| Financial Analyst - 3/12/10 |
While reporting into the Finance team, this position will work closely with cross functional leadership within Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Corporate. A successful candidate will be able to work closely with individual departments to implement the necessary processes and controls to ensure financial results are in line with targets. Additionally, this person will be responsible for presenting key business insights and recommendations to the Finance team and senior business leadership.
Experience & Requirements:
- B.S. degree in finance, accounting, or economics
- 3-4 years of financial planning and analysis experience in a large growth company
- Experience should include reporting responsibilities and analytical projects
- Excellent excel and access skills
- Systems savvy - Experience with Oracle ERP and Cognos is a plus
Location: Redwood City, CA
Salary: $70-80k
Please contact Jon@xcelgroup.com
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| Sr. Financial Analyst - 3/12/10 |
This position will be responsible for budgeting, forecasting and analyzing revenue through margin. This Analyst will be the primary business partner for the Sales group and Demand Planning and at the same time will liaise with other groups in both North American Publishing and Corporate and Label Finance. This Analyst will own revenue forecasting and monthly close activities.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree and 3-5 years of relevant work experience (financial planning and analysis), or MBA (or CPA) and 1-3 years of experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of financial planning and reporting processes
- Experience with P&L analysis
Location: Redwood City, CA
Salary: $75-85k
Please contact Jon@xcelgroup.com
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| Financial Analyst - 1/24/10 |
Minimum Requirements :
• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration or demonstrated equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years of combined professional accounting and industry experience with significant interaction and understanding of accounting and finance
• Experience with Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Essbase, Hyperion Enterprise or Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including Visual Basic, Access, Word, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes
• Key contributor, self driven, energetic, and motivated team player with the capability to effectively work on multiple projects/tasks
• Demonstrated aptitude to prepare and present financial information
• Excellent written and oral communication as well as analytical skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with management as well as multi-disciplined cross-section of a large organization
Job Description :
• Prepare and distribute daily, weekly, monthly and/or quarterly financial reports
• Monthly actual to budget variance analyses
• Participate in preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting and management reporting packages
• Participate in the planning and budgeting and forecasting processes
• Support ad hoc reports and/or analyses as necessary
• Contributor to development of financial and operational metrics
• Perform key performance metrics analysis and testing, summarize and report results
• Identify opportunities to optimize existing processes, develop process improvements
• Partner with accounting and others to provide financial analysis support as needed
Please contact Jon@xcelgroup.com
Jonathan Taylor
Director, Finance and Accounting Search
The Xcel Group, San Mateo
www.linkedin.com/in/jonxcel
(650) 572-0123 x222
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| Chinese Private Bankers - 1/24/10 |
ATTENTION: International Bankers & Brokers
LatAm, Europe and Domestic bankers & brokers/ Teams: International & US Based:
Has your current institution lately become too public for your high net worth clients?
Are you a private banker looking to move to the brokerage model? Alternatively, perhaps an experienced broker stuck in a gridlock?
WorldBridge Partners specializes in repositioning teams and individual producers who value their client relationships in the highest regard. We represent exciting clients that have stayed out of the recent media spotlight and continue to grow and look for expansion in 2010. Our clients are seeking the passive broker/banker/team that is not looking to jump at the drop of a hat, but seek a place where they can grow and develop their existing relationships. Our clients are seeking established brokers and or teams with existing books with minimum AUM of 100MM. Our clients are seeking to expand their presence with both domestic and LATAM brokers.
I would be more than happy to set up a time in which we could speak in detail. Please feel free to contact me in strict confidence sb@worldbridgepartners.com or 516-771-1200 ext.127. Please visit our website www.worldbridgepartners.com
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| Sr. Compliance Auditor - 11/23/09 |
Responsibilities:
The Healthcare Compliance Office (HCO) Senior Compliance Specialist/Auditor is responsible for conducting complex, investigative, in-depth audits of the Commercial, Development and Medical Affairs organizations pursuant to Healthcare Compliance policies, guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of various groups. This individual designs and effectively executes HCO audits by leading a team comprised of junior auditors, consultants and legal counsel. The position requires some domestic travel for field and vendor interviews.
This individual should be committed to fostering a culture of compliance by partnering with business owners, HCO counterparts, Legal and Business Practices - and, of course, leading by example.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Oversight and execution of 3-5 audits annually by working independently and with limited supervision, but subject to input and direction by the Director/Associate Director of HCO Audits.
- Development and execution of audit scoping, project planning (including timelines) and methodological testing, including the use of innovative inquiries & analyses to identify key risk areas in a quickly changing business environment.
- Oversight and direction of junior auditor(s), consultants and legal counsel for each specific audit.
- Providing on-time, accurate, detailed, analytical audit results (in presentation & written narrative format) based on a high volume of qualitative and quantitative audit data.
- Communicating audit results to senior and mid-level business owners from various cross-functional departments.
- Designing, delivering and overseeing effective corrective action plans in partnership with business owners; tracking to ensure that corrective action plans are completed on a timely basis.
- Identifying key risk areas associated with particular product teams, organizations at-large as input for the HCO risk assessment, new policies & guidelines and monitoring programs.
- Interacting and regularly communicating audit results to HCO counterparts.
Requirements:
- BA or BS required; MBA, JD, CPA or other relevant advanced degree strongly preferred
- In-depth understanding of pharmaceutical or life sciences business and healthcare compliance risk areas.
- At least 5 years experience in a healthcare compliance position at a major pharmaceutical or life sciences company or consulting firm, preferably as an auditor, monitor or investigator; or, 7 years experience as a finance/general auditor at a major consulting firm or life sciences/pharmaceutical company.
- Demonstrated applied knowledge of laws and regulations related to interactions with Healthcare Professionals, including but not limited to the Anti-Kickback Statutes, Government Fraud & Abuse, Off-Label promotion.
- Ability to understand, prioritize and communicate healthcare compliance-related risks to sophisticated business personnel; and to apply extensive healthcare compliance and business knowledge to accomplish HCO audit objectives through effective risk mitigation.
- Exceedingly strong written and verbal communication skills required, including the ability to manage conflict and negotiate corrective actions with senior managers.
- Knowledge of IT, Finance and business systems.
Please contact Jon@xcelgroup.com
Jonathan Taylor
Director, Finance and Accounting Search
The Xcel Group, San Mateo
www.linkedin.com/in/jonxcel
(650) 572-0123 x222
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| Quantitative Analyst - 1/29/09 |
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Utilize complex quantitative research methodology to analyze market trends and identify breakthrough global trading strategies.
- Provide extensive signal testing and financial risk modeling in order to analyze hedge fund performance and report on improvements that increase ROI.
- Develop signal software that locates anomalies and discrepancies in click stream data, and create new applications as needed for data collection and analysis.
- Research and review platforms for new, existing and potential investment products, and develop methods to reduce transaction costs and increase profitability.
- Construct monthly, quarterly and annual written reports with supporting statistics to senior level management and investors. Maintain all reports of data, findings and valuation methodologies.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years experience in quantitative equity research (e.g., stock selection, portfolio optimization, multi factor and alpha modeling) and a strong background in econometrics, statistics, and signal processing.
- 2+ years exposure to hedge funds, trading firms and investment banking industries.
- BS required, and MS or PhD in Finance or Quantitative Mathematics preferred.
Derek Shaw
The Xcel Group
Finance and Accounting Search Consultants
777 Mariners Island Blvd., Ste. 560
San Mateo, CA 94404
derek@xcelgroup.com
650-572-0123 x224
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| Internal Auditor - 8/21/08 |
Mid-sized pharmaceutical company is searching for an internal auditor who has an advanced knowledge of accounting principles to assist the company in fullfilling all requirements for compliance to SEC/Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
Duties include:
- Monitoring company systems and internal controls;
- Understands COSO Standards;
- Developing audit plans;
- Perform/oversee internal audit;
- Report audit findings to Senior Management;
- Remain current on all new rules/laws connected to financial management;
- Assist in the implementation/enforcement of Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
Requirement:
The right candidate will possess the necessary background, experience and educations which must include: a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, a CIA or CPA, some experience in auditing manufacturing firms.
Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Payrate: 95K to 120K + Depending on Experience
If interestest, please email your resume to: hr@amphastar.com
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| Senior Financial Analyst - 8/21/08 |
We are looking for an experienced Finance professional to join our Corporate Finance group in the role of Senior Financial Analyst. In this role, you will be responsible for complex financial modeling, treasury activity management, and Investor Relation support. You will gain invaluable experience in a position which offers significant responsibility and interaction with senior management as well as considerable opportunity to make impact on a growing Finance organization. Our ideal candidate is a well-rounded top performer who can be a key contributor in a high-energy growth environment. This position will report to Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.
Responsibilities:
- Manage treasury activities such as weekly cash forecasting, investment portfolio monitoring and risk management.
- Manage existing banking and investment manager relationships. Develop and establish new banking relationships to expand company treasury capabilities into areas such as foreign currency hedging and universal banking platform.
- Play a key role in implementing cross-functional projects that are aimed to automate internal processes and gain higher efficiency.
- Perform market research and develop complex financial models to facilitate company long term planning and corporate strategic initiatives.
- Provide functional support to Investor Relation. This involves tracking research analyst coverage, analyzing stock trading activities, researching competitor valuation and supporting investor conferences.
- Create reporting packages and work with senior management to define and track key performance metrics for company and various functional groups.
Requirement:
- B.S. in Finance or Accounting, or equivalent.
- MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- 5-7 years financial analysis experience from a leading investment bank, consulting, Fortune 500 or high growth firm.
- Excellent analytical and modeling skills, in-depth experience with financial statement analysis and a strong understanding of corporate finance concepts such as discounted cash flow and valuation methodologies.
- Extensive knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Oracle and Cognos a plus.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task.
Location: Fremont, CA
Payrate: $95K-$100K
If interested, please contact Yating Niu at yating.niu@3par.com.
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| Internal Auditor - 8/8/08 |
Mid-sized pharmaceutical company is searching for an internal auditor who has an advanced knowledge of accounting principles to assist the company in fulfilling all requirements for compliance to 404 regulations under SEC/Sarbanes Oxley.
The right candidate will possess the necessary background, experience and educations which must include: a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, a CIA or CPA, some experience in auditing manufacturing firms.
Duties include:
- Monitoring company systems and internal controls
- Understands COSO Standards
- Developing audit plans
- Perform/oversee internal audit
- Report audit findings to Senior Management
- Remain current on all new rules/laws connected to financial management
- Assist in the implementation/enforcement of Sarbanes Oxley requirements
The job pays 100,000 to 130,000 depending on experience. The Company offers a competitive benefits package.
Please contact Shawn D. Smith, the Director of HR for Amphastar if interested. Email: ShawnS@ims-limited.com, Phone: (626) 459-5546.
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| Office Manager/Controller - 7/16/08 |
Santa Clara based firm looking for an Office Manager/Controller. Ideal candidate will have a minimum of an AA in Accounting or Finance. Must be detail oriented, highly organized, possess excellent technical and computer skills, and enjoy dealing with all levels of management. Strong General Ledger experience a plus.
Requirement: Minimum AA in Accounting or Finance. Excellent technical and computer skills. General Ledger proficiency.
Location: Santa Clara, California
Payrate: $80K plus solid health, dental, vision & 401k benefits. Cohesive team to work with!
If interested, please contact Ms. Cristina Koukiscca at cksuperior@aol.com or phone: (650)349-1422.
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| Finance & Accounting Manager (ACCA) - 5/27/08 |
Main tasks / skills / responsibilities:
- Responsible for Finance, Administration/HR and IT management
- Responsible for functional reporting directly to Group Controller
- Budgeting, financial planning, monthly reporting, cost analysis, cash flow and storage control
- Responsible for internal, external & taxation auditing
- Responsible/ assist implementation of ERP System
- Helps the departments and services to hire, train and motivate the staff for the best contribution to the company development
- Financial monitoring of the overall operation
- Optimization of tax structure
- Assurance of a cost effective organizational, information and communication system
- Determination of areas of risk and optimization of insurance costs
- Ensure a proper internal control systems
- Budget preparation / Evaluation of capital expenditures
- Establish / Maintain efficient cash management and relation to banks
Goals:
- To establish and maintain an efficient accounting system in line with the business development and expansion
- To establish and maintain internal control system & standard accounting operation procedures
- Fulfill company planning Financial target
- Assurance of a proper IT environment
- To ensure the employment complying with PRC legal requirements
Input:
- To review the financial result with the budgeted business goals & to control operating expenses and business unit/departmental expense
- To prepare & present quarterly rolling forecast and annual budget
- The company’s financial/accounting system & all accounts in accordance with Group standards and procedures
Outputs:
- Good control of company cash flow
- Reasonable budget for plant running costs
- Efficient accounting system & standard accounting operation procedures
Requirement/Experience:
- Bachelor degree or above in Accounting/ Finance
- At least 8 years in finance and min. 5 years in financial manager level in international companies
- Experience with Western culture / mentality
- ACCA holder is a must
- Experience in international accounting standards (IFRS/USGAAP)
- Excellent English skills
- Good management, communication and leadership skills
- Familiar with all government regulations and policies e.g. local taxation, foreign exchange control, etc.
- Very good team player
- Initiative
- Disciplined
Location: Shenzhen
Payrate: depending on experience
If interested, please contact hr@ecs-center.de or phone: 021-68731424
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| Accountant - 5/27/08 |
We are looking for an experienced Accountant to join our growing team to assist in accounting for our US import operations and act as the accounting liaison between Slam Brands offices in the U.S. and China! As our Accountant you will be responsible for general
accounting tasks, administrative tasks related to finance, in addition to maintaining HR documentation. If you are self-motivated, with exceptional organization skills, then we want to hear from you!
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as finance and employment compliance issues liaison to Company’s Chinese office.
- Research and maintain compliance with Chinese tax and accounting regulations.
- Process A/P and A/R transactions for expanded channels of distribution.
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes, and writes narrative reports explaining findings.
- Audits contracts, orders, and vouchers.
- Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures.
- Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
- Prepares records for monthly/ annual closing.
- Makes recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
- Conducts studies and submits recommendations for improving the organization's accounting operation.
- Maintains HR records and manages employee benefit plan information.
- Maintains organization charts.
Requirements:
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as financial reports, and legal documents, and procedure manuals in English and Mandarin fluently
- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university in Accounting or Finance and/or three to five years of related experience
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization in English and Mandarin fluently
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, etc.), with expert skill level in Excel
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Preferred skills and abilities:
- Knowledge of Great Plains accounting software a plus
Location: Redmond, WA
Payrate: DOE
If interested, please sent cover letter and resume to: slaact.pmsi@hiredesk.net
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| Equity Analyst - 5/27/08 |
Requirement:
- Has 5-10 years private equity working experience
- Willing to relocate to Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong, and wants to work for a large RMB fund sponsored by top tier financial institions in China with a globally competitive pay
If interested, please contact Shirley at chenshirleyhk@yahoo.com
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| VP-GM Toxicology - 5/9/08 |
Join our growing team as the Vice President and General Manager of our new Toxicology facility in Suzhou, China! is a NYSE listed public company based in Shanghai, China.
We offer global pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical companies diverse outsourcing services in combinatorial, medicinal, synthetic chemistry and manufacturing of API’s and finished drug products for preclinical and clinical trials. Our clients include over 80 leading global pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
As a research-driven and customer-focused company, offers global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies a broad and integrated portfolio of laboratory and research manufacturing services ranging from discovery chemistry to biological services and manufacturing of APIs to toxicology services.
We assist our global partners in shortening the cycle and lowering the cost of drug discovery and development by providing cost-effective and efficient outsourcing solutions.
welcomes overseas Managers to join us. We offer you a highly competitive compensation and benefits package along with an exciting world-class research environment. This position is based in Suzhou,China.
Requirement:
As the VP / GM of our brand new, state-of-the-art 267,000 sq. ft. Suzhou Preclinical Drug Safety Evaluation Center, you will be responsible for all aspects of the overall conduct and performance of the facility including the operational and financial performance of the site. To do this you will provide leadership and oversight for daily operations, including analyzing financial and technical information to help reduce costs and increase revenues. In addition, you will develop and implement policies and procedures and processes within operating units and will work closely with various departments to ensure organizational standards are being met and operational processes are efficient and in compliance with established standards and regulations.
You will manage departments to ensure that all studies projects are carried out in strict regulatory compliance and adherence to company internal standards. You will also develop strong business relationships and identify new business opportunities as well as partnering with various government, universities and research institutes.
The qualified candidate will have:
- Advanced degree with extensive experience in the management of an Animal Facility and testing experience in Toxicology, Immunology, Biochemistry or Virology or related scientific/engineering field plus 10 years of management experience in preclinical studies.
- A Ph.D./DVM in Toxicology, Immunology, Biochemistry or Virology or related scientific/engineering field preferred.
- Demonstrated successful leadership and management skills.
- Fluent verbal and written communication skills in Chinese is preferred
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and project management skills as well experience in the pharmaceutical industry involving customer communications.
- An understanding of the business side of facility management and the documentation requirements for a GLP laboratory including knowledge of GLP and other relevant FDA and ISO guidelines and regulations.
- Process working knowledge of international requirements of permits, logistics, and legal requirement of non-clinical testing.
- Ability to travel in US/EU in order to support business development
Candidate Must Have : Advanced degree, extensive experience in the management of an Animal Facility and testing experience in Toxicology. Ph.D./DVM in Toxicology, Immunology, Biochemistry or Virology or related scientific/engineering field. Fluent verbal and written communication skills in Chinese is preferred
Location: SuZhou, China
Payrate: 200k plus 40% Bonus
If interested, please forward your resume to mshafer@bealepersonnel.com
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| Finance Director, Emerging Markets - China - 5/8/08 |
Our Client: One of the premier international owners and developers of Class A commercial real estate. This is an excellent opportunity for a bi-lingual (English & Mandarin Chinese) finance executive to work in a highly visible international role.
The Opportunity: The Finance Director acts as the primary liaison between the operating business in China and Corporate Finance & Accounting based in NYC. Intimately involved and knowledgeable on all aspects of financial management and reporting, the Finance Director is responsible for assuring adherence to accounting standards. The Finance Director should be very technically oriented and will work closely with US and China based professionals to develop and enhance processes and procedures. The Finance Director will review financial statements for conversion accuracy (local PRC to IFRS and US Tax) and provide accounting and finance support to both US and China financial teams on all acquisition, disposition and redevelopment projects as well as ongoing ownership. This global role connects the local finance groups with other operating groups including portfolio management, executive management, tax, property/fund accounting, etc.
Requirement:
The Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years accounting/auditing experience, including hands on controller experience, preferably in the real estate industry. Experience with financial accounting standards, auditing and/or internal controls, and tax reporting requirements for cross-border ownership structures are necessary. In addition, the candidate must have experience in a company that has multiple entities and several consolidations using offshore companies, as well as with international business issues including transfer pricing, Value Added Tax (VAT), inflationary adjustments and local compliance/statutory reporting. A Bachelor's degree in accounting is a must; Big Four experience and a CPA are strongly preferred. Strong written and verbal skills, in both English and Mandarin Chinese, are mandatory. Candidates without verbal and written fluency in Mandarin will not be considered.
This position requires international travel. The candidate must be comfortable with multiple cultures and be able to accommodate business needs in different time zones.
Location: New York City
Payrate: $110,000 - $130,000 plus bonus
If interested, please contact Mr. Robert Gandel(Managing Director, The Governance Groups, Inc.) at 908-277-1800 or bobgnadel@governancegroup.com
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| Director of Finance (CPA) - 4/3/08 |
A national Bio-Tech seeks a Director of Finance. Reports directly to the CEO.
The Director of Finance will operate under the highest levels of integrity while overseeing several areas within the organization: Corporate Accounting, Accounts Payable, and Payroll, and the supervision of staff directly responsible for those processes, Equity accounting, Account Royalties (Stock Valuation-Preferred/Non Preferred). Financial consolidation, Audit Experience (internal, external) will also be critical as will the ability to generate timely financial statements for investors.
The successful candidate will be responsible for but not limited to:
- Financial Management: Creates, institutes and documents the procedures necessary to maintain proper financial records and afford a superior level of internal accounting controls. Appraises the organization’s financial position. Due Diligence is a must.
- Financial team Leadership: Sets team goals and implement schedules and deadlines for all department activities. Responsible for evaluating the performance of personnel in the Finance Department. Mergers & Acquisitions
- Financial Statement Preparation: Prepares and is responsible for the timely issuance of the company’s monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements to the CEO and Board of Directors
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Institutes and maintains other planning and control procedures (including the cost accounting system), and analyzes and reports variances. Treasury Management: Performs the cash management function such as but not limited to: cash flow analyses, maintaining best utilization of lending institution line of credit and vendor debt. Oversees client collection activities to ensure prompt payment.
The Director of Finance/Controller is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the accounting processes and compliance with standardized accounting policies and procedures. This position will also evaluate current processes, identify, and oversee implementation of improvements. In addition, the Director of Finance will be responsible for managing multiple projects as well as various ad-hoc requests and working with auditors.
Requirements/Responsibilities:
1. Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance; with CPA, MBA strongly preferred
2. Minimum 8 years of accounting experience with a minimum of 3 years serving as an accounting manager/controller
3. Public accounting experience with a combination of biotechnology industry experience a plus
4. Experience with international consolidation of financials from our China Operations
5. Furnishes internal reports, revises and updates reports to be more useful and efficient, and furnishes external and ad-hoc reports as necessary. Prepare, review and analyze monthly financial statements
6. Experience with Audits (both internal and external)
7. Experience preparing the budgets, financial forecasts, and internal controls; maintaining other planning and control procedures (including the cost accounting system), and analyzes and reports variances
8. Strong analytical and technical accounting skills required
9. Excellent written and verbal communications skills
10. Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to get along well with diverse personalities
11. Experience interacting with senior management and individuals with various levels of experience
12. “Big 4” Public accounting experience is a plus
13. Business tax prep experience; Inventory Management experience is a plus
14. Strong analytical and problem solving skills
15. Adaptability
16. High level of integrity
Requirement: Technical Skills:
- Candidate must be experienced in working with US GAAP, US GAAS. Experience with Republic of China is a plus
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Budgeting, Forecasting, Cost Accounting, Financial Reporting
- Must be a CPA
Location: Washington DC
Payrate: 100k-110k plus
If interested, please forward your resume to mshafer@bealepersonnel.com
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| Corporate Controller - 3/26/08 |
A North American publicly traded company based in Shanghai, China, is a leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing sophisticated reagents, software and equipment to emerging markets within the medical profession. A consolidation of its operations has resulted in a shift of its head office location in North America to Shanghai, China. Poised for high growth is seaking a Corporate Controller.
The Role
Reporting to the CFO, your challenge in this important position will be to manage the global financial operations of this medium-sized company. More specifically, your responsibilities will include:
- Develop, implement and maintain the necessary procedures and systems for complete financial reporting to the shareholders, the financial controls of the company and the safeguarding of assets in a manner consistent with SOX requirements.
- Direct the preparation and analysis of financial statements including annual reports, management discussion and analysis (MD&A), press releases and other public company required information.
- Develop a results oriented culture through the usage and visibility of management accounting and control systems in a manufacturing environment.
- Participate with members of senior management in the implementation of the company’s strategy.
- Manage the preparation of fiscal files including international transfer pricing.
- Participate in the management and leveraging of a global ERP system.
- Supervise a team of over 15 employees.
- The position requires a minimum of 15% of travel abroad.
The initial mandate will be to work with senior management to transition the head office to Shanghai including helping to complete the finance team. This position is based at the company’s main operation in Shanghai, China.
The Profile
Ideally, you will have an in-depth knowledge of financial reporting and controls in the context of a publicly traded company (Canada or the U.S.) where strong internal controls, full disclosure, and financial integrity are mandatory throughout the organization. You are a seasoned individual with solid operational experience with a “can-do, roll-up-the-sleeves” style and a strong ability to motivate and coach your team within an entrepreneurial culture.
- CA/CPA designation and/or an MBA or equivalent.
- 10 to 15 years of relevant experience in all areas of finance including relevant public company experience.
- Understanding of securities legislation, international and domestic taxation, legal and accounting policies and practices (North America and Asia).
- Experience in dealing with tax authorities within China would be an asset.
- IFRS knowledge or has a strong knowledge of accounting rules applicable to the preparation of financial statements of a publicly traded company.
- Experience or in-depth understanding of consolidation processes (Hyperion experience is an asset).
- Strong expertise with international accounting revenue recognition rules.
- Experience in managing the use of ERP systems (JDE/SAP or similar).
If interested, please contact Karen Hanna at: khanna@karenhanna.com or 1-514-933-7379.
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| Vice President, Credit Risk Management - 1/23/08 |
Since 1963, AIG United Guaranty has provided the best in insurance products and services to mortgage lenders of all sizes. And as their customers’ needs have changed over the years, they have changed as well. Today’s AIG United Guaranty offers a wide range of risk management and financial services to help lenders protect their investments and grow their markets.
Subsidiaries of AIG United Guaranty provide mortgage guaranty insurance for first and second mortgages that protects against mortgage credit losses. In addition, AIG United Guaranty’s comprehensive range of financial products and services to lenders and investors includes default coverage for construction, equity, and private education loans.
United Guaranty is composed of three main business units: the Domestic Residential Group (DRG), the Domestic Consumer Group (DCG) and the International Group (IG). The Domestic Residential Group provides primary and pool mortgage insurance coverage as well as contract services. The Domestic Consumer Group focuses on insurance coverage for second mortgages and HELOCS, consumer loan coverage and private education loans. Finally the International Group services all of AIG Mortgage Insurance needs outside the US.
With over 1000 employees spread across 16 countries, United Guaranty is one of the largest corporations involved in the mortgage and consumer lending industries today. United Guaranty Corporation is headquartered in Greensboro, NC with major executive offices in Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta. Through its parent company, New York City-based insurance company American International Group (AIG), United Guaranty offers clients access to a whole range of insurance and financial services and asset management products.
In addition to offering its products throughout the US, United Guaranty's international division has operations in Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, and the UK.
The Vice President of Credit Risk Management is charged with managing the performance and development of United Guaranty’s domestic residential second mortgage book of business. This officer is responsible for guiding the growth and evolution of the domestic portfolio through the effective use of analytics, policy, and underwriting execution.
This officer will significantly influence Domestic Consumer Group’s (DCG) strategic planning and will be highly visible internally and externally. As such, the Vice President of Credit Risk Management will have regular contact with customer senior management, UG management, production and underwriting personnel.
Credit risk management involves the assessment, management, and monitoring of factors that influence loan default. These factors include borrower, loan, and property characteristics, as well as market, lender/originator/servicer, and other elements that effect loan performance.
Responsibilities include:
- Adhere to company policies related to performance evaluations, individual development planning, and hiring and termination of staff.
- Establishing and effectively communicating to the appropriate staff the consumer lending division’s risk and portfolio management strategy.
- Assist in establishing business goals at the department level linked to our client’s corporate objectives as well as divisional risk strategy.
- Preparation of risk management budget and management expenses to meet budget.
- Creation of performance analytics that support divisional and corporate annual objectives.
- Responsible for development and execution of the consumer lending division’s credit policy and underwriting guidelines, underwriting process and procedures manual, and portfolio assessment tools.
- Provide interpretation, and guidance regarding credit policy and guidelines to internal staff and external customers including timely and appropriate response relative to policy exceptions.
- Maintain a keen awareness of industry and economic trends/developments as they relate to the management of credit and market risk in the mortgage and consumer lending industries.
- Conduct professional and effective presentations to executive management, customers, and rating agencies.
- Provide guidance and support to bulk/structured pricing transactions. This entails the assessment of business composition, request for and evaluation of due diligence reviews, and determination of acceptability of product characteristics.
- Other special projects and assignments as needed or as assigned.
- Travel is required, roughly 15%.
Required Candidate Credentials:
- Extensive knowledge of consumer lending, specifically to second mortgages and HELOCS.
- Ten+ years experience in risk management, portfolio risk management, or underwriting management.
- Maturity of judgment and decision making related to risk management and underwriting execution.
- Exemplary, proven analytical skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Working knowledge of business technology (underwriting applications).
- Basic familiarity with Wall Street, and major investors – products, personnel, and systems.
- Must be progressive and forward-thinking.
- Relationship management experience with high-level executives.
- Ability to organize staff to accomplish wide variety of tasks efficiently and effectively. Ability to structure individual jobs and incentives in a manner that motivates employees to perform in a manner that supports company objectives.
- Proficient in use of computer hardware and software applications. (For example, Microsoft Office applications and other database management applications.)
- Bachelor’s Degree.
If interested, please contact Kristy Cancro at: kristy@straussgroup.com.
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| Chief Financial Officer - 11/21/07 |
Witt/Kieffer has been retained by Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), to assist in the search for a Chief Financial Officer for
CHI – Kentucky Market Based Organization (MBO). CHI is singular among the nation’s leading not-for-profit health care systems, comprising
73 hospitals, spanning 19 states and including 42 long-term care, assisted and independent living and residential facilities and two
community-based health ministries. CHI is the second largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation, with annual revenues of approximately
$7.1 billion, and over 66,000 employees. See CHI’s web site for additional information: http://www.catholichealthinit.org/
CHI – Kentucky MBO, based in Erlanger, Kentucky, a close suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, was formed several years ago to create greater local
consolidation as part of a system-wide effort for more coordination. CHI believes the heightened coordination is a way to leverage its size and
markets where CHI has a strong presence; anticipate increased revenues through market share gains and new facility growth; enhanced
efficiencies; and improved consistency in clinical quality across all facilities.
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) reports to Gary S. Campbell, SVP, Group Executive Officer (SVP) for CHI-Kentucky MBO. The successful
candidate also has a matrix reporting relationship to Colleen M. Blye, SVP & CFO, CHI.. The successful candidate will be an active member of the
Finance Group working with the CHI CFO in addressing the top national priorities of CHI.
The CFO will serve as the chief financial resource officer and consultant to the SVP. He/she will work closely with the CEOs and CFOs at
Local MBOs in Kentucky, Ohio and Nebraska and eventually New Jersey. He/she will promote integration and consistency of financial
reporting/operations in the Local MBOs; consolidate financial operations to reduce duplication; leverage market presence to increase market share; reduce
costs and enhance revenues; and, where necessary, turn around financial losses in acquired hospitals. The CFO will assess the financial talent
in each local market and have a say so on appointment/retention of these executives. The CFO will be based Erlanger and can expect to travel
approximately 50 percent of his/her time.
Requirement:
The ideal candidate is a seasoned CFO with a proven record of accomplishments in complex multi-hospital/system environments. We
seek candidates with strong turnaround and integration experience of acquired and/or existing hospitals into regional markets. Candidates
must have a successful track record of interacting with boards, finance and operating executives, physicians and other stakeholders. A
Bachelor’s degree is required. A Master’s degree is preferred. CPA licensure is preferred. Fellowship with HFMA is highly desired. Prior
experience in Catholic healthcare is a plus.
Location: Erlanger, KY
Payrate: Comm w/ experience
Contact: Send resumes or nominations in confidence, preferably by email, to CHI – Kentucky MBO’s executive search consultants: Toni
Farley, tonif@wittkieffer.com, 630/575-6182; or Paul Bohne, paulb@wittkieffer.com; 781/272-8899; Witt/Kieffer, 2015 Spring Rd.,
Suite 510, Oak Brook, IL 60523.
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| Sr. Financial Analyst - 11/01/07 |
3PAR is currently searching for an experienced Finance professional to join our Financial Planning and Analysis group in the role of Senior Financial Analyst. In this role, you will be responsible for financial modeling, forecasting, and developing internal management
reports. You will gain invaluable experience in a position which offers significant responsibility and interaction with senior management as well as considerable opportunity to make impact on a growing Finance organization. Our ideal candidate is a well-rounded top performer who can be
a key contributor in a high-energy growth environment. This position will report to Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.
Responsibilities:
- Play a key role in the continued development of our worldwide budgeting and planning processes by partnering with senior leaders across the organization.
- Develop financial forecasts of headcount, operating expenses, and capital expenditures and perform budget vs. actual analysis.
- Create reporting packages and work with senior management to define and track key performance metrics.
- Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives and help review critical financial decisions.
- Contribute to the expansion of our treasury function in the areas such as cash management and foreign currency management etc.
Requirement:
- B.S. in Finance or Accounting, or equivalent.
- MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- 3-5 years financial analysis experience from a leading public accounting, investment bank, consulting, Fortune 500 or high growth firm.
- Excellent analytical and modeling skills, in-depth experience with financial statement analysis and a strong understanding of corporate finance concepts such as discounted cash flow and valuation methodologies.
- Extensive knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Oracle and Cognos a plus.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task.
Location: Fremont, CA
Payrate: DOE
If interested, please contact Yating Niu at yating.niu@3par.com
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| SEC External Reporting Manager - 11/01/07 |
3PAR is currently searching for a manager to join the finance organization. This will be a highly visible position working as one
of the key managers within the growing controller's organization. As the SEC External Reporting Manager, you will be responsible for the
following finance initiatives and duties:
- SEC Reporting
- Quality Control on SEC and Management Financial Reporting
- Participate in SOX Monitoring, Testing and Compliance
- GAAP Technical Accounting Lead
- Key Accounting Policies and Procedures
- Assist Corporate Controller in Managing Quarterly Reviews and Annual Audits
- Management of Income Tax Compliance
Special Accounting Areas:
- FAS123 R
- Income Taxes
- Warrants
- EPS
Requirement: Experience and Skills:
- BS in Accounting or equivalent and 3 to 6 years of Big Firm experience
- CPA
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Broad knowledge of current GAAP and ability to research and write white papers on GAAP positions
- Broad knowledge of SOX implementation and maintenance
- Team player with flexible approach to working within Controller's organization
Location: Fremont, CA
Payrate: DOE
If interested, please contact Yating Niu at yating.niu@3par.com
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| CFO - 10/29/07 |
Company is an industry leader in China, listed on Nasdaq
CFO responsibilities:
- Be an integral part of company's business management & strategic planning
- Handle investor interactions, present at conferences, conduct quarterly earnings conference calls
- Oversee financial reporting and internal budgeting
- Frequent travel required, work between different time zones
Qualifications:
- Experienced in accounting and/or investments
- Ability to interact effectively with both western investors and Chinese constituents
- CPA/CFA preferred
- Highly proficient in English
If interested, please send resume to jackie_kazmerzak@yahoo.com.
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| Sr. Programmer, Systems Programming (Base 24) - 08/28/07 |
Major Accountabilities:
Support and maintain application software in support of internal and external customers. Provide operational support for development, test, QA, certification and production application environments. Produce detailed documentation as it relates to test and production application implementation and software support. Assist development and production operations groups as required. Provide technical assistance to internal and external customers for release based software implementations across various test and production environments. Accurately document duties and procedures as required in support of business / disaster recovery exercises.
requirement: Broad knowledge of technologies, theories, and concepts, with multiple years experience in support of production environments. Previous experience supporting and maintaining ACI - Base24 or Base24-eps and XPNET software.
HP NonStop systems programming or application support with a minimum of 5+ years experience. Must demonstrate the ability to support and synchronize multiple application instances across extended network nodes.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a combination of equivalent experience and formal training.
Debit / Prepaid application support experience a plus.
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri (suburb of St. Louis, MO)
Payrate: $75-80K, 10% bonus
Contact: Apply online at Mastercard.com/careers or email resume to Carolyn_Christiansen@mastercard.com
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| Consultant, Project Manager - 08/28/07 |
Major Accountabilities:
Coordinate and participate in review; revisions; changes; enhancements; testing; documentation; and member/business notification of product enhancements and/or business opportunities. Work closely with developers and requesters identifying data and functional requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems. Ensure development objectives are accomplished; user testing is performed; and member/business notification is prepared in a timely fashion. Consult with Business Owners on projects. Develop and participate in the review of business and functional requirements and determine primary functions that the project is to provide. Ensure timely and accurate communication with project staff throughout the life cycle of the project. Ensure knowledge transfer of vendor technology to MasterCard staff. Document and coordinate changes and enhancements of products and services. Prepare and/or present documentation of business/technical presentations. Provide technical support for the member(s)/business to ensure adherence to requirements. Evaluate business requests to determine feasibility; work with Software Engineers to define alternatives and recommend optimal solutions. Prepare overall project plan; incorporating costs and tasks from the various components; ensuring a successful and timely project implementation. Ensure methodology compliance; document problem areas and coordinate resolutions; reporting to management as necessary. Investigate/research MasterCard or industry business/technical process. Coordinate and assist in implementation of new or revised rules and policies. Coordinate and document project/release level user acceptance testing.
Requirement: Other important characteristics:
1. Must be able to multitask across many projects, in the neighborhood of 10 to 12.
2. Problem solving across multiple projects and ability to prioritize all work affectively and manage their time and their team members time.
3. Ability to self start and work on their own (with proper escalation where necessary) is expected.
Experience/Education:
Experience Required:
BS Degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education.
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri (suburb of St. Louis, MO)
Payrate: $90-105K, 15% bonus
Contact: Apply online at MasterCard.com/careers or email resume to Carolyn_Christiansen@mastercard.com
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| Consultant, Software Engineer (Java Architect) - 08/28/07 |
Major Accountabilities:
Recognized subject matter expert responsible for the technical planning, design, and software quality for systems application software. Ensure development efforts conform to overall strategic direction. Assist in examining commercially available and forthcoming industry technologies related to area of expertise to determine whether or not technology will support both present and planned project requirements. Validate the status of technical project deliverables, resolve conflicts as they arise. Ensure existing system stability by monitoring production of systems in assigned area of expertise. Provide technical and advisory support to ensure the successful and efficient development of quality software. Evaluate and recommend software development tools. Demonstrated strengths in leadership, communication and task/time management.
Specific Accountabilities:
Responsible for overall technical architecture of Java applications including:
- Experience implementing enterprise-level Java/J2EE projects/applications
- Evaluate new technologies, tools, etc. for inclusion in technical architecture
- Experience in architecting, designing and developing new Java/J2EE models, frameworks, components, etc.
- Experience promoting code consistency, coding standards, data modeling standards, security checks, etc
Responsible for leading team of senior developers. In this capacity, qualified candidate should possess:
- Experience in recruiting, mentoring and training new employees/contractors.
- Capacity to oversee development activities across several projects/initiatives
- Ability to drive results
Responsible for overall technical direction of a product. In this capacity, qualified candidates would:
- Facilitate activities including: Design Reviews and Code Reviews
- Facilitate technical status meetings and communicate status to management
- Collaborate with project manager/management on project estimates, timelines, schedules and resource forecasting
- Provide assistance with issue management/prioritization
- Interface with cross-functional areas to resolve critical issues
Requirement: Experience Required:
Key Technology Areas:
Solid grasp on J2EE technologies such as:
- Web (JSP, Servlet, JSP Custom Tags, Applets)
- Enterprise JavaBeans
- Web Services (XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI)
- Java Messaging Service (JMS)
- J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA)
- Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
- Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)
- JavaMail
- Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
- Java Transaction API (JTA)
- Platform Services (Security, Transactions, Resource Connections)
- Open source frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate and Struts
- Web 2.0 experience a plus
- AJAX experience a plus
Languages & Markup
Java
PL/SQL
XML
HTML
JavaScript
Operating Systems
UNIX
Recognized as a subject matter expert in one or more applications or technology areas. Applies extended expertise of principles, theories and concepts, plus advanced knowledge of business or function, usually acquired through twelve or more years of experience.
Education:
BS Degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education.
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri (suburb of St. Louis, MO)
Payrate: $90-95K, plus 15% bonus
Contact: Apply online at Mastercard.com/careers or email resume to Carolyn_Christiansen@mastercard.com
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| Finance Leader, Financial Analysis - 08/28/07 |
Major Accountabilities:
Direct, lead and supervise financial analysis staff responsible for conducting and documenting financial analysis projects. Plan and manage analyses to assist senior management in planning, evaluating financial requirements, and meeting financial objectives. Oversee budgets, forecasts and long range planning for expenses and capital. Ensure financial reports and analyses are prepared as required. Validate various spending requests including equipment and software, staffing and other requirements. Report financial status to management regularly, and make recommendations for improvements. Perform business planning, financial planning, administration and management of department. Ensure department is adequately staffed, trained and managed.
requirement: Experience Required:
Minimum of two years direct people management experience required. Extended management experience applying extended expertise of principles, theories and concepts in financial management. Advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management. Strong analytical skills. Proven skills communicating with all levels of management.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business required. CPA or MBA designation preferred. Telecommunications industry experience preferred.
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri (suburb of St. Louis, MO)
Payrate: $75-95K, 15% bonus
Contact: Apply online at Mastercard.com/careers or email resume to Karen_Macharian@mastercard.com
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| Sr. Programmer, Systems Programming (Unix) - 08/28/07 |
Major Accountabilities:
Design, develop, support and maintain operating system(s) and associated software products acquired or developed to service our customers. Actively participate in planning the direction and implementation of data processing software as they relate primarily to operating systems and systems software. Complete status reports, implementations, troubleshooting and maintain project plans as required. Provide technical assistance to development programmers and customers to facilitate independent utilization of new and existing software. Keep informed of the latest developments in computer software and hardware technology as a basis for evaluations and recommendations that support the business requirements. Accurately document duties and procedures to aid the department in cross-training and absentee coverage. Support business disaster recovery procedures for assigned areas of responsibility. Coordinate appropriate training to data center staff. Extended experience in systems programming with exposure to most phases of software analysis and programming. Solid knowledge of operating systems, telecommunications, computer hardware and peripherals. Strong command of multi-platform OS, communications software and hardware, security software and application subsystems.
Requirement:
3 years or greater relevant UNIX system administration.
Advanced understanding of the UNIX operating system, understands paging and swapping, inter-process communication, devices and what device drivers do, file system concepts ('inode', 'superblock'); can use performance analysis to tune systems.
Advanced understanding of networking and distributed computing environment concepts: understands principles of routing, client/server programming, and the design of consistent network-wide filesystem layouts.
Ability to program in an administrative language (Tk, Perl, shell) and to write C programs. Experience with some of the following: Tivoli monitoring, Best/1( Unix PPA), Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, AutoSecure, Autosys, SUN HA Cluster, Veritas Cluster Server and EMC storage.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills a must.
Knowledge of computer security procedures. Demonstrated ability to research, quickly identify and resolve system problems (debug) using system utilities / diagnostics.
Familiar with systems analysis procedures and techniques.
Evening, weekend and call-in work, shift on-call may be required to meet deadlines and correct system failures or for patch upgrades, code release support.
Sun Solaris experience with Veritas Volume Manager/vxfs is required.
Storage Area Network experience (SAN) is a plus.
Sun System Administration Certification or AIX System Administration is a plus.
Experience in working with Sun in a production environment and with Sun Support is a plus. AIX experience is desirable and is a plus .
Oracle installation and configuration experience, DB2 installation and configuration experience is a plus.
Education:
Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a combination of equivalent experience and formal training.
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri (suburb of St. Louis, MO)
Payrate: $80K, plus 10% bonus
Contact: Apply online at Mastercard.com/careers or email resume to Carolyn_Christiansen@mastercard.com
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| Sr. Engineer, Software Engineering (Data warehouse reporting) - 08/28/07 |
Primary Responsibilities:
As a Senior Engineer, Software Engineering, the candidate will support an Internal reporting application called Enterprise Analytics. Enterprise Analytics provides reporting for many diverse subject areas within MasterCard. New reports and subject areas are added to EA on a regular basis. The candidate may work on other Business Objects applications including Global Services Reporting and Revenue Analyzer. All projects involve working with other technical teams and business partners to understand and document data mapping between systems, as well as creating complex Business Objects reports.
This individual, in addition to providing analysis and developing reports will be primarily responsible for assessing the impact to our Business Intelligence applications resulting from changes to other applications and the technical environment.
requirement: Experience Required:
Strong analytical skills
Experience delivering successful projects on time, within budget
Experience estimating development effort
Experience with structured methodology
Ability to adapt to changing priorities
Ability to use creative approaches to solve technical problems
Team player
Experience writing detailed test cases for report testing
Experience writing detailed design documents
Technical competencies
Extensive experience working with large volumes of data in a data warehousing environment
Strong experience with STAR schemas
Experience writing reports in Business Objects
Oracle
UNIX
Experience writing detailed test cases for report testing
Experience writing detailed design documents
Experience writing complex reports with multiple linked data providers
Experience writing SQL
Ability to learn quickly
Administrative
Ability to provide accurate, timely development status
Effective time management skills
Leadership
Commitment to Results
Participation in development of department strategies and objectives as they relate to technology needs of business partners
Ability to work independently
Ability to work under pressure and effectively prioritize
Communication
Ability to conduct effective meetings with developers and business analysts
Ability to create detailed documentation
Ability to effectively communicate technical issues to project manager
Ability and experience to escalate appropriately
location: Purchase, NY
contact:
Mr. Parul Kakkar
Global Staffing Division
MasterCard Worldwide
2200 MasterCard Blvd.
O Fallon, MO 63366
www.mastercard.com
Email: parul_kakkar@mastercard.com
Phone: 636-722-7903
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| Consultant, Project Management (Information Security) - 08/28/07 |
Major Accountabilities:
- Coordinate and participate in review; revisions; changes; enhancements; testing; and documentation;
- Member/business notification of product enhancements and/or business opportunities.
- Work closely with developers and requesters identifying data and functional requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems.
- Ensure development objectives are accomplished; user testing is performed; and member/business notification is prepared in a timely fashion.
- Consult with Business Owners on projects.
- Develop and participate in the review of business and functional requirements and determine primary functions that the project is to provide.
- Ensure timely and accurate communication with project staff throughout the life cycle of the project.
- Ensure knowledge transfer of vendor technology to MasterCard staff.
- Document and coordinate changes and enhancements of products and services.
- Prepare and/or present documentation of business/technical presentations.
- Provide technical support for the member(s)/business to ensure adherence to requirements.
- Evaluate business requests to determine feasibility; work with Software Engineers to define alternatives and recommend optimal solutions.
- Prepare overall project plan; incorporating costs and tasks from the various components; ensuring a successful and timely project implementation.
- Overall Financial Management of all projects and roll-up to department or group levels.
- Overall Resource leveling across all projects.
- Ensure methodology compliance; document problem areas and coordinate resolutions; reporting to management as necessary.
- Investigate/research MasterCard or industry business/technical process.
- Coordinate and assist in implementation of new or revised rules and policies.
- Coordinate and document project/release level user acceptance testing.
Other Important Characteristics:
- Must be able to mutli-task across many projects, in the neighborhood of 10 to 12
- Experience in Identity Management, Access Management, Federation, Provisioning, etc., is preferred
- Experience with large commercial security products from IBM and CA is preferred.
- Problem solving across mulitple projects and ability to prioritize all work affectively and manage their time and their team members time.
- Ability to self start and work on their own (with proper escalation where necessary) is expected.
Requirement: Experience Required:
BS Degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education.
Broad application of standard principles, theories, concepts and techniques usually acquired through four to six years of experience. Project Management knowledge and Experience.
General supervision; work is reviewed after action is taken.
Location: St. Louis, MO
contact:
Mr. Parul Kakkar
Global Staffing Division
MasterCard Worldwide
2200 MasterCard Blvd.
O Fallon, MO 63366
www.mastercard.com
Email: parul_kakkar@mastercard.com
Phone: 636-722-7903
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| Consultant, Software Engineering (Websphere Portal Architect) - 08/28/07 |
To lead, design, and development several initiatives for the Portals and Cobrands team at MasterCard.
Candidate will contribute as member of team focused on the architecture, design, development, and implementation of complex, mission critical enterprise applications. The successful candidate must possess strong analytical skills, customer focus and in-depth technical expertise in Portals, Business to Business (B2B) Extranets, corporate intranets, and internet technologies including J2EE, EJB, IBM WebSphere, IBM WebSphere Portal, Web Services and web development frameworks (Hibernate, Spring, Struts) in a Unix environment. Candidate must have used design tools with a very good understanding of J2EE design patterns and UML. Work closely with project managers and technical teams and business requesters identifying functional, nonfunctional, infrastructure and performance requirements in the design of new/enhanced systems. Perform design, development, testing and provide technical support for the business partners & customers. Document and coordinate changes and enhancements of products and services. Ensure development objectives are accomplished; user testing is performed; ensure methodology compliance. Coordinate and participate in deliverable reviews, revisions, changes, enhancements, testing, documentation. Document problem areas, lessons learnt and coordinate resolutions; reporting to management as necessary. Ensure timely and accurate communication with project staff throughout the life cycle of the project. Participate in evaluations of new products. Participate in the OnCall cycle for production support of the applications to which a pager will be carried during the duration. Mentor developers on industry standards and best practices to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
requirement: Experience Required:
Must have 7+ years experience working with Java as a developer, designer, or lead with a minimum of 2 of those years leading a team designing & developing enterprise class high availability systems using Java/J2EE and working with known integration software products such as IBM WebSphere, Apache, etc., in Unix environment.
Technical environment: Sun, Unix, Oracle, Java, HTML/DHTML, Websphere, and WebSphere Portal.
Specific Skill/Experience Required:
Must be proficient in the following areas:
- Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technologies, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), Struts, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, Spring, Hibernate, Web Services, XML
- WebSphere Application Server
- Object oriented analysis and design (OOAD)
- Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Oracle, SQL, Stored Procedures
- Web Security (Authentication, Authorization, SSL Certificates)
- UNIX shell scripting experience
- Strong knowledge of software development methodologies (RUP) and integration best practices.
- Rational Application Developer (RAD)/WSAD
- Design Tools (Rational)
- Version Control Systems (PVCS)
- ANT/MAVAN
- Analyzing/solving problems
- Project Estimating
- Technical delivery in a project (Task break-outs and working with individuals for timely completion)
- Leading/Developing multiple projects simultaneously
- Working with/leading a team in another country (Offshore)
Must Have Skills: Communication
Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication
Nice to Have Skills
- Internationalization
- Adobe FLEX development at the presentation layer.
- AJAX
- Enterprise Search, IBM CommerceServer, Content Management, Web Collage
- ClearQuest, Quality Center
- WebSphere Portal Server
Education:
BS Degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education.
Location: St. Louis, MO
Contact:
Mr. Parul Kakkar
Global Staffing Division
MasterCard Worldwide
2200 MasterCard Blvd.
O Fallon, MO 63366
www.mastercard.com
Email: parul_kakkar@mastercard.com
Phone: 636-722-7903
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| Chief Representative, Shanghai, China - 08/15/07 |
World famous Reinsurance Company, headquartered in Europe, among Fortune 500
Description of the position:
- Oversee the Representative Office in Shanghai.
- Direct and control the overall operation of the office, provide sufficient support to Beijing branch, to ensure optimal achievement of company's objectives.
- Establish and maintain relationships with other insurance or reinsurance companies, regulators, government bodies and local authorities.
- Explore business opportunities.
- Provide regular advice to headquarter in Europe on the market trend and changes in regulations of insurance and reinsurance industry.
Requirement:
- Familiar with PRC insurance market operation
- Good connections with other insurance or reinsurance companies, regulators, government bodies and local authorities
- Good presentation, interpersonal, communication and client management skills with marketing sense
- Self motivated, open-minded, proactive, independent and self discipline
- Strong market research and analytical skills
Diploma:
Degree holder, major in insurance, business management or law preferred
Working experience:
- Minimum 10 years' solid experience and proven management experience in insurance industry, with working experience in both treaty and facultative reinsurance business preferred
- 5 years proper working experience in developed and English-speaking countries, i.e. Australia, UK, US etc.
- 5 years working experience in China.
Nationality/Passport:
Preferred: Chinese
Technical & other requirements:
Property & Casualty background is a must
Languages:
Necessary: Good command of English and Mandarin
Level: Fluent in oral and writing
Computer skills:
Microsoft office/ Internet/ etc
Location: Shanghai - China
Payrate: 80 to 200k euros a year
Contact: Grace Su, grace.su@adecco.com
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| Research Analyst, Asia Active Equities - 08/15/07 |
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is America's largest money manager, providing structured investment strategies such as indexing, risk-controlled active products, and exchange traded funds to investors worldwide. For 35 years, BGI has been at the forefront of developing innovative investment ideas, applying science and technology to the investment process. Headquartered in San Francisco and named one of the SF Business Times' "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2007, "the Barclays PLC subsidiary employs over 3,500 people globally and manages $1.8 trillion in assets.
BGI's Asia Active Equities Group is seeking a Research Analyst to lead quantitative/econometric research on Asian equity markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Research, develop and support alpha, risk, and transaction cost forecasting models for Asian equities.
- Identify new active equity ideas, especially ideas orthogonal to those we use in existing BGI products.
- Work closely with portfolio managers, strategists, other researchers and production staff to ensure excellent implementation of our strategies and strong performance for our funds.
Requirement:
- Excellent quantitative skills as evidenced by formal training in econometrics or statistics.
- Strong understanding of the use of computer technology in financial research, with strong programming skills.
- Master's degree in finance, economics, hard sciences, or engineering. Ph.D. preferred.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Passion for investing.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Payrate: DOE
contact: To apply, email a Word or PDF resume to Jaime.Pack@barclaysglobal.com.
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| Investment Banker – China Healthcare - 07/30/07 |
Susquehanna Financial Group (SFG) is looking to expand its highly experienced China team into the Healthcare sector. SFG’s Investment Banking division provides expertise across products, industries and regions, with a multifaceted approach that differentiates us in the marketplace. SFG's Investment Banking efforts include: Public Equity, M&A advisory services, Private Placements, PIPEs and Registered Direct offerings and financial advisory services.
As a Managing Director at SFG, you will bring deep Healthcare sector knowledge and strong transaction and execution experience to our clients. You will have established relationships with clients in the US and China and strive to act as a strategic advisor to help clients achieve their long-term goals by incorporating SIG's unparalleled market intelligence to shape the optimal transaction strategy.
The Managing Director would be responsible for the following:
•Originate and execute transactions
•Advise on and structure capital raising solutions for corporate clients through public and private offerings including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, equity-linked offerings, private investments in public entities and private placements
•Act as the lead banker and advisor for major segment clients
•Develop and maintain important client relationships and generate revenues from these relationships
•Maintain client relationships during deal execution, initiate new client relationships and expand the business franchise within a designated industry or product sector
•Build industry or product-specific expertise
•Prepare presentations to senior level executives and board members
•Supervise, train and mentor junior team members
requirement:
•Minimum of five (5) to ten (10) years of Healthcare Investment Banking experience required
•Native Mandarin speaker required
•Well-established book of business
•Capable of independent activity, origination, structuring, and execution of complex transactions including M&A, Equity Services, Debt Syndications and Finance activities
•Possess broad product knowledge and specific technical expertise with public and private companies
•Extensive international travel required, up to 80% with the flexibility to relocate to Hong Kong within twelve (12) months
Location: San Francisco/Hong Kong
Payrate: Compensation commensurate with experience
Contact: To apply for this position, please visit our website at http://www.sig.com/careers/jobs.html and submit your resume to job number 1016.
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| Senior Manager - Audit and Assurance(Beijing) - 06/28/07 |
Roles & Responsibilities:
The role of a senior manager in the Audit and Assurance practice is:
- Providing China Audit and business advisory services to clients;
- Developing China Audit planning and structuring ideas and products;
- Developing and maintaining client relationships;
- Leading a team of professional staff.
Requirements:
- University degree, preferably in auditing, accounting, finance or other commercial oriented disciplines;
- Minimum 8 years' relevant experience in Big 4(PwC, E&Y, DTT or KPMG) and at least 4 years experience in PwC;
- China or overseas CPA qualification is required;
- Solid base in PRC accounting/taxation practices and regulations;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong command of English and Mandarin;
- Good client relationship management skills;
- Good problem solving and decision making skills;
- Team player, dynamic and hardworking;
- Willing to travel.
We offer comprehensive business and technical training, professional examination training support as well as an excellent environment for career development.
Salary: 500k
If interested, please contact Mr. Ronan Couillerot(International Recruitment of Adecco China) at +861085261632 or email: couillerot.ronan@adecco.com
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| Assistant General Manager/Senior Business Development Manager - 06/28/07 |
Job Description:
The business development department focuses firmly on developing strong and sustainable new business opportunities by solving our clients’ critical problems (e.g. profit, process, and professionalism) with our specialized in-depth consulting services. This department is the recognized centre of competence in all functional areas and brings a combination of outstanding technical skills, comprehensive local market knowledge, and entrepreneurial flair.
As the core member of the business development department, the incumbent is responsible for building up local expertise in one or more functional areas as well as delivering in-depth consulting services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the head of the department in the development of departmental strategies and plans in line with the overall strategy.
- Generate profitable new life reinsurance business through in-depth consulting services; lead special projects as needed
- Be the centre of competence in one or more functional areas (e.g. life benefits, living benefits, group insurance, financial solutions, etc.); provide training and technical guidance to other team members in his/her areas of expertise
- Support the client service teams by actively participating in their client work as the knowledge expert, promoting new ideas and international best practices
- Conduct research on market and client need changes, emerging threats and opportunities, technical issues (e.g. mortality and morbidity), and international best practices; continuously build up/improve our consulting toolbox (e.g. new solutions and processes)
- For the areas of expertise, establish and implement internal pricing standards in line with Home Office requirements; peer review routine quotation proposals prepared by the client service teams to ensure pricing consistency and to maintain quality assurance
- If designated as the centre of competence in Financial Solutions, perform/supervise the preparation of actuarial valuation and corporate reporting meeting government/regulatory and internal requirements; set up and maintain appropriate assumptions, consistent methodology, sound standards and processes
- Represent the company in CIRC activities and industry functions as the opinion leader, promoting the healthy development of the life market and the company’s image as the most professional reinsurer with best local knowledge
- Manage staff if necessary
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Actuarial Science, Finance or equivalent
- Qualified actuary (FSA, FIA or equivalent) with a minimum of 10 years of insurance experience
- Expert knowledge in pricing, product development, risk management, and financial analysis
- Strong analytical, problem solving, research, and project/process management skills
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and deal completion skills
- Effective team leader/player and self-starter
- Proficient in both oral and written English and Mandarin
Salary: 200k ~ 1000k
If interested, please contact Mr. Ronan Couillerot(International Recruitment of Adecco China) at +861085261632 or email: couillerot.ronan@adecco.com
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| Head of Assurance - 06/28/07 |
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
To oversee the sales support and business development functions within company’s team
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Lead company’s team for business development
- Develop banking partners and expand company channel
- Track and drive the delivery of branch NB business targets
- Review and adapt the NB business development action plan and strategy according to the changing market
- Monitor and direct strategy implementation and KPI delivery of Banc channels
- Ensure effective communication in the ND and company team between CNO & Branches
- Train and develop company teams
KEY CUSTOMERS:
- Staff of the company
- Commercial banks
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITHIN BUSINESS UNIT:
Relationships:
- Reporting relationship with CDO
- Leading relationship with company of CNO and Branches
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
- More than 10 years’ experiences in the banking and / or insurance industry
- More than 5 years’ experiences in management position
- Familiar with assurance business
- Strong communication and coordination skills
- Strong organizing and planning capabilities
- University graduate
If interested, please contact Mr. Ronan Couillerot(International Recruitment of Adecco China) at +861085261632 or email: couillerot.ronan@adecco.com
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| China Sustainable Finance Campaigner - 06/03/07 |
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Job Title: China Sustainable Finance Campaigner
Position reports to: Director of International
Programs
Position Location: Washington, DC (preferred) or San
Francisco, CA
Full-Time
Friends of the Earth is seeking an energetic and
experienced campaigner to help lead our new program
to promote sustainable financing standards among
Chinese financial institutions.
Chinese banks have become key players in nternational
development finance, but have not yet adopted
world-class financing policies to protect people and
the planet. By adopting such standards, Chinese banks
have the ability to reduce pollution in China and
advance sustainability on a global level. This new
program builds on Friends of the Earth’s ten years of
successful work to reform Wall Street banks and our
20-year history of greening aid and development
finance.
Friends of the Earth U.S. is a national environmental
advocacy organization and the U.S. voice of an
influential, international network of grassroots
groups operating in 71 countries. Founded in San
Francisco in 1969 by David Brower, Friends of the
Earth has for decades been at the forefront of
high-profile efforts to create a healthier and just
world. Friends of the Earth currently has offices in
Washington, DC and San Francisco.
General Responsibilities:
- Gather and disseminate information and analysis on
environmental developments in the Chinese banking
sector
- Prepare reports, articles and periodic news
bulletins on the Chinese banking sector’s
environmental impacts
- Provide capacity building, support and technical
assistance to Chinese civil society organizations
addressing environmental impacts of Chinese banks
- Work closely with FOE staff, NGOs,
international banks and others to develop and
implement strategies to promote sustainable finance
policies and practices at Chinese banks
- Collaborate with NGO partners to work in solidarity
with communities affected by activities financed by
Chinese banks
Experience, Skills, and Attributes:
This position requires at least 3-5 years of
experience in a relevant field.
A strong candidate will possess solid research and
writing skills, excellent communications abilities,
proven ability to work well in teams, and knowledge of
international environmental and finance issues.
Written and oral fluency in Mandarin and local
experience in China strongly preferred. Some travel
required.
Salary and Benefits:
Salary range $35,000-40,000. This position is a
one-year position with continued employment contingent
on funding. Benefits package includes healthcare, paid
vacation, sick leave,and an employee
contribution-based retirement plan.
To Apply:
E-mail cover letter, resume and short writing sample
to: China Finance Campaigner
Michelle Chan-Fishel
Program Manager, Green Investments Project
Friends of the Earth - US
311 California St., Suite 510
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: 1 415 544 0790 x14
Fax: 1 415 544 0796
www.foe.org
skype: michellechanfishel
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| Senior Project Manager – Financial Planning and Analysis - 4/21/07 |
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COMPANY: KAISER PERMANENTE
JOB TITLE: Senior Project Manager – Financial Planning and Analysis
LOCATION: San Francisco (East Bay Area)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
In the role of Senior Project Manager, you will assume a key, lead role in Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis. You will report to the Executive Director, Financial Planning and Analysis. The eight geographic operating regions making up the Regional President’s Group are your “customers” and comprise a significant scope of Kaiser’s total planning function. Your excellent verbal and written communication skills are keys to success in your career with us, given your visibility. If you have a track record of accountability and can demonstrate success beyond expectations in the area of financial planning and analysis and decision support, your efforts will be noted and rewarded. Advancement opportunities are possible.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS - REQUIRED SKILLS AND EDUCATION:
Financial planning and analysis experience as part of an FP&A role or other accounting/finance role with a record of building effective, positive, cross-functional relationships is essential. Your ability to understand our business and the voice and needs of the customer will also be a foundation for your success in the role. Your experience should include solid Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills combined with superb, executive-facing communication skills, as these will be necessary for effectively presenting planning and analysis results to the leadership team.
A Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or related business field with a solid foundation in accounting and financial statement construction is required. CPA/MBA preferred.
COMPENSATION: In addition to a base and bonus, the benefits are exceptional.
CONTACT: Please forward inquiries and resumes to Corinne Curtin, COLOSI ASSOCIATES, corinne@colosiassociates.com . Please visit our website at www.colosiassociates.com |
| Financial Reporting Specialist - 4/21/07 |
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COMPANY: TPG CAPITAL
JOB TITLE: FINANCIAL REPORTING SPECIALIST
LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Along with several team members, you will be a key contributor to TPG’s newly created Analytics function. The leadership of the firm will rely on you to develop and drive central systematic business data collection processes. Specifically, you will manage the collection, review, and analysis of financial and business data from the portfolio companies; help synthesize and track internal firm information; monitor and report on financial results, key portfolio company performance metrics, news, and key statistics; track firm-wide data and act as a liaison to other groups within TPG; identify and implement a technology solution to minimize manual effort, improve quality control, and facilitate information availability internally. Minimal travel.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Experience with an investment bank, accounting firm, or corporate finance group. Demonstrated familiarity with will be necessary for creating this function successfully. Solid understanding of accounting practices and familiarity with corporate financial reporting and public filings. Excellent project management skills. Microsoft Excel skills in developing financial models, manipulating/analyzing large data sets, creating insightful analysis, and developing user-friendly reports. Strong presentation crafting skills. Database knowledge and experience, including developing queries and reports, would be a plus. CPA/MBA preferred.
COMPENSATION: $125K+
CONTACT INFORMATION: Please forward inquiries, resumes to Corinne Curtin, Colosi Associates, Corinne@colosiassociates.com
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| Sr. Financial Analyst - 3/22/07 |
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Roche Diagnostics (part of Roche), is hiring a Sr. Financial Analyst with preferably at least 8+ years of related working experience in financial planning and analysis.
If you know somebody that might fit into the position, please contact Erin at erinlolee@yahoo.com
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| Family Office - Senior Accountant/Manager - 2/13/07 |
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If you are a hands-on, team player with analytical and detail-oriented accounting skills and a strong desire to learn, we’d like to talk
to you about joining our client’s Multiple Family Office team. In this newly created role of Senior Accountant/Manager, you will be
responsible for portfolio accounting, monthly close, and some administration. We can accommodate a flexible and/or reduced work schedule.
The qualified candidate will be responsible for portfolio accounting, monthly close, budget analysis and some administrative tasks.
You will interface with investment officers, tax accountants and principals
Experience with maintaining a general ledger and month end closing is necessary as well as budget preparation and month-end financial reporting
experience. Quickbooks and investment portfolio software experience a plus. Multi-tasking capability is essential. Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills are necessary. Ability work with confidential information is extremely important.
Our client offers a competitive compensation package. Benefits such as continuing education, training programs and conference participation are available.
This highly-visible role offers you many future career growth prospects and good exposure to the unique business aspects of a multiple family office.
We strongly prefer a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. A Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant certification is a plus.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
If interested, please contact Jennifer Colosi at jen@colosiassociates.com |
| Chief Financial Officer - 12/06/06 |
Responsibilities:
- Provide overall financial leadership to a team of financial professionals, including key management and technical staff.
- Oversee internal financial control and reporting, and advise management on major financial issues.
- Structure and manage a full spectrum of financing activities for projects, and advise management on related taxation and commercial matters.
- Ensure internal compliance maintaining good contacts with relevant regulatory bodies.
- Provide high level finance support in all phases of business development and commercial negotiations.
- Ensure strict risk control measures
- Oversee finance and accounting across multiple production sites in China.
- Establish and leverage on client relationships as a means of maintaining market penetration & leadership.
- Manage and assist in further deal execution - Advisory and Arrangement.
- Manage preparation of financing proposals and presentations.
- Build and maintain relationships with local and foreign financial service institutions taking the lead in sourcing international funds.
Requirements:
- Experienced CFO with operational exposure
- Excellent academic and CPA or equivalent qualifications; demonstrated business acumen and negotiation skills
- A minimum of 10+ years progressive experience in financial planning and control.
- Background in commercial / investment banking preferred.
- Strong financial experience in a venture backed organizations or multinational preferred. Ideally someone with industrial services / manufacturing experience.
- Project finance and business development from the high level financial perspective.
- Solid experience in conceptualizing, structuring, negotiating, arranging and managing the financing and financials of a large scale organization, and understands all the underlying complexities in order to come up with viable business solutions.
- Previous IPO execution either Hong Kong Stock Exchange / Nasdaq
- Exposures to managing currency, interest and project risks will be relevant.
- Fluent in both spoken and written English and Mandarin
- Flexibility for international travel
Candidate:
- Positive self-motivated entrepreneurial attitude.
- Ability to lead and implement change where necessary, out spoken and dynamic.
- Ability to work in a fast paced demanding environment
- Be able to perform under tight deadline and in a fast pace multi-culture, multi-project environment.
- Proven track-record in origination and closure of Project Finance deals in the Asia Pacific region.
- In-depth understanding of risk control evaluating complex transactions.
- Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills.
Job Description:
Team player, exercise good initiative (must be very proactive), strong communication and negotiation skills (both internally and vis-`-vis clients), ambitious, creativity with the ability to think creatively (in and out of the box)
If interested, please contact Christina Zhou at Christina.zhou@consultcareer.com.cn
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| 1st Assistant - 12/6/06 |
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A major US bank in Hong Kong for their CMBS role is searching for a 1st Associate.
Responsibilities may include performing project and industry-level real estate due diligence, financial modeling (including underwriting and loan pricing models), being a liaison with clients, third party vendors, loan investors and rating agencies, and playing a key role in the formulation of internal credit memoranda, underlying analysis and loan trading decisions. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 to 4 years experience in commercial real estate lending, equity investing or real estate banking (experience in China is a plus).
If interested, please contact Frank Xu at frank.xu@tardisgroup.com.au
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| IT Director - 11/05/06 |
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Self Reliance Foundation in association with Hispanic Communications Network and Iran World Media is seeking an Information Technology
Director to become a member of our highly motivated and creative management team. The IT Director is responsible for creating and implementing
digital communication strategies to enhance communication for Hispanics and other underserved communities worldwide, including overcoming
information barriers in the Middle East and Iran . The IT Director serves as webmaster and have the opportunity to create new and innovative methods to
connect with Hispanics, Middle Eastern communities, and other diverse audiences via viral marketing, social marketing, cyber cellular
exchanges, flash mobs, FTP servers, data and interactive video and other inventive media resources to enhance and manage user generated content, as
well as to deliver digital video, and other content to beyond the cutting edge media tools. Designing our new Hispanic Health and Science News
Wire Service, the IT Director will deliver content to major web portals, create interactive communications tools, and oversee all databases,
websites and in-house IT needs. Other roles include the support, enhancement and expansion of our existing radio, television, and print
capacities.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, but are not limited to:
- Confer with senior management and staff to recognize communication opportunities and or business problems and identify alternatives to
apply information systems and technology services.
- Plan, create and implement information systems and office technology (voice/data/video).
- Provide trouble-shooting to resolve network/hardware/software/peripherals issues within the system and provide network maintenance and
repair.
- Manage computer operation scheduling, backup, storage and retrieval functions.
- Install new (or upgrade) hardware and software as required by the network and users. Install and configure workstations. Monitor equipment
performance, documents problems, arrange and follow-up on hardware maintenance, etc.
- Assist with training in new applications if required.
- Develop budget for information systems and data processing hardware
and software.
- Maintain an up to date inventory of hardware and software.
- Assist users with data processing inquiries.
REQUIREMENTS:
- College degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent level of experience.
- Must be able to support diverse hardware and software.
- High analytical ability to manage multiple technologies and complex projects is necessary.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with many levels of management and technological understanding.
- Good written and verbal communications skills.
- Solid knowledge and understanding of application systems and computing devices.
- Bilingual English/Spanish a big plus.
- Sense of humor and copious amounts of patience!
COMPENSATION:
Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
TO APPLY:
Please send letter of interest, resume, salary history and references with "IT Director" in the subject line to Barbara@hrn.org and cc:
Eneida@hcnmedia.com . Please indicate where you learned about the position.
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| Accounting Manager - 11/05/06 |
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We are currently seeking a seasoned Accounting Manager to join our growing and profitable company with expanding presence in the Internet. This position will have overall responsibility for our General Accounting Department, and reports directly to the Controller.
Responsibilities include:
- Timely preparation and review of consolidated and divisional financial statements for management, investors, and SEC.
- Manage daily, monthly, quarterly, and year-end accounting routines.
- Supervise, train and develop an accounting staff of 5, including 3 degreed accountants.
- Ensure prompt and accurate reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts.
- Liaison with external auditors for year-end audits and quarterly review; oversee preparation and review of audit schedules and confirmation
submissions.
- Prepare fixed asset roll forward schedule, and maintain fixed asset records.
- Coordinate corporate income tax reporting; prepare statutory compliance returns for federal, multi states, and local government agencies.
- Responsible for inter-company reconciliation and analysis.
- Ensure that financial transactions are recorded and supported in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with SOX.
- Review and develop accounting policies and procedures to streamline processes.
- Assist in special projects as required.
Qualifications:
- BS degree in accounting or finance. CPA, CMA &/or advanced degree preferred.
- 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience, with 2+ years as accounting manager for large or medium-sized companies with at least $50M
in revenues.
- Combination of public/private experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of Lawson or similar ERP systems.
- Advanced skills in Excel, database & financial report writer.
- Ability to work independently and able to complete multiple projects and priorities.
- Attention to details, and ability to perform efficiently and accurately in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
- Public accounting, SEC reporting and IPO experience a plus.
Location: El Segundo
Payrate: D.O.E
If interested, please contact Loc Nguyen(Corporate Recruiter) at loc.nguyen@internetbrands.com or call 310-280-4431. You can also fax the resume to: 310-280-5340 |
| Divison Controller - 10/19/06 |
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The Magnetics Division of Spang & Company currently has an opening available for a Division Controller based in our facility in
Pittsburgh, PA (RIDC Park - O'Hara Twp.). Magnetics manufactures components for use in the electronics and telecommunications industries.
Magnetics has facilities in China, Hong Kong, and Europe, as well as several sites in the U.S.
Mandarin language skills a definite plus.
Job Description
- Directs the practices and procedures for the maintenance of the organization's fiscal records and the preparation of its financial reports.
- Directs general and property accounting, cost accounting, compliance, tax reporting, and budgetary control.
- Supervises accounting activities and assists in oversight of accounting activities and compliance. Manages accounting services including
invoicing, collections, and asset management.
Responsibilities
- Manage accounting and finance function by maintaining and reporting all financial data including general ledger, cost accounting, payroll,
fixed assets, budgets, and forecasts.
- Collect and analyze the financial data of the operations to provide the management team with internal management reports for effective
decision making.
- Responsible for the preparation of the company financial statements for local, national and international financial reporting (IFRS).
- Resolve procedural issues by coordinating resolution of procedures with local and international management staff, appropriate tax
authorities, and auditing firms.
- Provide easy to use training, documentation, and procedures for accounting and finance staff and users within the company.
- Provide real time and ad hoc information to both Magnetics and Corporate accounting management as required.
Reporting Relationship
- Reports to the CFO, Spang & Company.
- Supervisory responsibilities.
requirement:
- Over 5 - 10 years of experience in accounting and finance activities for an international business. Minimum of 5 years
experience managing or supervising accounting and finance activities.
- Experience should include the use of an integrated enterprise system to support a toll manufacturing operation in China and international
sales & distribution activities.
- College degree in Business/Accounting/Finance required, and MBA useful.
- Certified Chartered Accountant and/or CPA
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Payrate: TBD
Contact: Magnetics offers a competitive benefits package and salary commensurate with experience. Apply in confidence by sending resume and
SALARY HISTORY to: MAGNETICS, Dept. CT, P.O. Box 11422, Pittsburgh, PA 15238-0422.
E-mail to: recruitment@spang.com or fax to (412) 696-0333. |
| Accounting Manager - 10/19/06 |
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Manage financial statement consolidation and month end reporting for Anchiva and its subsidiaries.
- Responsible for accounting activities associated with foreign subsidiaries, including transfer pricing, foreign exchange, and eliminating entries.
- Manage general ledger and accounting systems administrator.
- Responsible for managing accounts payable and fixed assets.
- Prepare journal entries for month end closing process and balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Interpret and analyze complex accounting activities and financial statements.
- Ensure that accounting treatment of transactions is appropriate and conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
Specific Job Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Bachelors degree in accounting or business
- 6 - 10 years experience
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principals, experience closing the books, and familiarity with general ledger systems.
- CPA preferred, but not mandatory.
- Experience with Netsuite accounting software helpful
- Experience in hi-tech industry preferred
If interested, please contact Sharon at: yang.haas@gmail.com
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| Controller - 10/19/06 |
The position plays a critical role in managing finance and planning activities including revenue recognition criteria for a VC backed startup: Anchiva Systems
- Provide oversight on international business units and corporate performance issues, metrics and opportunities. Serve as the absolute financial expert and go-to person for the function. Keep corporate finance and business unit leaders aware of risks/opportunities to quarterly plan, forecast attainment or overall business model at any point in time
- Ensure compliance with US GAAP, Corporate policies and local jurisdiction regulatory requirements.
- Identify and complete internal consulting projects aimed at strategic vision and growth opportunities as well as the build out of globally consistent and scalable policies and processes.
Reporting
- Publish P&L's for measurement & accountability
- Benchmark, design, implement and report on meaningful business metrics/trends that drive business intelligence
- Adherence to Accounting policies and standards
- Systems changes required to generate P&L's
Revenue planning and forecasting
- Plan ¨C drive closure and accountability
- Forecast
- Coordinate with sales forecasting process for products and geographies
Expense planning and forecasting
- Controllable and indirect expenses
- Ongoing planning, forecasting
- Expense accrual management and communication with Corp. Accounting
- Continuous improvement on allocations and BU P&L reporting estimates
- Variance analysis - ongoing
Requirements
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and process improvements in an international organization.
- Sponsor corporate initiatives with standardization and simplification in mind.
- Build a high performance, efficient team structure.
Qualifications / Experience
- US GAAP understanding including software revenue recognition
- Proven ability to establish and build relationships across an organization.
- Business acumen and ability to think strategically and proactively.
- Highly motivated individual with results oriented mentality.
- Confidence and experience level to manage the potential contradiction that can occur in a commercial environment while upholding governance.
- Requires 10+ years related work experience preferably with a US multi-national company. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- plus if experience with business of networking, or security software companies.
- plus if multi-lingual such as Chinese.
- Plus if prior experience with hi-tech startups.
Education
* Minimum of BA or BS in finance/accounting. CPA or equivalent required. MBA desired.
Location
* Corporate Headquarters: Santa Clara, CA
If interested, please contact Sharon at: yang.haas@gmail.com |
| Analyst - 9/21/06 |
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A tripple 'A' rated American bank is looking to hire a quantitative Analyst to work along-side equity derivatives proprietay
trader. The role is based in Hong Kong and required providing quant support to the trading desk and help generate trade ideas.
requirement: Ideally math or physics background with 1-3 years experience within financial services field. Knowledge of derivatives product
essential. Math / Physics Mphil/PHD with out experience is wellcome.
Location: Hong Kong
Payrate: US$65K-110K per annum+bonus
Contact: Ms. A Sharma at asharma@executiveaccess.com
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| Vice President of Finance and Controller - 9/13/06 |
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Witt/Kieffer is pleased to assist the leadership of the Anne Arundel Health System in Annapolis, Maryland, in their search for a
Vice President of Finance and Controller to join this respected, well-managed, high-performance Mid-Atlantic healthcare system. We invite your
nominations and recommendations of highly qualified candidates for this outstanding financial leadership role.
Anne Arundel Health System (AAHS), in Annapolis, Maryland., is the fastest growing health system in Maryland and one of the state's most
important medical centers, serving a population of more than 1 million area residents. AAHS, a 324-bed/ $300 million net revenue organization,
is a multi-entity system comprised of the 186-bed Anne Arundel Medical Center, with 50 new beds to be added via a newly-approved $200 million
CON; the 98-bed Clatanoff Pavilion, a women's specialty hospital; Pathways, a 40-bed alcohol and drug treatment center; and Anne Arundel
Diagnostics, an $18 million net revenue, multi-site outpatient diagnostic imaging company. The system includes the Anne Arundel Medical Center
Foundation and Anne Arundel Health Care Enterprises. The health system's medical staff includes over 600 highly-trained physicians.
requirement: AAHS seeks a talented Vice President of Finance and Controller who possesses an outstanding performance record as a director of
finance or controller at a profitable, multi-facility acute care system and/or in a complex medical center or large community hospital setting.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of five years management experience, possess skills in cost accounting, cash management, forecasting,
and risk management with experience providing management with valuable financial and operational reports. This executive will be a dynamic
leader with outstanding communication skills, superb team management and development expertise, great interpersonal skills, and the style of a
highly-motivated self-starter. A Master's degree in Business or Finance is preferred and a CPA is required.
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Payrate: Not specified
Contact: Antoinette (Toni) Farley at tonif@wittkieffer.com
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| CFO - 9/12/06 |
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The CFO will serve as a key strategic advisor to the CEO, the board of trustees and other senior executives. St. Luke’s
Hospital is a teaching, regional, integrated network with six hospital campuses, and has academic ties to the University of Pennsylvania. SLHHN is
very successful and financially strong.
Reporting to the CEO, the CFO will oversee all aspects of the financial operation. He/she will help establish the future direction for SLHHN
by developing financing strategies, and will evaluate and redefine the finance department as appropriate. The CFO will build strong
relationships with senior management, demonstrate effective fiscal leadership, and work collaboratively to make operational the vision of the CEO and
board of trustees. The CFO will identify financial and accounting best practices and integrate them throughout SLHHN.
requirement:
The ideal candidate will be a senior finance leader with a growth-oriented, creative outlook and a clear vision. Seek a
contemporary finance executive who understands financial reporting practices and systems, revenue enhancement and regulatory compliance. Masters
Required; CPA desirable.
Location: Bethlehem, PA
Payrate: commensurate with experience
contact: Direct resumes (preferably by email) to Antoinette L. (Toni) Farley, tonif@wittkieffer.com, Phone: 630/990-1370.
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| CONTROLLER - 8/27/06 |
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The Self Reliance Foundation (SRF), a 501 c3 non profit educational organization primarily serving the US Hispanic community, is
recruiting a Controller.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage the routine accounting functions in accordance with GAAP, including the general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, purchasing,
payroll, bank reconciliations, audit insurance and tax reports.
- Prepare interim and annual financial statements, cash flow statements, budgets and tax reports. Implement and recommend fiscal policies, procedures and controls.
- Administer employee benefits programs.
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and cash flow projections.
- Manage and control organizational expenditure within approved budgets. Perform month-end close process; issue pre-determined financial
reporting package.
- Serves as part of the senior mgmt team, working closely with the Executive Director, Board, Senior Managers and outside Auditors.
- Advises the Board and senior management on delivering positive program
impacts within or below budget and generating a cash reserve.
- Supervise the monitoring of all contracts to ensure compliance with fiscal and programmatic reporting.
- Develop budgets for proposed grant-funded projects, with input from program staff.
- Supervises financial aspects of organization's sub-contracts with Hispanic media organizations.
- Provide support to project staff in the preparation of periodic reports to funding sources, which include the reporting of outstanding
funding receivables, on a grant-by-grant basis.
- Ensure the maintenance of effective internal controls to assure safeguarding of assets and reliability of financial statements.
- Ensure compliance with any and all financial and contract reporting requirements for private or public funding, licensing, or regulatory
agencies.
- Ensures complete and up-to-date operating procedures for all accounting and financial controls.
- Reviews all receipts and disbursements, ascertains correct account distribution and ensuring all support documentation is accurate and in order.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, with CPA preferred.
- Four years' experience in accounting.
- Excellent verbal, written, communication, interpersonal and computer skills.
- Non-Profit experience strongly preferred, including experience in federal grants administration funding accounting, and A-133 audits.
- Experience in using Quickbooks and other accounting and project management software.
Application Process: Please submit a cover letter, resume, and references to: Barbara Bennett, EA to the Chairman, Barbara@hrn.org
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| Developer - 7/31/06 |
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Finetix, LLC performs high-end consulting services for top-tier investment banks in New York City, Westchester and Houston. Finetix client engagements
consist of small teams of highly skilled technical specialists working together at client sites to design and build sophisticated front office
trading and risk management applications.
Responsibilities:
We have a number of open positions on our team of hands-on developers who are working directly with traders on a high-profile trading desk.
The ideal candidates will have a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience building trading, pricing or market risk systems. Experience in the
commodity, currency or interest rate derivatives markets is preferred but not required.
These positions are conveniently located in Westchester County, NY. Commuting to this area takes approximately 30 minutes from Rockland and
Westchester counties in NY, Northern NJ and Southwestern CT.
Requirement:
Candidates must have the following technical experience:
- C#, Java or C++
- Object Oriented Design
- Data Structures & Algorithms
- Multi-Threaded programming
- Software Architecture
- N-tier & Distributed Systems Architecture
- SQL in Oracle 9i, Sybase or SQL Server
- Data Modeling
Experience with the following is helpful but not required:
- Scrum or XP
- Unit Testing
- WinForms, Infragistics, SyncFusion
- Microsoft Analysis Services, MDX, ADOMD.NET
- Data Warehousing, OLAP, ETL
- Excel & Office Primary Interop Assemblies (PIA)
- SOAP
- Perl
- Object Pascal
Location: Westchester, New York
Payrate: Unspecified
If interested, please send resumes to finetix@agents.icims.com or apply online visit www.finetix.com/careers
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| Technical Specialist - 7/31/06 |
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Finetix LLC performs high-end consulting services for the top-tier investment banks in New York City, Westchester, and Houston. The company is project
based and deploys small teams of highly skilled technical specialists to design and build complex and sophisticated front office trading and
risk management applications. Currently the firm has positions for a technical resources with minimum 2 years experience with C#/.Net on
Windows XP/Windows 2003. This is a hands on senior position where the right candidate will be in a team lead position and will make extensive use of
thier architecture skills.
The ideal candidate will be involved with building financial ecommerce applications and/or multi-tier architectures to be deployed in Wall
Street Investment Banks.
Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate needs to be accustomed to working in an organic environment, and be able to handle the changing priorities and deal with
the pressure of being in such an environment.
Good communication skills ARE A MUST. The ideal candidate needs to be articulate, confident and capable of adjusting the dosage of technical
details when talking to a wide range of people, ranging from junior developers to senior management and traders.
requirement: The ideal candidate will have following skills:
C#:
- Minimum 2/3 years experience with C# required.
- Strong server programming abilities required.
- Advanced working knowledge of CLR, Threading, Networking and Collections
.NET:
- Solid experience with the use of .Net Remoting
- Extensive ADO.Net and MSMQ experience
- Good WinForms experience a MUST
- Web development skills using ASP.Net
- Windows Services configuration and deployment
Architecture:
- Multi-tier architecture and production Internet architectures required.
- Experience building Service Oriented Archectures (SOA) is a plus.
Databases:
- Experience with one of the following databases is required, Oracle, Sybase, DB2 or SQL Server.
High Performance & Distributed Computing:
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Advanced knowledge of distributed computing topics and high availability a plus
Modeling:
- Agile, RAD and / or experience using a UML tool like Rational Rose is required.
Operating Systems:
- Experience with Windows XP/Windows 2003 required.
- Experience with a Unix based OS like Solaris is a plus.
Domain Expertise:
- Experience with trading or risk systems is a plus.
Benefits effective on first day of employment:
Bonus, Medical, Life, Disability, 401(k), 3 weeks vacation
Location: New York, NY
Payrate: Unspecified
If intersted, please send resumes to finetix@agents.icims.com or apply online visit http://www.finetix.com/careers/careers.aspx
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| Manager of Investor Relations - 7/13/06 |
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A global publicly traded company is seeking a Manager of Investor Relations. The organization is in the technology sector and has offices throughout
North America, Europe, and Asia.
This is an immediate need offering POTENTIAL RELOCATION TO ASIA
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the Asian based liaison for day-to-day inquires from
investors and stock analysts, providing information in compliance with
applicable SEC rules and regulations;
- Provide significant analytical support to IR department and CFO.
- Secondary company contact to Global Director - IR on external
communications, projects. Member of 4-person IR team.
- Assist in developing and executing an investor relations program
and tracking performance based on industry benchmarks;
- Maintain regular contact with all assigned investors to provide
up-to-date information about events and market trends affecting company;
- Monitor and analyze data relating to trading activity, relevant
industry data, and peer company performance; monitor fluctuations in
shareholder base, and make recommendations based on observations;
- Assist with the preparation of detailed stock trading and
shareholder information for presentation to senior management and the Board of
Directors;
- Analyze and track competitor activities for dissemination to
executive management and for use in competitive positioning;
- Organize meeting requests with investors, analysts and company’s
executive management team;
- Attend conferences and road shows with senior management; plan the
annual guidance meeting and work with management to develop
presentations and associated materials; working with the outside design team,
- Develop strategic communications delivered to investors and
analysts;
- Develop written materials, such as press releases and conference
presentations, for dissemination to the public;
- Assist with marketing activities to new and existing shareholders.
This opportunity offers a ton of growth!!!
requirement: Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; MBA, CFA, or CPA a plus.
- Very strong accounting, finance, and analytical skills, including understanding of financial performance metrics and financial statements.
- 2 years experience (min.) in investor relations or equity research.
- Working knowledge of and high degree of interest in equity markets, securities regulations/disclosure requirements, and IR practice.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with investors, and senior management in a poised manner.
- Excellent interpersonal skills. Takes ownership. Delivers high-quality results.
- Works independently. Determines own solutions.
- Unquestionable integrity, professionalism, and ethical standards.
- Ability to handle multiple projects, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
- Willing to travel.
- Excellent Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Fluent in Mandarin & English.
- Detail-oriented, when necessary.
location: NY, NY with potential relocation to China
If interested, please send resume to anidljob@yahoo.com
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| Investment Operations Administrator - 7/10/06 |
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A billion dollar hedge fund in San Francisco is seeking a senior, experienced investment operations administrator to join a dynamic, growing team.
The investment operations administrator is responsible for overseeing the activities performed by the prime broker which include settlement of trades, collection and distribution of cash, reconciliation of positions, posting of corporate actions and valuation. In addition, this role would be critical to the support of the trading process, working closely with traders and managing all issues that may arise.
The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years experience in the investment industry - hedge fund, mutual fund, custody or prime brokerage preferred; strong familiarity with prime brokerage or custody; experience with equity, fixed income, derivatives, multi-currency and swaps preferred; highly motivated; possess strong quantitative and qualitative skills; be able to adapt effectively to rapidly changing assignments; goal-oriented, with a strong work ethic and desire to learn; solid organizational and time management skills; high level of initiative; and the ability to work in a close-knit team and fast-paced environment.
Minimum requirements include:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related experience preferred
- 5 years experience in the investment industry
- Understanding of custody and/or prime brokerage
- Knowledge of equities and fixed income
- Demonstrated accuracy, attention to detail, analytical problem solving skills
- Sound professional judgment and common sense
- Ability to ramp up quickly and understand complex procedures
- Willingness to be nimble and flexible
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a prime broker
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including professionalism,
clarity, and conciseness
- Ability to multi-task, set priorities and allocate time effectively and efficiently
- Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
If interested, please forward your resume to larry.zhang@gmncapital.com
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| Investment Accountant - 7/10/06 |
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A billion dollar hedge fund in San Francisco is seeking a senior, experienced investment accountant to
join a dynamic, growing team.
The investment accountant is responsible for overseeing the activities performed by the fund administrator, which include posting of income, expense, distributions and market value, Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations, performance calculations, and all data transfer to and from the fund administrator. In addition, this role would be critical in the monitoring of the daily P&L and handling all reporting required both internally and externally.
The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years experience in the investment industry - hedge fund, mutual fund or fund administration preferred; experience as a fund accountant; highly motivated; possess strong quantitative and qualitative skills; be able to adapt effectively to rapidly changing assignments; goal-oriented, with a strong work ethic and desire to learn; solid organizational and time management skills; high level of initiative; and the ability to work in a close-knit team and fast-paced environment.
Minimum requirements include:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related experience preferred
- 5 years experience in the investment or accounting industry
- Demonstrated accuracy, attention to detail, analytical problem solving skills
- Sound professional judgment and common sense
- Ability to ramp up quickly and understand complex procedures
- Willingness to be nimble and flexible
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a fund administrator
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including professionalism,
clarity, and conciseness
- Ability to multi-task, set priorities and allocate time effectively and efficiently
- Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
If interested, please forward your resume to larry.zhang@gmncapital.com
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| Director of Finance/Administration search - 5/26/06 |
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US VC/bus dev arm of an Asian corporation - located in the South Bay is seeking a Director of Finance/Administration search. This position would report
to the CEO and President of the firm and be the primary contact for portfolio company interaction.
We also have the following positions open for several VC/Hedge Funds/Private Equity firms:
- Controller
- Direct of Finance
- Senior Fund Accountant
If interested, please contact Mr. Derek Shaw at 650-572-0123 x224 or derek@xcelgroup.com.
Senior Manager - 5/26/06
StraussGroup is seeking a mortgage professional with a strong credit risk background who is bilingual (English and Mandarin) for a senior management role with.
If interested, please contact Mr. Matthew T. Doyle at 1-716-631-3200 or matthew@straussgroup.com.
CFO Assistant - Part-time - 4/27/06
A Chinese company newly listed on U.S. stock exchange is looking for a part-time assistant for its U.S. based CFO.
Job responsibilities include administrative support, coordinating audit process, book-keeping, translation, doing basic research for valuation projects, etc. This
is a part-time position paid at an hourly rate.
Qualifications:
- Equally strong in Mandarin & English;
- Accounting major;
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented.
To apply, please send resume to: jackie_you@hotmail.com
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