Statistics with a PhD preferred. We are looking for people with experience in Bayesian Statistics, CART, Genetic Algorithms, Neural Network, Modeling, and Simulation. The successful candidate will design, develop, debug, and test statistical analysis functions utilized in our software products. This position is also responsible for reviewing current product statistical capabilities and making recommendations to enhance program performance.

A Masters degree in Computer Science is the basis for our Mathematician position. Experience in Parallel Computing and Numerical Analysis is necessary with Statistics and Financial Analysis experience a definite plus. One of the primary responsibilities of the Mathematician position is to develop, debug, and test mathematical and statistical analysis functions used in Visual Numerics’ products. In addition, providing technical leadership and training, writing and reviewing documentation is another main focus of this position.

For consideration please send your cover letter with resume and contact information for three references to:

Human Resources
Visual Numerics, Inc.
2500 Wilcrest Dr., Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77042
Or
E-mail to vnijobs@vni.com

Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Visual Numerics, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Senior Business Intelligence Analyst (Chicago, IL)

Leading software solutions company seeks top statistician for a highly visible role with many opportunities for growth!

CCC Information Services is seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst who has both a passion for data and strong business acumen. This individual will work with one of the largest data warehouses in the industry to help our customers streamline and improve their business.

The role requires a highly technical person with strong analytical skills. The ideal candidate possesses strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others. If you are self-motivated and committed to results, you will find this an exciting opportunity. In addition, this role requires excellent project planning/management skills, creativity, and the ability to think strategically.

Job Summary

The Senior Business Intelligence Analyst works closely with our product management organization to productize predictive models solutions on all aspect of product life cycle – create, plans, design, development and implement. This individual will work collaboratively with clients to understand and define their objectives and goals and to design and lead program strategy based on nature of client data, processes and needs. He/she will work with our client staff to extract available data; devise creative solutions to accommodate partial data sets.

Accountabilities

• Develop predictive models solutions for customers on all aspects of product life cycle - create, plan, design, development and implementation
• Work collaboratively with clients to understand and define objectives and goals.
• Define client objectives and goals and design and lead program strategy based on nature of client datea, processes and needs.
• Monitor, track and understand industry trends and the factors that drive them.
• Troubleshoot technical and non-technical challenges
• Proactively analyze data to identify immediate improvement opportunities.
• Report results to Product Manager, Sales or Customer (depending on relationship) the recommendations from the analysis.
• Develop and present deliverables for a assigned customers
• Provide benchmarking and other comparative analyses of similar companies utilizing data mining tools and other data technology tools

Requirements:

• Advanced degree in statistics, economics or math
• MBA or another business degree (finance, marketing, accounting)
• 6-8 years of research, statistical analysis and business experience required.
• Proficiency in statistical software packages (SAS or SPSS) required.
• Proficiency in SQL and Access required.
• Excellent skills demonstrating high proficiency in statistical analysis
• Excellent communication skills and high profile presentations preferred.
• Business consulting experience in Business Intelligence preferred.
• Automotive and Insurance Industry experience is plus.

About CCC

Founded in 1980, CCC is a well-established software development company characterized by our innovative technology products as well as our dedication to both our customers and our employees. Over time, we have grown from a company helping a handful of insurers value totaled vehicles, to providing our customers with industry-leading software solutions, analytical tools, and comprehensive data. Our solutions help our customers make better business decisions, ultimately getting people back into their cars faster after a collision.

Why Choose CCC

CCC has been recognized as one of the “101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago,” 2007 & 2008!

Innovative and revolutionary, we believe that our success depends on people making the difference. We pride ourselves on working with goal-oriented, ambitious individuals, people who share our vision of leadership, innovation and commitment to others. It’s hard not to be successful when you recruit and retain the most talented people!

We know that our employees are our greatest assets and want each one to have a long, successful career with us. Therefore, we offer a variety of training programs and career development opportunities, and promote a healthy work-life balance. We offer paid time off, vacation, and holidays. Additional company benefits include an onsite workout facility, medical, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, and a 401(k) plan!

Last, but certainly not least, we’re located in the Merchandise Mart in the heart of beautiful downtown Chicago! What’s not to love?!

Email your resume to Jennifer: JCoursey [at] cccis.com
Company Website: www.cccis.com

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Head of Data & User Insights (San Francisco, CA)

Head of Data & User Insights

About ShareThis

ShareThis is a service in the emerging social media space. ShareThis enables site publishers to provide a simple one-button option to users to share site content with others through email, social networks, and social bookmarking. ShareThis promotes sharing of interesting content among users connected by a social graph and shared interests. Publisher’s benefit from insights on how their content is shared and disseminated among the user community. Through the share gesture, ShareThis accumulates significant data on sharing behavior, providing insights on interests, and influence circle of users.

ShareThis has experienced significant growth both in adoption by site publishers and share actions by users. Over 60,000 publishers have incorporated the ShareThis widget driving 1 billion+ page views monthly. The business end of ShareThis involves developing informational insights from data that can be used in marketing of products and services.

The company is a group of talented individuals and venture investors with experience bringing world-class solutions to the Web for companies such as Advertising.com, AOL, IAC, Nielsen Buzzmetrics and Yahoo. Investors are Draper Fisher & Jurvetson, Blue Chip Venture Company, DFJ Mercury, Reservoir Partners, Illinois Ventures, Queen City Angels and RPM Ventures.

The ideal profile

The ideal candidate is likely to be a hybrid: part visionary leader/part architect/and part builder. This needs to be an individual who is passionate about the large opportunity associated with online advertising, and social media. As such, it demands a person that is extremely attracted to the opportunity and is never satisfied with the results.

The ability to apply innovative technology to business problems and execution comes first for this candidate. It is essential for the candidate to have outstanding technical and product sense. From a technical perspective, the ideal candidate must have direct domain experience in data mining of unstructured content, machine learning techniques, deep understanding of algorithms in information retrieval, pattern analysis, and statistical techniques that is unique to processing web content. The candidate must demonstrate first hand experience in building and deploying systems that process large data sets.

The ideal candidate is likely to come from a company involved in search and online advertising.

The job

As the Head of Data & User Insights you will be responsible for building and leading a team of computer scientists and engineers responsible for developing a new platform that captures, analyzes, models various insights from sharing behavior of users. This is a key strategic initiative for the company and means you will have significant visibility at senior levels.

This position reports to the Chief Technology Officer.

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Innovative Product Development: The successful candidate will be responsible for innovating and shaping a new product that benefits users, publishers, and advertisers. You will lead a team to conceptualize product components, technology architecture, implementation and integration between various systems within the company that will collectively work together to deliver a solution. Much of this involves significant innovation and “breaking new ground”.
• Technology Architecture: As the senior technology leader you will own the platform architecture and insure that it is highly scalable, extensible, and adaptive as it evolves through the next 12-18 months.
• Product Rollout: The current plan is to test launch in US in 1H’09. You will work with Product Management and other technology groups in defining the roadmap, scope, deliverables. You will be responsible to drive an iterative approach to rollout in testing, refining, and improving features based on audience response.
• Business Integration: There are a number of ways to develop and grow the Data/User Insight product such as influencing content viewed by users through partnerships with publishers and advertisers. You will develop collaborative relationships with our Business Development & Sales teams to help analyze and scope solutions that impact our customers.

Professional traits necessary for all ShareThis team members:

• Is right a lot.
• Helps hire and develop great technical talent.
• Has relentlessly high standards
• No task is beneath this person.
• Expects and requires innovation of her/his team.
• Has conviction.
• Results oriented.
• Thinks big.

Educational Requirements

M.S/Ph.D in computer science from a leading school and an undergraduate degree in mathematics, computer science, or other technical discipline is preferred.

Contact

Please send your email cover letter and resume with the subject “Your name – Head of Data & User Insights – via ” to jobs@sharethis.com. All communication and correspondence is held in the strictest confidence to ensure that you can connect and learn more without exposure.

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Sr. Home Price Index Analyst - First American (San Francisco, CA)

First American is the nation's largest data provider, supplying information resources and services that impact the major economic events of people's lives. We serve mortgage, real estate, and consumer-related businesses, as well as consumers themselves, with the data to help them make decisions, operate their businesses, and advance their lives. Tracing our history to 1889, The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) is based in Santa Ana, California. Today, with revenues exceeding $6 billion, our company has 31,000 employees and 2,000 offices throughout the United States and abroad. For more detailed information about First American, please visit our Web site at: www.firstam.com.

LoanPerformance, a division of First American CoreLogic (FACL), the nation's largest provider of property and ownership information, analytics and services is the leader in mortgage finance, securitization, servicing and real estate information and analytics. We created and maintain the industry's largest and most robust mortgage securities and servicing databases and provide state-of-the-art analytical tools that our banking, investor and regulator clients use to analyze and manage their loan portfolios.

LoanPerformance uses collected data to be the 'voice' of the mortgage industry. Since our inception in 1983 LoanPerformance has become the "brain trust", the definitive source of expert information about the state of the mortgage securities and mortgage servicing marketplaces. As a member of The First American Corporation family of companies, LoanPerformance has access to an unrivaled set of data assets, including real estate information representing 99.1% of the population of the United States.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.loanperformance.com. Join us as a Senior Home Price Index Analyst working among the smartest and most often-quoted real estate analytics professionals in the business. You will develop ZIP code-level, econometric-driven home price models for inclusion in LoanPerformance's industry-leading Home Price Index (HPI) and RiskModel products. You will also perform regular validation and surveillance to track and analyze home price model performance. The position also provides analytical support to our product management, sales and client services teams. Note: This position can be located in San Francisco, Sacramento or Santa Ana, CA.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• An advanced degree (Ph.D. or ABD preferred) in Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Mathematics or Statistics
• Minimum of 2-3 years' exposure/experience in housing and real estate economics including home price analytics, valuation and forecasting
• Knowledge of statistical/econometric modeling techniques (e.g., time series analysis, survival analysis and Monte Carlo simulation methods)
• Experience in spreadsheet applications and advanced use of statistical applications/databases
• Experience in working with MS Office (especially MS Excel) and business intelligence tools (preferably MicroStrategy)
• Advanced programming ability in SAS
• Ability to write customized programs for meaningful data analysis
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), team driven, client-focused and strong innovation/creativity
• Authorship of technical papers, whitepapers, or published analytical studies
• Experience in preparing and delivering presentations both to clients and at conferences Preferred:
• Advanced knowledge of home price index methodologies, including the use of Fast Fourier Transform-based techniques
• Experience in the application of home price models to mortgage portfolios
• Expert-level skills in systems design - to design flexible, scalable, production-ready modules and interfaces for use across multiple platforms
• Programming ability in SQL, C++ or Java
• Programming ability in a matrix-oriented language such as Matlab, Gauss, SAS IML or S-Plus

Note: Position can be located in San Francisco, Sacramento or Santa Ana, CA.

Benefits:

First American offers an empowered work environment that encourages creativity, initiative and professional growth.

Our salary and benefits package is competitive including:

• Health, dental and vision care
• 401(k) retirement savings plan including a company match tied to profitability
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Discount stock purchase program
• Tuition assistance program
• Title and escrow fee reimbursement program
• Company credit union E.O.E. M/F/V/D

The First American Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment and employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

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Sr. Clinical Analyst I - St. Jude Hospital (Memphis, TN)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is a premier center for research and treatment of potentially fatal childhood diseases, including cancer and certain blood, genetic, and immunodeficiency disorders. The hospital's mission is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. St. Jude is dedicated to providing unsurpassed patient care and to advancing the health of children through biomedical research.

Currently, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has openings for a Sr. Clinical Analyst I (Job Number 13484).

The Sr. Clinical Analyst I in the Clinical Informatics Department is responsible for day-to-day coordination and development of assigned clinical/patient care applications. The selected candidate will participate and/or lead in the design, development, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of new and legacy systems. This position will have increasing responsibility for the design, development and management of the educational programs for the user departments.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems or in a Patient Care or Clinically Related Specialty such as Nursing, Pharmacy, Laboratory Medicine/Pathology, Respiratory Therapy, etc. is required.
• Registration, certification (or equivalent) in area of specialty preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a patient care or clinically related specialty such as Nursing, Pharmacy, Laboratory Medicine/Pathology, Respiratory Therapy, etc.
• Minimum of 2 additional years of clinical system application support and/or development experience required.

St. Jude offers a positive working culture, professional advancement, & competitive compensation. Qualified applicants may apply for this position or others via our online process at www.stjude.org/jobs.

www.stjude.org

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Director, Marketing Science and Innovation Group - OTX (Los Angeles, CA)

Reports to the Chief Research Officer
OTX – Los Angeles

Mission statement for the MSI group

• Provide realizable and sustainable methodological foundations for all OTX products and project insights
• Maximize profit by balancing investment in analytics with in-house capabilities and high quality outside partners
• Implement cutting edge innovative methods for insight
• Develop optimization methods for our clients’ business issues
• Use the MSI group as a point of differentiation for OTX in the marketplace
• Expand our role as industry thought leaders
• Continue introduction of best practices in science to market research

Scope and responsibilities

This is a key function within the Marketing Science & Innovation Group and the Director, Marketing Science will contribute across all elements of the MSI mission statement.

Specifically this individual will be a primary contact internally for new product development and the execution of project analysis for clients.

Duties include research study design, statistical and modeling analysis, creation of cutting edge methods for new products, and implementation/development of standards for tracking data and other continuous research projects.

The Director, MS will stay abreast of new data analysis techniques and applications from related scientific disciplines and consider how these approaches can improve OTX deliverables.

Experience / skills required

Qualifications must include:

• Undergraduate degree with work in mathematics; science; quantitative business analysis - Advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 1 - 2 years of related MR experience
• Extensive knowledge of research computing
• tools (Perl, Java, SQL, R, C++, etc.)
• tasks (large data set manipulation, distributed computing, system engineering)
• Comprehensive knowledge of multivariate statistical techniques
• Familiarity with or interest in advanced methods such as:
  • neural networks
  • genetic algorithms
  • agent based models
  • Bayesian belief systems
• Technical knowledge/understanding/background in SQL, Database Design, and Data Processes
• Strong communication and follow-up skills; including clearly communicating with management, customers and vendors
• Capable of working independently and with multiple departments
• Complex database and data management experience

Compensation Commensurate with Experience

OTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, marital status, religious creed, medical/physical/mental condition, sexual orientation, Veteran status, or age.

Email your resume with cover letter to: lsproul [at] otxresearch.com (Lisa Sprout)

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Subject Matter Expert / IT Storage - BP (Houston, TX)

The post holder is a ‘link’ between architecture, standards, operations and customers, and as such will be accountable for the integrity of US Hosting Operations existing storage and backup systems as well as operational continuity during introduction of new components across our data centres in Houston, Chicago and Tulsa. Taking a lead in evolving the storage infrastructure into a more efficient and cost effective solution is a key expectation.

The individual in this position will understand how storage and backup systems interface and interact with applications, and with other parts of the infrastructure. A key accountability will be the integration of application solutions into the storage and backup infrastructure with the ability to articulate clearly the benefits of a tiered environment allowing service differentiation.
The Storage SME will:

- Liaise with IT&S, GOI and the Data Centre Global Services and Standards team to understand standards and stay abreast of relevant technology roadmaps.
- Provide guidance to new systems development and projects teams on storage standards and deployment process.
- Work with project teams to directly integrate and coordinate implementation of storage (SAN/NAS) and backup technologies in production environments.
- Manage work requests and coordinate multiple implementation projects.
- Work with SDOs to develop end-to-end technical solutions, installation, configuration and operating plans.
- When required, provide day to day oversight to third party vendors supporting storage components.
- Guide third party vendors in the creation of DR / BCP plans pertaining to the storage and backup systems.
- Provide expert consulting and solutions to business units to meet specific storage and backup needs.
- Contribute to and develop best practices, strategies, methodologies and documentation/templates.
- Develop strategies and propose solutions to manage the growing volumes of storage and backup needs to reduce the overall cost of operations and investment.

This role involves interaction across the US Hosting Operations organisation, Regional Infrastructure teams and segment/function IT&S teams.

Description

The post holder is a ‘link’ between architecture, standards, operations and customers, and as such will be accountable for the integrity of US Hosting Operations existing storage and backup systems as well as operational continuity during introduction of new components across our data centres in Houston, Chicago and Tulsa. Taking a lead in evolving the storage infrastructure into a more efficient and cost effective solution is a key expectation.

The individual in this position will understand how storage and backup systems interface and interact with applications, and with other parts of the infrastructure. A key accountability will be the integration of application solutions into the storage and backup infrastructure with the ability to articulate clearly the benefits of a tiered environment allowing service differentiation.
The Storage SME will:

- Liaise with IT&S, GOI and the Data Centre Global Services and Standards team to understand standards and stay abreast of relevant technology roadmaps.
- Provide guidance to new systems development and projects teams on storage standards and deployment process.
- Work with project teams to directly integrate and coordinate implementation of storage (SAN/NAS) and backup technologies in production environments.
- Manage work requests and coordinate multiple implementation projects.
- Work with SDOs to develop end-to-end technical solutions, installation, configuration and operating plans.
- When required, provide day to day oversight to third party vendors supporting storage components.
- Guide third party vendors in the creation of DR / BCP plans pertaining to the storage and backup systems.
- Provide expert consulting and solutions to business units to meet specific storage and backup needs.
- Contribute to and develop best practices, strategies, methodologies and documentation/templates.
- Develop strategies and propose solutions to manage the growing volumes of storage and backup needs to reduce the overall cost of operations and investment.

This role involves interaction across the US Hosting Operations organisation, Regional Infrastructure teams and segment/function IT&S teams.

Requirements

a. Educational background
- Graduate level or demonstrable equivalent.
b. Experience (years and nature)
- Minimum 7 - 10 years post graduate business experience.
- Proven track record and expertise in the area of storage solutions.
- Background and experience in the management of enterprise-class data centre projects
c. Other
- Strong understand of ITIL Service Continuity management principles.
- Strong project, programme, budget and resource management skills.
- Ability to influence and negotiate, achieving desired decisions and outcomes.
- Ability to optimise resources from divers environments and cultures.

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Lawson Business Analyst / Programmer - Berkshire Blanket, Inc. (Ware, MA)

Function: Business Development
Industry: Manufacturing

Description:

Lawson Business Analyst / Programmer

Full-Time Employment Opportunity

We are seeking a business analyst / programmer to join our organization and assist us implement the Lawson M3 ERP system.  The ideal candidate will possess a special blend of business analysis and Lawson M3 Version 7.1 technology skills to:

·         Work with our user community to define and create actionable reports
·         Assist us implement best practice administrative procedures
·         Create user documentation
·         Develop training programs
·         Lead training sessions and be available to answer questions
·         Assist in user acceptance testing

You should possess experience being part of a team that successfully implemented a Lawson system within the past 18 months.  Areas of expertise include:

Technology

·         Lawson Business Intelligence
·         SQL

Functional Areas

·         Business Reporting
·         Product Data Management
·         Manufacturing Execution
·         Supply Chain Execution
·         Supply Chain Planning
·         Procurement
·         Customer Sales and Service
·         Business Process Management
·         Reporting

We are one of the nation's leading designers and marketers of premium quality blankets, throws and bedroom related products.  Our distinctive product line may be found at a variety of nationally recognized retailers under a number of well known consumer brands in addition to providing private label products to select retailers. We are a $100 million company located within 30 minutes commute of Springfield, Amherst, Northampton and Worcester MA.   Preferably you reside within this geographical area.  This assignment will start immediately.

Please respond with letter of interest and credentials to Pierre Rodrigue, Director of Human Resources, prodrigue@berkshireblanket.com.

Contact Name: Pierre Rodrigue

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Subject Matter Expert, IT Network - BP (Houston, TX)

Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of nearly 100,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in 100 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

BP is one of the three largest energy companies in the world, operating in over 100 countries across 6 continents. Information Technology & Services (IT&S), provides a full range of IT services to BP's global business segments.

IT&S plays a critical role in the delivery of defined world-class operational services that BP businesses can rely upon in support of their own performance. Our specific accountabilities include the delivery of services to specified target levels, including availability, recoverability and cost to the corporation. These services must also be delivered safely and secured against the growing risk of viruses and other security threats.

We aim to benchmark our performance favorably against a defined peer group of the world's best and intend to deliver our services with professionalism to rival any major business corporation in the world - this is what we mean by being 'World Class'. To achieve this exciting level of performance will require a commensurate level of enthusiasm, commitment and expertise in our people.

Description

The post holder is a ‘link’ between architecture, standards, operations and customers, and as such will be accountable for the integrity of US Hosting Operations existing network systems as well as operational continuity during introduction of new components across our key data centres in Houston, Chicago and Tulsa. Taking a lead in evolving the network infrastructure into a more efficient and cost effective solution is a key expectation.

The individual in this position will understand how network systems interface and interact with applications and with other parts of the infrastructure. A key accountability will be the integration of application solutions into the network infrastructure with the ability to articulate clearly the benefits of a tiered network on applications and service differentiation.

The Network SME will:

- Liaise with IT&S, GOI and the Data Centre Global Services and Standards team to understand standards and stay abreast of relevant technology roadmaps.
- Work with data centre operations managers to define application of network standards.
- Provide guidance to new systems development and project teams on network standards.
- Work with project teams to directly integrate and coordinate implementation of network solutions in production environments.
- Work with SDOs to develop end-to-end technical solutions, installation, configuration and operating plans.
- Manage work requests and coordinate multiple implementation projects.
- When required, provide day to day oversight to third party vendors supporting network components.
- Guide third party vendors in the creation of DR / BCP plans pertaining to the network.
- Provide expert consulting and solutions to business units to meet specific network needs.
- Contribute to and develop best practices, strategies, methodologies and documentation/templates.
- Develop strategies and propose solutions to optimise utilisation of existing infrastructure and the deployment of right network solutions to reduce the overall cost of operations and investment.

This role involves interaction across the US Hosting Operations organisation, Regional Infrastructure teams and segment/function IT&S teams to ensure network standards are appropriately applied.

Requirements

a. Educational background
- Graduate level or demonstrable equivalent.
b. Experience (years and nature)
- Minimum 7 - 10 years post graduate business experience.
- Proven track record and expertise in the area of network solutions.
- Background and experience in the management of enterprise-class data centre projects
- Prefer CCIE certification
c. Other
- Strong understand of ITIL Service Continuity management principles.
- Strong project, programme, budget and resource management skills.
- Ability to influence and negotiate, achieving desired decisions and outcomes.
- Ability to optimise resources from divers environments and cultures.

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Program Manager / Data Management - BP (Houston, TX)

Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of nearly 100,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in 100 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

BP is one of the three largest energy companies in the world, operating in over 100 countries across 6 continents. Information Technology & Services (IT&S), provides a full range of IT services to BP's global business segments.

IT&S plays a critical role in the delivery of defined world-class operational services that BP businesses can rely upon in support of their own performance. Our specific accountabilities include the delivery of services to specified target levels, including availability, recoverability and cost to the corporation. These services must also be delivered safely and secured against the growing risk of viruses and other security threats.

We aim to benchmark our performance favorably against a defined peer group of the world's best and intend to deliver our services with professionalism to rival any major business corporation in the world - this is what we mean by being 'World Class'. To achieve this exciting level of performance will require a commensurate level of enthusiasm, commitment and expertise in our people.

Description

Reporting to the North American Gas (NAG) Data Manager, the role holder will manage the Data Management program within NAG’s Digital Strategy Initiative. They must manage the development and implementation of a portfolio of interdependent projects. This includes oversight of the project managers, maintenance of budget status and forecast, requirements documentation sufficient to conduct RFI and RFP engagements, and key interface to clients, vendors, and central IT organizations.

Requirements

Essential

• Successful track record of delivering mission critical Enterprise Data Management programs (in excess of $20 million) through the entire project lifecycle.
• Training and experience development of all Data Management Program framework: Data Governance, Data Security, Database operations Management, Data Architecture, Data Quality, Meta Data Management, Document Content Management Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence, Master Data Management.
• 15+ years Data Management experience.
• 20+ years IT delivery experience.
• 12+ year Program Management experience including management of program with 20+ resources.
• Knowledge of the upstream oil & gas business and the associated Data Management activities.
• Experience working with technical teams, business analysts and process subject matter experts across various IT disciplines and geographies.
• Implementation of best practice standards in project delivery of Data Management and governance.
• Competence in Planning, Cost Estimating, Risk Management, Performance Management, Quality & Delivery Assurance.
• Thorough knowledge of CVP (or alternate stage gate decision process) and underlying project methodologies.
• Excellent record of Stakeholder Management.

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Quantitative Analyst (New York, NY)

Responsibilities:

Opportunity for a senior quantitative analyst to lead the research and model development for calculating the financial risks of fixed income assets. The ideal candidate will be familiar with modeling techniques, performance analytics and structured finance and will be able to work in a team environment. The candidate will also be involved in creating research publications and presentations related to the models

Qualifications:

Applicant should have a PhD in a quantitative discipline and 6+ years of demonstrated research experience developing quantitative models in the fixed income market. Knowledge of Econometrics, Mathematical Modeling, Term Structure modeling and Monte Carlo Methods is a must. CDO/CDS modeling and valuation a plus. Experience with statistical modeling platforms such as S-plus or SAS applied to large data-sets is desirable. The ideal candidate will also have ability to write technical research, and have had experience in effectively managing a team of quantitative analysts.

Comments:

We are an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V. Moody's takes pride in maintaining a balanced and diverse workforce and actively seeks out people who enrich our talent pool.

Please go to URL to apply:
https://www.moodys.jobs/psp/hrrec/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/ROLE_APPLICANT.ER_VIEW_JOBS.GBL?&JobReqNbr=005533

** If in case the link does not work, please visit our website, www.moodys.jobs. The requisition number for this position is 005533.

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Senior Consultant Research & Modeling (CT)

Senior Consultant Research & Modeling

The client is one of the leading insurance companies in the United States. They are very successful in combining superior financial strength with a consistent record of strong operating returns which means opportunities for professional growth for employees.

The client is committed to continuing to build a world class Research and Modeling organization, and is looking for exceptional people who combine excellent quantitative technical skills with a true understanding of business issues and a passion for bringing innovative solutions. The successful candidate will have the following characteristics:

• Ability to provide technical and quantitative analysis for predictive modeling group.
• Desire to apply knowledge in new ways by bringing business and insurance knowledge to mathematical problems.
• Creative and quantitative personality that can participate in statistical data mining and other actuarial research by applying advanced statistical concepts.
• Strong ability to build and analyze models and statistical data and help the business interpret the analysis.
• Proven background in univariate and multivariate analysis and expertise in SAS for modeling.

Qualifications:

• Advanced quantitative degree - preferably in math, statistics, actuarial science, economics or operations research
• Expertise in database principles and quantitative analysis
• Background in predictive modeling

Contact:

Marybeth Haas
Marybeth [at] martinpartners.com
312-265-6280

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Quantitative Analyst - Sun Trading LLC (Chicago, IL)

Sun Trading LLC is looking for junior financial engineers / quantitative analysts with the skills suitable for the following jobs within an FE Group: algorithm design, high-frequency data modeling, and statistical analysis.

The FE Group develops models and ideas into automated trading strategies to interface with electronic marketplaces. Financial engineers work with other groups to develop, implement and manage automated electronic trading strategies.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed specifications for trading algorithms and work with other staff members to implement the required technological solution
• Perform historical tick-data analysis under direction from senior FE’s to improve existing trading models and create profitable quantitative strategies
• Contribute to development of trading analytics and risk management tools
• Perform statistical analysis studies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in written form with members of the trading and technical teams
• Aptitude to create successful trading strategies through application of mathematical techniques and data analysis
• Understanding of electronic trading marketplaces and ability to formulate testable hypotheses based on research into market structure
• Ability to formulate trading ideas into automated algorithms

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years experience in electronic financial markets with extensive exposure to live trading environment and high-frequency trading
• Advanced mathematical and quantitative skills with very strong numerical background and good statistical/empirical skills
• Post-graduate level education in mathematics, finance or related field, or equivalent experience
• Some experience with programming in Java/C/C++
• Knowledge of modeling language (S/R/MATLAB) as well as database queries (SQL/KDB/Q).

Apply: email your resume to jobs@suntradingllc.com.

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Business Objects Data Analyst - BP (Houston, TX)

Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of nearly 100,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 100 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

BP's Exploration and Production segment focuses on finding reserves of oil and gas, developing the means to extract and process it and then consistently producing and transporting it to market. This involves using cutting edge technology to find the energy reserves, the ability to drill thousands of meters under the ground, designing, building and operating some of the world's largest most complex production onshore / offshore facilities and finally being able to transport these fluids, in order to provide energy to the world.

BP's goal is to enable energy to be produced and consumed in ways that do no long-term damage to the planet or its people. We are empathetic in our approach to protecting people and the environment. Our global business is constantly changing and we seek outstanding HSE professionals to enable us to meet and exceed our ambitious health, safety and environmental performance standards.

Summary

The role requested is a Health Safety Security and Environmental (HSSE) Data Analyst. The successful candidate will be accountable for providing accurate HSSE Performance Reporting and the Primary Local Traction System Administrator (LTSA) for the North American Gas Strategic Performance Unit (SPU).

The North America Gas SPU is one of the largest SPU’s within BP’s global Exploration and Production business and is a top tier producer of natural gas in North America. The SPU operates in nine US states and Canada and is staffed by ca. 3,200 employees. The five Performance Units and multiple gas processing plants, is designed to be a sustainable, material business for decades. The SPU operates more than 13,000 producing wells, with reserves >2 bn boe and total production >450 mboed, of which ~75% is operated and ~25% non-operated. The SPU invests more than $2 bn in capital annually, with the majority focused on development drilling and near field exploration. The SPU operates 25 drilling rigs and numerous work-over rigs, maintaining a level loaded program.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or other IT related Degree
- Advanced Business Objects expertise (creating HSSE reports and scheduling to the web through Broadcast Agent)
- Strong attention to detail and detail oriented problem solving skills
- The ability to turn data into information and to communicate this concisely to management
- A performance bias and a desire for continuous improvement
- Strong oral and written communication skills with good time management
- Able to work proactively, focus effort and priorities
- Ability to manage multiple tasks (at time with conflicting priorities) simultaneously
- Ability to identify ways to do things better, faster, more efficiently
- Builds networks to enhance effectiveness and share knowledge

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