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[Full-time] Manger of Finance at Broadridge Financial Solutions

2011-08-30 12:35:30

Location: New Jersey-Northern
URL: http://www.broadridge.com/careers

Description:

The Controller for Accounting Shared Services is seeking an experienced, ambitious, and analytical individual to be a key subject matter expert for certain key accounting processes, including managing an India based accounting and transaction support team. The individual will be responsible for overseeing, inter-company accounting; and other general accounting areas

Global subject matter expert for key accounting and control areas including:
o Inter-company accounting and reporting
o Broadridge Foundation Accounting
o Sarbanes-Oxley attestations

• Review of financial reports and reconciliations

• Carry out Process improvement initiatives & implement shared service strategy

• Manage Adhoc requests

• Support review and sign-off on the following:

o Oracle access certification – finance users
o Corporate purchasing card
o Department expenses
o Sarbanes-Oxley testing and attestations
o Monthly balance sheet flux analysis.

• Ensure areas of responsibility are operating smoothly and efficiently; and that any issues that arise are managed to resolution with appropriate urgency.
• Building and managing relationships with various business partners, including the
offshore shared service department to achieve the highest level of client satisfaction.
• Manage/Execute projects and initiatives and ensure proper documentation of policies, SOP’s, test plans and results are achieved.
• Pro-actively mitigate control deficiencies.
• Respond to adhoc requests for information and analysis.
• Participate operating plan and forecast activities with respect to areas of
responsibility.
• Review and discuss general ledger account reconciliations.
• Ensure month end close activities are performed accurately and to required timelines.

Qualifications Required :

• 5+ year’s general accounting, including intercompany accounting experience.
• Experience with working with external auditors
• Experience managing relationships with offshore service providers a plus.
• Project management experience, process mapping and process re-engineering a plus.
• Strong general accounting background
• Ability to drive projects to successful completion.
• Adaptable to managing offshore relationships with sensitivity to cultural diversity.
• Ability to multi-task and meet designated deadlines.
• Focus on client satisfaction.
• Ability to identify and implement creative solutions that support greater efficiency and strengthen internal controls.

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[Full-time] Director-Product Management at Broadridge Financial Solutions

2011-08-30 12:05:15

Location: New Jersey-Northern
URL: http://www.broadridge.com/careers

Description:

The successful Director-Product Management is responsible for the business direction and growth of the Tax Lot Engine, as well as supporting the client base in a Client Services role.

• Acts as a Business Analyst for the product to ensure that the Tax Lot Engine complies with all regulatory requirements for government mandated Cost Basis Reporting (CBR) and supplies the functional scope needed by our clients to meet their business objectives. This includes the analysis, coordination, preparation and publication of business requirements (BRD’s), functional requirements (FRD’s) and associated use cases.
• Must possess a thorough understanding of the product offering and is expected to provide senior level support to Broadridge clients, as well as administer guidance to other team members within the department, including other Product Managers, Project Managers, Product Assurance and Development. When required, the associate must provide support to the Account Management and Sales teams.
• Responsible for producing and maintaining all client-facing product documentation for the product, including client bulletins, product manuals and user guides.
• Acts as a point person for clients and internal escalation for problem-related matters and participates in client and internal management discussions. Advisory Consultants must have advanced troubleshooting skills to aid in the support of application related and client reported incidents. They should also play an integral role to ensure complete follow-up and thorough communication to the client base.
• Participates in and/or manages special projects as required. This could include direct involvement or coordinating resources to achieve the objectives of the organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Works closely with various project stakeholders (both internal and external) to determine system specifications for changes driven by regulatory requirements and client requested enhancements. Internal stakeholders include Broadridge Product & Project Managers, Product Development and Product Assurance. External stakeholders include TLE clients.
• Creates business requirements (BRD’s), functional requirements (FRD’s) and associated use cases. Coordinates requirements walkthroughs and sign-offs, verifying with stakeholders that use cases and process models accurately portray specific business needs.
• Institutes and monitors traceability between the BRD’s, FRD’s, use cases, technical requirements and test scripts.
• Writes new or update existing system documentation, including user guides, client bulletins, etc.
• Participates in TLE software system testing. Assists when necessary in the coordination of the QA testing with our Product Assurance department.
• Oversees the weekend deployment of functional changes to the system and acts as the liaison between the technical teams and clients during these product implementations.
• Responsible for problem diagnosis, resolution and follow-up in a timely manner in accordance with department standards. Analyzes defects identified both internally and by Broadridge clients. Logs all client events into the Remedy System and updates all open items within 24 hours. Provides proper research documentation to other departments when troubleshooting issues that cross departments.
• Provides assistance in training other Associates
• Keeps abreast of pending industry related changes and participates in industry advisory groups as needed. Participates as necessary in Industry Initiatives Sub-Committee meetings, preparing slide presentations and executive summaries as required.
• Provide written status reports and dashboards of progress to the project leaders and management.

Qualifications Required :

• Experience in writing business and functional requirements (BRD’s and FRD’s), including use case development.
• Ability to analyze regulatory documents (i.e., tax code) and industry publications and be able to translate the requirements to functional enhancements within the Tax Lot Engine.
• Superior analytic and problem-solving skills and the ability to express results clearly and accurately in writing.
• Strong verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organization skills, attention to detail and the ability to meet project deadlines.
• A background in the financial services field, including an understanding of brokerage processing, cost basis reporting and corporate actions.
• Must be willing to provide product support, when needed, during non-business hours and weekends.
• Some travel may be required to meet with clients or attend/participate in industry events.

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[Full-time] Project Manager at Broadridge Financial Solutions

2011-08-30 10:59:05

Location: Maryland-Baltimore
URL: http://www.broadridge.com/careers

Description:

The Project Manager, an external client facing position, requires exceptional project management, process and communication skills.

• Provides project management support ranging from pre-sales requirements definition, SOW generation, implementation, deployment and transition to post implementation client support teams.
• Actively participates in the development and implementation of business solutions with internal stakeholders and functional teams.
• Solicits business requirements in conjunction with sales, business analysts, client services, technology specialists and other functional groups.
• Develops project plans, project charters, communications plans, quality management plans, risk plans, contingency plans, lessons’ learned post implementation reviews and other associated documentation.
• Identifies and communicates project interdependencies and manages project issues logs and resolutions.
• Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of project based estimating techniques, resource planning and allocation methods, activity based estimating, budget and cost estimating, WBS development and scope management.
• Responsible for adhering to change management procedures incorporating a formalized change control process ensuring that changes to project scope, deliverables, timelines and resources are formally defined, documented and approved.
• Plan, identify, evaluate and communicate project risks using risk management techniques, develop contingency plans to mitigate risks.
• Tracks project’s critical path, tollgate reviews and performance benchmarks as identified by PMO guidelines.
• Actively tracks the work efforts of business, technical, and quality assurance resources through daily management of the project plan.
• Strong management of client and internal stakeholder expectations.
• Develops project documentation; analyzes and reports on project status, monitors project performance to maintain the quality of services, deliverables and content to clients. Evaluates the effectiveness and accuracy of documentation continually improving the project infrastructure.
• Maintains relationships with external clients, project stakeholders, internal client services teams, project team members, managers, vendors, and other departments. Coordinates efforts across multiple business units when applicable ensuring continuous and efficient management of projects. Gathers input and feedback and reports to senior management team.
• Responds and resolves client’s operational issues as applicable throughout the implementation and deployment phases.
• Collaborates and communicates with other project managers and leaders to coordinate cross-divisional project initiatives and activities.
• Coordinates QA software testing processes as required.
• Diagnoses project issues eliminating obstacles that jeopardize the completion of projects on time and within budget.

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