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Investment Programmer Analyst - Trading

Company T. Rowe Price
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Annually
Location United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel None
Published on 10/28/2009
Description
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Investments Intermediate Programmer Analyst performs with minimal direction a variety of roles in the creation and maintenance of moderate to highly-complex solutions (including data infrastructure, reporting, and applications) that address the informational and analytical needs of the Investment Management, Investment Research, Global Trading, or Global Investment and Institutional Client Services (GICS) divisions. These roles stem from all phases of the project lifecycle and include requirements gathering, solution design, application development, and system testing. The Intermediate Programmer Analyst acts as a consultant and partner with the Investment Business Community, Global Investment and Institutional Client Services (GICS), and Global Business Solutions and Technology (GBS&T) project teams to ensure that all business requirements are understood, documented, and executed upon.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Works closely with Investment Staff and/or Global Investment and Institutional Client Services (GICS) managers to expose informational, analytical, or workflow-optimizing needs. Regularly and independently interacts with business partners of varying associate/management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements. Estimates the size of the effort required to complete complex, moderate to large scale projects.
Under the guidance of a more senior analyst and/or Project Managers, designs, prototypes, implements, and maintains products that address business needs and achieve strategic goals. This may include analyzing, researching, processing and administering investment data; analyzing, developing and deploying reports; and analyzing, designing, creating, and testing software applications.

2. Executes and manages all aspects and phases of testing initiatives for moderate to large-sized system implementations and/or enhancement projects. Responsibility may include test data setup and coordination of effort and resources/testers throughout unit, system, and user acceptance testing. Participates in the development of user documentation and manuals, training material, and/or job aids. Supports initial implementation of significant system changes

3. Assists in the support of systems, including taking responsibility for the resolution of low to moderately complex on-call issues, monitoring the system, and communicating with the vendors regarding problems, to ensure the system is functioning. Investigates, diagnoses, isolates, and de-bugs issues and performs problem resolution. Documents resolution appropriately. Escalates issue to more senior staff, Project Leads, or Project Managers if a solution cannot be determined.
Mentors and coaches less experienced Programmer Analysts and less experienced associates across the firm.

4. Continuously seeks to expand knowledge of Investments practice and theory to create efficiencies and/or mitigate risk via people/process/technology changes for the business.

QUALIFICATIONS

* College degree and 2 years of related work experience, or Associate degree and 4 years related work experience, or
High School diploma/equivalent and 6 years related work experience required.
* College degree and a minimum 3-5 years professional experience in an analytical position involving data management and collection, modeling and interpretation across complex data sets.
* Ability to translate complex business requirements into detailed functional and/or technical specifications
* Demonstrated ability to develop alternative solutions to complex problems and recommend the best solution to the business and project team
* Ability to apply acquired knowledge from prior experience effectively in new situations (medium to high complexity)
* Demonstrated advanced analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills
* Must be able to meet with clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with developers and testers in the fast-paced environment.
* Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others in team environment
* Possesses ability to use effective facilitation skills and techniques to elicit requirements from a diverse range of stakeholders and group size
* Demonstrated successful mastery of major components of the solutions lifecycle
* Possesses effective influencing and negotiating skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Knowledge of when and how to use business assessment tools (e.g., feasibility studies, business cases and/or cost/benefit, project sizing and costing, and current state analysis/needs assessments)
* Understanding of how the people, processes and technology within an organization interact in relationships and patterns to create a feasible solution on projects of medium to high complexity
* Demonstrated mastery of test strategies, test plans, and test execution
* Process oriented, logical thinker
* Strong negotiation and influencing skills
* Skilled in the use of Visio or other process or flow chart tool
* Strong knowledge of business processes related to business channel supported
* Strong knowledge of relational databases and concepts
* Strong SQL skills
* Experience using Microsoft Office Suite
* Ability to master complex tasks with minimal supervision
* Experience with estimation
* Adaptable and able to learn quickly
* Experience with Investigating data issues
* Knowledge of Unix
* Establishing Test Data
* Experience with System Integration

Substantial technical or programming skills, with demonstrable ability to employ those skills to solve complex modeling challenges in a limited time. Ability to master complex tasks with minimal supervision
Experience with:
* VB.Net, ASP.NET, web development
* Object Oriented Programming/Design
* Integrating Products
* IIS
* Javascript
* CGI programming
* HTML

* Advanced degree strongly preferred
* Financial Industry Experience preferred
* Experience with project management and control preferred
* Strong understanding of basic Investment Management principles preferred
* Five or more years of relevant experience working with solutions lifecycle development methodology preferred
* Strong knowledge of Object Oriented, Relational Database Concepts and Design preferred
* Process reengineering/design experience preferred
* Experience with Object oriented analysis or Relational Database Concepts and Design is preferred
* Experience with EMS (e.g. Portware) and OMS (e.g. CRD, XIP) is an advantage, as is knowledge of database management systems preferred
* Experience with Apache, CSS or AJAX is preferred.
* Crystal Reports / SQL Server Reporting Services preferred
* FX Connect or FX All experience preferred
* XIP or CRD experience preferred
* Confluence preferred

T. Rowe Price is an Equal Opportunity Employerdf-tc

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