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Description

Fidelity Investments currently has an opening for a Senior Investment Analyst within the Asset Allocation Division (AAD). AAD is a registered investment adviser and wholly owned subsidiary of FMR Corp., providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services through Fidelity's retail and institutional distribution channels. AAD is a team of investment professionals that actively research and analyze over 2,300 Fidelity and non-Fidelity funds. The team also engineers and manages asset allocation portfolios for more than 157,000 accounts. AAD manages over $230 billion in assets.

In addition to investment management, AAD specializes in investment risk management, portfolio analytics, asset/liability modeling, and investment planning tools for individual investors.

The Senior Investment Analyst is responsible for the creation and development of investment commentary that supports telling the investment story across the Asset Allocation Division. The Analyst will be part of the Investment and Portfolio Analysis Group and work closely with the Investment staff to produce best-in-class materials to communicate our market perspective, processes, investment activities, and thought leadership both internally and externally to our distribution partners and customers.

Primary Responsibilities include

* Support market presentations for senior management which may involve pulling economic, performance, or other data from multiple systems and suggesting ideas for graphical presentation.

* Be the expert on covered asset classes, funds, peer groups for all the products and investment staff you. This would involve staying current with the markets as well as developing a close relationship to the investment staff to stay close to their current perspective and activity.

* Produce management reporting for internal investment reviews and help in providing supplemental materials that are needed.

* Create content to communicate the market and investment story to support SAI's products and thought leadership.

* Develop content for presentations, videos, and other media to be used for internal and external clients and prospects in support of AAD's business.

* Managing and participating in ad-hoc projects which may include report and process automation.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* BA/BS plus 7-10+ Years of experience in an investment management environment

* Advanced degree, CFA, or progression towards CFA strongly preferred

Skills and Knowledge


* Strong knowledge of investment concepts and capital markets

* Ability to work independently with little direction.

* Ability to work with senior investment staff members and capable of thinking, acting and responding quickly and accurately.

* Capable of addressing complex and strategic as well as tactical issues with the channels and senior staff and efficiently providing input and direction to resolution.

* Strong PowerPoint skills and extensive Excel skills to perform ad hoc analysis and presentation of analysis.

* Outstanding communications, interpersonal and organizational skills; Enjoys working collaboratively across the organization

* Good understanding of investment performance and attribution

* Strong written skills that are acceptable for external publications to clients.

* High level of attention to detail

* Strong work ethic and commitment to Fidelity's values

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of over $3.1 trillion, including managed assets of $1.4 trillion, as of June 30, 2010. Founded in 1946, the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and many other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Investment Support

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description

Overview

The Fidelity Real Estate Group is a Boston-based private equity real estate investment manager formed in 1993. The group invests principally on behalf of institutional clients, including corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations. As of March 31, 2010, the Real Estate Group has invested nearly $2 billion of equity in 165 different value-added transactions, representing over $7 billion of gross property value. Comprised of 25 professionals, the group operates as a focused investment boutique within the larger Fidelity organization.

The successful candidate will focus on investments and asset management and will help execute the group's value-added private equity strategy. Primary areas of responsibility will include financial modeling, research and market review for investments. Additional activities will include assisting with dispositions, financings and portfolio analysis. Candidates will preferably have experience in commercial real estate investing and possess strong quantitative skills. The position is located in Boston, MA.

Responsibilities

* Perform financial analysis of property, tenants and market (including rent and sales comps). Manage financial models utilizing both ARGUS and Excel to project cash flows, investment returns, asset valuations and analyze risk.

* Assist development of investment recommendations based on underwriting assumptions and appropriate return parameters to senior management for approval.

* Interact with property management personnel, tenants, and local government officials; and ordering, coordinating, and analyzing third-party reports.

* Assist investment team in the evaluation of investment opportunities consistent with the fund's investment criteria.

* Review and evaluate investment offerings from investment sale brokers, developers and owners.

* Coordinate research in the assembly of market information, data gathering and relevant forecasts.

* Participate in deal structuring, including coordination of legal counsel in the preparation and negotiation of Purchase & Sale Agreements, Partnership Agreements and related documentation necessary to complete transactions.

* Assist in the asset management of portfolio investments post closing through ultimate liquidation.

Qualifications

* Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in financial services sector preferred, including underwriting and valuation with a reputable private and/or institutional investor.

* Organized; good and independent work ethic.

* Strong market analysis, valuation and financial modeling skills required.

* Maturity, understanding and perseverance.

* Excellent due diligence, analytical, and negotiating skills.

* Proficiency with ARGUS or Dyna, Excel and cash flow modeling preferred.

* Excellent writing and presentation skills.

* Strong interpersonal, management and leadership skills.

* BA/BS in real estate, business, finance or related.

Job

: Investment Management

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:08:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Investment-Associate,-Fidelity-Real-Estate-Group-Job-MA-02108/859952/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Investment-Associate,-Fidelity-Real-Estate-Group-Job-MA-02108/859952/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Research will be responsible for performing research and analysis on mutual fund investments. Research includes review, analysis of fund statistics and performance data, and qualitative research on fund complex. Will provide support to Fund Analysts with ongoing fund research, ad hoc analysis on specific funds and other team-based projects. Will perform periodic performance attribution of the US Equity Value peer group. Will run extensive analysis using various tools like MPI Stylus, Factset, and Barra. Will participate in due-diligence meetings to evaluate fund manager's process and risk management capabilities. Will prepare research reports for due diligence meetings and to maintain fund ratings. Will act as liaison between fund complex marketing groups and the portfolio management team in communicating fund flows.

Qualifications

Education and Experience
:

BS (will accept 3 or 4 year US degree or foreign education equivalent) in Business, Economics or Finance OR Chartered Accountant or CPA designation and 4 years experience in Job Offered or 4 years of experience in investment or financial product/market research within a mutual fund environment.

Special Requirements:

· Demonstrated expertise (DE) performing fund management due diligence to benchmark, analyze and evaluate a portfolio manager's process and risk management capabilities.

· DE in returns based and holdings based mutual fund analysis using MPI Stylus, Factset and Barra.

· DE building advanced data models using Excel to develop reports, analyze investments and performance, and identify investment opportunities;

Job

: Investment Support

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:08:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Research-Associate-MA-02108/914259/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Research-Associate-MA-02108/914259/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

The role of the Associate, Marketing and Investor Relations (AMIR) is to support and enhance the marketing and servicing of real estate funds to the institutional marketplace. The AMIR works closely with the Managing Director of Investor Relations to provide information to clients, prospective clients and consultants. The AMIR plays an important role in drafting quarterly investment reviews, responding to requests for information, developing sales/marketing materials; providing analysis of competitor products; and generally helping to represent the Real Estate Group to institutional investors. The AMIR must develop and maintain a comprehensive strategic and technical knowledge regarding the real estate investment industry, and more specifically, the group's funds.

Primary Responsibilities include

* Quarterly Investment Reports

* The AMIR will be responsible for drafting the quarterly investment reviews that discuss in detail the investment activity, performance and characteristics of each of the real estate funds. A comprehensive understanding of the investment process and portfolio holdings, along with strong writing and quantitative skills, is critical to effectively communicate investment activity and results to clients and consultants. Organizational and time management skills are important to drafting high quality reviews in a timely manner.

* Requests for Information

* The AMIR must develop a thorough understanding of the real estate funds in order to respond to requests for information from clients, prospective clients and consultants. This knowledge includes both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of each of the funds, including detailed performance and accounting-related components. The requests may come in the form of formal requests for proposals or informal requests for client-specific information.

* Marketing materials

* Materials include presentation books for client and prospect meetings, investment summaries, group capability brochures. The AMIR will originate material, review all drafts and is ultimately responsible for the quality and accuracy of the final product. It is critical for the AMIR to development an understanding of the compliance requirements associated with these materials.

* Miscellaneous Marketing Projects

* The AMIR will be called upon to support all aspects of the marketing and client service process. These may include market summaries, "white papers," competitive universe analyses, etc.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* Bachelor degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or equivalent is required

* 3-5 years experience in the financial services industry required

* Experience in investment management industry is strongly preferred; experience in real estate investment management is preferred

Skills and Knowledge


* Strong written, oral, and presentation skills.

* Strong analytic software skills working in a Windows environment (including spreadsheet, graphics and word processing programs).

* Detailed knowledge of investment products, securities markets and financial services industry.

* Strong organizational, time management, creative and interpersonal skills.

* Good time and project management skills.

Company Overview

The Fidelity Real Estate Group is a Boston-based private equity real estate investment manager formed in 1993. The group invests principally on behalf of institutional clients, including corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations. As of March 31, 2010, the Real Estate Group has invested nearly $2 billion of equity in 165 different value-added transactions, representing over $7 billion of gross property value. Comprised of 25 professionals, the group operates as a focused investment boutique within the larger Fidelity organization.

Job

: Marketing Analysis

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: Yes, 25% of the time]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:09:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Associate,-Marketing-and-Investor-Relations-Fidelity-Real-Estate-Group-Job-MA-02108/867138/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Associate,-Marketing-and-Investor-Relations-Fidelity-Real-Estate-Group-Job-MA-02108/867138/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

Asset Allocation Technology is seeking a software engineer for our Portfolio Engineering team.

Primary Responsibilities

* Develop software using systems requirements documents, investment white papers and existing prototypes as a guide.

* Develop batch and interactive applications, which implement investment methodology, in order to rebalance financial portfolios and help manage client money.

* Work within a diverse team of investment and technical professionals, eventually working alongside a team to support our portfolio engineering applications.

A qualified candidate will be analytical, have strong application design skills, an expert troubleshooter, and have an interest in building subject matter expertise in investment management and financial modeling.

Asset Allocation Division (AAD) is the registered investment advisor for Fidelity Investments, employing scalable, customizable platforms, in order to offer model and separately managed account products to external institutions and Fidelity customers.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* BS or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics; equivalent experience may be substituted

* At least 5 years experience with the following technologies and frameworks: Java, JMS, SOAP, Ibatis and Spring

* Working knowledge of Clearcase and Eclipse IDE required

* Understanding of Portfolio Management theory required

* Strong Mathematical skills required

* Experience working with waterfall and agile delivery methodologies required

* Experience working on large, complex projects - and among a large team - required

Skills and Knowledge


* Strong verbal and technical writing skills

* Experience working with CPLEX, Northfield or other third-party optimizers preferred

* Experience working with Tibco EMS preferred

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as thousands of financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Client Server & Web Development

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: None

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description

The Associate position is a hands-on research and analysis role supporting the execution of new investments and the provision of strategic advice to portfolio company management. The Associate will join a team whose mandate is to act as a strategic advisor to our portfolio companies and to identify, evaluate, and support the execution of new strategic investments. The Associate will collaborate with other members of the team, but be expected to work independently with portfolio company management and Devonshire leadership.

Headquartered in Boston, Devonshire Investors makes investments on behalf of Fidelity and its shareholders in businesses outside of the financial services industry. Devonshire focuses on long-term investments in operating companies and includes the full spectrum of private equity. It has a significant bias towards direct investment and active participation in those investments, with the objective of leveraging experience and expertise on a global basis. Businesses within the Devonshire managed portfolio operate across the United States, Europe and Asia, employing about 23,000 people. Its portfolio consists of investments in telecom/IT, energy, building supply, agri-business and real estate.

This position will receive strong mentorship and has significant growth potential. Successful candidates are expected to perform with a high degree of maturity and autonomy. Career paths include progressive responsibility within Devonshire or an operating role with a Devonshire portfolio company.

Primary Responsibilities

Successful candidates will possess intellectual curiosity, creativity, tenacity in analysis, attention to detail and accountability for results. In addition to well-developed analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills, this role requires the ability to:

* Uncover and synthesize large amounts of data and information from primary and secondary research and develop and present sound and accurate conclusions

* Create frameworks/models that address business problems and result in strategic insights

* Conduct rigorous analysis and build financial and valuation models

* Communicate effectively with senior leadership and portfolio company management

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* Bachelor's Degree from a top-tier school with demonstrated analytical capability.

* 2-4 years of progressive experience in strategy consulting or investment banking.

* Recent MBAs (class of 2009 or 2010) from top-tier schools will also be considered.

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as thousands of financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Business Analyst

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Entry Level

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:09:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Associate-Devonshire-Investors-Job-MA-02108/902320/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Associate-Devonshire-Investors-Job-MA-02108/902320/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

The Vice President of Portfolio Analysis and Investment Communications for the Asset Allocation Division (AAD) is responsible for the content creation, design, and production of AAD's Investment materials. The VP will build and manage the Communication's program for this growing business, partnering with our investment team and distribution partners to build our brand and to ensure that our investment story is timely and relevant.

Critical elements of this role include supporting the investment teams with analysis and written commentary about our investment activity and performance, as well as the production and management of recurring monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reports and commentary, ongoing investment and market commentary, thought leadership pieces, including white papers, and ad-hoc presentation and editorial requests. The materials produced are utilized for a variety of internal and external audiences, including Investment Committee Fund and Portfolio reviews, Board meetings, leadership briefings, AAD and Asset Management All-Hands meetings, channel marketing and client communications, rep communications, AAD marketing materials and industry conferences.

Primary Responsibilities include

* Providing leadership, management, and vision to the Investment and Portfolio Analysis and Investment Communication teams:

* The Investment Communication team creates, updates, facilitates the review of, and maintains our division's communication materials, such as: white papers, presentations, marketing materials, training content, RFP responses, and intranet content, working with a variety of communication mediums, including print (MS Office suite and In Design), audio, video, and web.

* The Portfolio and Investment Analysis Group is responsible for preparing recurring portfolio reviews and investment reallocation rationales based on independent analysis, direct interaction with portfolio management, and an overall familiarity with market and economic conditions. The analysts on this team are also responsible for working with the CIOs and Senior Investment personnel to deliver investment related content and presentation materials to support client and rep interactions and internal investment reviews.

* Partnering with Investment Leads and Business Line Managers to ensure investment communications are of the highest professional standard

* Managing AAD's Editorial board to ensure transparency and accountability for overall messaging across the division

* Participating in the Asset Management Editorial board to ensure awareness and input into the overall messaging across Fidelity's investment divisions

* Building and communicating the calendar of communication activities.

* Building a high performing team by identifying and developing required skill sets, understanding needs of business partners, managing performance, and building relationships with portfolio and investment analysis staff, investment directors, investment team, and investment support associates to support the future growth of our business.

* Supporting Senior Management, CIOs, and Portfolio Managers with PowerPoint presentations, internal communications, and other investment communication needs.

* Advising Senior team on high-profile communication activities

* Management of the communications budget

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* BA/BS plus 15+ Years in a Communications environment, experience in asset management a significant plus

* MBA/CFA preferred

Skills and Knowledge


* Proven ability to manage a team, define strategic direction, set priorities, and inspire motivation

* Proven ability to interact with Senior Management

* Superior analytical and business judgment and verbal and written communication skills

* Strong understanding of investment concepts, global markets and financial services industry; knowledge of asset allocation and managed accounts business a plus

* Strong influence skills, intellectual curiosity and commitment to continuous improvement

* Experience with media/public relations a plus

* Thrives in an environment with competing deadlines and multiple work streams.

* Unassailable work ethic and commitment to Fidelity values

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of over $3.2 trillion, including managed assets of over $1.4 trillion, as of May 31, 2010. Founded in 1946, the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and many other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Advertising/Creative Services

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Director

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:08:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-VP,-Portfolio-Analysis-and-Investment-Communications-Job-MA-02108/877471/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-VP,-Portfolio-Analysis-and-Investment-Communications-Job-MA-02108/877471/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

The Department

Formed in 2005, the Fidelity Global Asset Allocation Group (GAA) is responsible for managing asset allocation mutual fund portfolios for both retail clients and institutional retirement clients. The GAA team is responsible for managing a product lineup that includes Fidelity's Asset Manager, Freedom Fund, Income Replacement Fund, Strategic Income and Strategic Real Return Portfolios. The group currently manages approximately $150 billion of client capital.

The Position

The analyst is responsible for providing comprehensive quantitative and analytical support for the daily management of a broad range of global tactical asset allocation investment strategies. The analyst will serve as an integrated member of the Active Allocation Investment Team within the overall Global Asset Allocation Group, working in a highly dynamic and collaborative environment. Targeted areas for proactively-focused quantitative analysis include relative value assessment, risk modeling, portfolio construction, performance attribution, data integration and management, research methodology development, and ongoing evaluation of quantitative research developments within Fidelity Investments, the asset management industry and academia. Quantitative support for optimizing implementation strategies will also be an important contribution of this role. Significant emphasis will be placed on effective communication within the investment team, across both the broader asset allocation and investment organization, and with multiple constituencies within the investment marketplace. The analyst will be located in Boston, Massachusetts and will report to the Global Asset Allocation Group's Director of Institutional Portfolio Management and Research.

Quantitative Research Organizational Structure

The analyst is a member of and fully embedded within the Active Allocation Investment Team. This level of integration and interaction is critical to provide:

* A highly nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the investment opportunities and challenges faced by the portfolio management team;

* An effective sharing and collaboration environment for discussion and decision-making;

* A platform for ongoing "challenge and review" of existing portfolio positioning, risk management practices and overall asset allocation approaches;

* A framework for proposition and evaluation of alternative approaches across the full range of investment management activities;

* A conducive environment for translating quantitative perspectives into investment insight and actionable ideas.

Quantitative Analyst Capabilities

The analyst will have demonstrated capabilities to support the Active Allocation Investment Team through:

* An overall "problem solving mentality" driven by a proactive, intuitive and creative approach to conceptualizing, defining and evaluating investment opportunities and challenges;

* A dynamic framework for assessing investment issues with a strong focus on anticipation and understanding of how changes in underlying factors and market conditions effect relative value relationships and impact strategy outcomes;

* Application of rigorous quantitative modeling to support development and utilization of asset class perspectives, relative value assessment, portfolio construction approaches, and risk analytics development and implementation;

* Balance of quantitative rigor with pragmatic consideration of and respect for investment market and process constraints;

* Rigorous programming skills (e.g. VB, C++, MATLAB, R, SAS));

* Strong understanding of and facility with financial and statistical databases (e.g. FactSet, BarraOne);

* Enhancement of research delivery and sharing framework;

* Procurement, aggregation and management of financial data to support ongoing research and portfolio management initiatives;

* Communication of research perspectives resulting from collaboration with the broader Fidelity Investments quantitative research organization as well as from industry and academic sources;

* Significant interaction and perspective sharing with broader Fidelity Investments organization, including extensive asset management division, distribution partners and senior management;

* Proactive, clear and effective verbal and written communication capabilities;

* Detailed and clear documentation of research and analytical methodologies;

Qualifications

Education/Experience

* Master's degree, with a focus in quantitative disciplines of mathematics, statistics, engineering, and/or other hard sciences;

* Minimum 5-7 years experience providing quantitative research within an investment management organization;

* Impactful track record of contributing to asset class relative value assessment within a portfolio management environment;

* Ability to balance theoretical frameworks with practical considerations, with an overall focus on contributing to realistic and implementable investment solutions;

* Agility and flexibility to focus across a wide spectrum of investment problems with both qualitative and quantitative characteristics;

Personal

* Passion for financial markets, investment process and provision of effective investment solutions;

* Comfort and ability to work in a highly collaborative environment;

* Balance of respect for and desire to enhance existing approaches while striving to challenge traditional methodologies through proactive and innovative thought process and analytical evaluation.

Job

: Investment Management

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:08:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Quantitative-Analyst,-Active-Allocation-Investment-Team-Job-MA-02108/861117/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Quantitative-Analyst,-Active-Allocation-Investment-Team-Job-MA-02108/861117/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

We have recently formed an End User Development (EUD) team designed to improve equity investment professionals' productivity and decision making and increase IT's ability to respond to tactical needs by delivering short term business driven solutions. The three members of this team strengthen the partnership between the business and technology while increasing domain knowledge. While delivering ad-hoc solutions in an unstructured development environment this EUD team will incorporate the best ideas into enterprise product capabilities that will be available to all investment professionals.

The Equity Division is part of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCo). The division consists of eleven fund groups as well as Select and Advisor Focus sector portfolios. Each group is responsible for investment management, portfolio review and professional development.

Primary Responsibilities

* Design, develop & validate custom tools for Investment Professionals

* Support & maintain existing functionality & tools inventory

* Support the needs of our investment professionals and senior management in the areas of custom tools development, data analysis & information representation

* Focus on process to improve efficiency, present innovative recommendations and implement resolutions across the team.

* Effectively create the best possible customer experience and meet the clients' broad range of investment needs

* Leverage the expertise of the Fidelity organization including key product and service groups in face to face interactions with clients

* Provide strategic input for long term product roadmap in the Portfolio Management & Research domain

*We have several openings on this expansion team. We will consider candidates at multiple levels for interviews.*

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* 8-11 years experience in an analytics-based role

* Must have experience working directly with investment professionals

* Demonstrated expertise with MS excel based programming using VBA, .NET

* Strong working knowledge of SQL

* Academic background in a related field (CFA, MSF, MBA, etc.)

Skills and Knowledge


* Have very strong analytical and communication skills and exhibit the highest level of personal and professional integrity.

* Be able to think creatively, work independently and be able to make decisions quickly.

* Have domain area expertise in the investment management process & will seek to understand, develop, test, and deploy technology solutions to compliment the custom needs of individual clients

* Have a proven track record in the rapid development methodology domain

* Have in depth understanding of financial markets

* Is able to prioritize and work under tight deadlines, strong time management and organizational skills

* Proactively seek opportunities to provide value-added insights to management team.

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as thousands of financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Systems Analysis

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Team Leader

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description



Position Description

The Fidelity Investments Performance Attribution department produces daily transaction based attribution at the portfolio holdings level for use by Senior Investment Staff, Portfolio Managers, Research Groups, and business entities that support and market Fidelity's investment products. The department has an opening for a highly motivated Senior Project Consultant on the team responsible for the development and support of the Investment Management Performance Attribution System. The Performance Attribution System is continually being enhanced in response to challenges posed by, among others, changes in investment management strategy, the introduction of new investment products, and changes to upstream or interfacing applications. The Senior Project Consultant will work closely with business and technical colleagues in support of the department's varied project and operational commitments.

Primary Responsibilities

Business Analysis Component - 50%

Project Management Component - 25%

Operational Component - 25%

* Manage one or more complex projects under general guidance of senior management

* Manage one or more complex operational processes under general guidance of senior management

* Respond to ad-hoc research and data requests in support of performance attribution analysis

* Collaborate with performance attribution analysts in the design, development, and implementation of creative technical and operational process solutions to complex business problems

* Support the monthly board review cycle by providing process administration, content expertise and by facilitating issue resolution

* Participate in cross organization development initiatives

* Maintain partnership relationships across business units

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* Bachelor's degree or relevant job experience

* Minimum of 5 years experience with a financial services organization preferably within a portfolio accounting or an attribution analysis department

Skills and Knowledge


* Good understanding of investment instruments and financial markets

* Experience with Fidelity specific trading, pricing and accounting practices and systems (desirable)

* Experience in defining business requirements to support technical specifications

* Experience with large systems development processes and work-flows

* Ability to work independently with little direction

* Ability to work with senior investment staff members and capable of thinking, acting and responding quickly and accurately

* Outstanding communications, interpersonal and organizational skills

* Detail oriented with strong problem analysis and issue resolution skills

* Ability to meet project deadlines while maintaining quality deliverables

* Ability to effectively balance multiple high-priority assignments

* Strong work ethic and commitment to Fidelity's values

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of $3.3 trillion, including managed assets of nearly $1.5 trillion, as of July 31, 2010. Founded in 1946, the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and many other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Investment Support

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description



Position Description

The Director Investment Product Management oversees a line of Fidelity mutual funds in the personal and workplace channels. Mutual funds are a major strategic focus for Fidelity, affording ample opportunity to network throughout the organization, and requiring a broad suite of skills, including excellent influence skills. The product manager must use business intellect, analytical skills, and high energy to move the business forward. The Investment Product Management is the business lead for his/her line(s) of funds, monitoring and analyzing sales, competitive trends, and product profitability. The Investment Product Management develops product positioning and sales/marketing strategies for sales force training and materials, events, the web site, video, and, in partnership with centralized marketing, advertising, direct mail, email, etc. The Investment Product Management conceives and drives changes to funds and the product line. Product management responsibilities include understanding fund performance and cash flows in light of current market trends, changes to the product line. Changes to the product line are done in conjunction with the fund management group, and include new product development, repositioning of existing individual funds, or mergers. The Investment Product Management leads multifunctional teams to implement and develop content for these initiatives, and is accountable for the successful outcome. As the champion for his/her products, the Investment Product Management proactively reviews all materials related to the distribution of his/her products and attends quarterly portfolio manager meetings.

Primary Responsibilities

* Analyze sales for each fund relative to events, competition and market conditions.

* Study competition to develop product ideas or selling strategies.

* Champion product with sales force (e.g., events) and internal partners (wholesalers, marketing).

* Review all legal and marketing materials for accuracy of positioning, pricing and performance.

* Develop content for fulfillment and web.

* Develop business plans and periodic fund line reviews.

* Work with Asset Management Division and Senior Management to research, develop and prioritize product concepts.

* Work with cross Fidelity team to implement launch (FMR, legal, operations, finance, etc.).

* Prepare reps to sell and market to retail consumers.

* Develop and execute internal and external communication strategy.

* Understand and communicate fund performance, considering current market conditions.

* Develop/maintain product positioning for each fund.

* Collaborate with fund management group to reposition or launch funds.

* Propose and implement changes to names, benchmarks, fees/loads, etc.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* Bachelor's degree and typically 5 years related experience or MBA and 3 years.

* CFA or CFA track not required, but helpful.

Skills and Knowledge


* A working knowledge of third party investment analytical tools would be helpful (Morningstar Direct, Strategic Insight's Simfund and eVestment Alliance), but are not required at time of hire.

* Strong communication skills, influencing abilities, leadership and an eagerness to take initiative.

* Ability to successfully work in teams.

* Excellent product management abilities, organizational skills, analytical interests, problem-solving skills and in-depth knowledge of the industry.

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of $3.4 trillion, including managed assets of $1.5 trillion, as of April 30, 2010. Founded in 1946, the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and many other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Investment Management

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description



Position Description

Fidelity Workplace Investing is looking for a top notch VP - Account Executive for a future opportunity located in Boston, MA. In this role you will be responsible for developing B2B leads and pursuing sales of prospective new 401K clients in direct and indirect channels for our Emerging Market (EM). Working independently and responsible for developing, targeting and building a business plan for a specific territory you will target top tier prospects in a specific region and lead them through the often lengthy and complex sales process involving multiple calls and web meetings. Prospects are developed through multiple strategies including cold calling, working internal leads and following up on retail leads that are generated from our personal investments business.

Primary Responsibilities

* Responsible for working with prospects through a unique and sophisticated sales process using several mediums including web meetings, video conferencing, conference calls and face to face sales appointments when needed.

* Maintain relationships with Fidelity's Branch Regional management teams to increase awareness of EM's products among the Branch Financial Rep population.

* Partner with other members of the EM(Emerging Market) Sales team, Legal, Operations associates and many other Fidelity companies to service the client base.

* Position will be based in Boston, MA.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* NASD Series 7 and 63 required or must pass exams within 90 days.

* College degree required.

Skills and Knowledge


* The ability to demonstrate effective sales performance and a professional/consultative approach to prospects.

* Excellent time management, organizational skills, and the ability to work independently with little supervision.

* Highly motivated.

* Business-to-business sales experience.

* Strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.

* Must possess understanding of the complex sale and longer institutional cycle which is typically 3-5 months.

* A solid understanding of investments and the defined contribution market.

* Ability to analyze intricate investment issues and plan provisions and recommend specific solutions.

* Presentation and or training skills are helpful.

* Previous prospecting skills very helpful.

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of over $3.1 trillion, including managed assets of $1.4 trillion, as of June 30, 2010. Founded in 1946, the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and many other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Retirement

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description

Equity Information Technology (EIT), a division within Fidelity Investment Management Technology, develops portfolio management and research applications used by Equity traders and portfolio managers in Boston. We support Fidelity Management & Research Company.

EIT is seeking an experienced principal software engineer to design, lead, develop, enhance, document and maintain the user interface components of the Research applications on both the client and server sides of the system. Our applications are currently .NET technologies run with an Oracle database backend.

Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCo) acts as the investment advisor to Fidelity's family of mutual funds. FMRCo has three fund divisions: Equity, High Income and Fixed Income. Securities are managed, researched, bought and sold for the funds by a staff of portfolio managers, analysts and traders.

Primary Responsibilities

* Support the Research Analysts and Fund Managers by taking their requirements and producing workable solutions

* Design, develop, test, document and maintain applications that reside on Equity Income Research Analysts and Portfolio Managers Windows XP desktops

* Technical Lead to provide direction/mentoring to other developers in supporting, developing, Research applications

* Design, develop, test, document and maintain service layer components that reside in the Equity Income Linux environment

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* BS degree in science or engineering preferred

* 8+ years experience developing service layer and/or desktop applications using .Net, C#, service integration, Java, java script, and HTML

* Strong MS Word/Excel 2007 Add-in & VSTO knowledge

* Experience with SQL and Oracle stored procedures

* Presentation tier experience should include Winforms, Web Apps, RIA technologies (Silverlight), WPF, Desktop Containers Frameworks, MS CAB, MS Prism/CAL, WCF, MVVM Pattern, dependency injection

* Experience within a service tier of Java, ORMs, JDBC, Tomcat, AXIS2, SOAP, WSDL, Schema, REST, Data Services

* Experience within a data tier comprised of Oracle, PLSQL, Informatica ETL, Autosys

Skills and Knowledge


* Full development life cycle experience from requirements definition through coding, and release with Agile development methodology

* Proven experience developing, testing, documenting and releasing mission-critical software

* Provide system design and development in Object Oriented and Component Design.

* Strong work experience in design patterns, system integration, deployment models and build automation

* Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment where the ability to perform diverse tasks is essential to job success

* Experience in globalization practices including the off-shore model

* Knowledge of Equity instruments and research investment systems is desirable

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as thousands of financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Client Server & Web Development

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: None

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description

As a part of Equity Investment Technology (EIT), the business analyst team works closely with equity portfolio management, research (fundamental, quantitative, and technical) and operations to define requirements on complex systems projects. The senior systems analyst will contribute to the definition and rollout of the next generation of desktop tools for equity professionals. The key drivers for success are interest in and knowledge of the equity investment management industry, financial statements as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCo) acts as the investment advisor to Fidelity's family of mutual funds. FMRCo has more than 1000 investment professionals worldwide who are responsible for managing more than $3 trillion for millions of retail and institutional investors. Equity Investment Technology (EIT) is responsible for developing and maintaining a broad range of software products / applications used by equity business users for order management, portfolio construction, and various research activities.

Primary Responsibilities

* Prepares requirements and specifications outlining business processes and system capabilities

* Establishes and maintains relationships with investment professionals to define requirements

* Facilitates requirement workshops

* Works collaboratively to identify, analyze and evaluate requirements and solutions to improve the tools that support the equity investment professionals

* Participates in technical design sessions along with developers and architects

* Documents and maintains progress of stories, iterations and releases on Agile projects

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

* 5-7 years practical experience in a similar role

Skills and Knowledge


* Financial industry background including experience with development of investment management or other financial services systems and data. Preference will be given to candidates with portfolio management knowledge.

* Strong facilitation skills proven to lead groups to meet objectives

* Strong verbal and written communications and presentation skills

* Thorough knowledge of software development lifecycle methodologies; Agile preferred

* Awareness and understanding of application and services architecture and database system

* Awareness of or prior experience with market data applications is a plus (i.e. Factset, Bloomberg)

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as thousands of financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Systems Analysis

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:09:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Sr_-Systems-Analyst-Portfolio-Management-&-Research-Tools-&-Applications-Job-MA-02108/893228/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Sr_-Systems-Analyst-Portfolio-Management-&-Research-Tools-&-Applications-Job-MA-02108/893228/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

National Financial, a Fidelity Investments company, offers broker-dealer firms access to a comprehensive clearing platform, inclusive of a dedicated service model, a powerful global trading platform, and a source of leading investment solutions, all designed to help them grow confidently. National Financial's comprehensive offering enables it to serve broker-dealers of various types and sizes that can serve their evolving needs. In addition to being a leading clearing provider in the U.S. for nearly 30 years, National Financial leverages the strength and experience of Fidelity Investments, one of the world's largest providers of financial services. The Product Support Specialist will support National Financial's clients with all inquiries on the Managed Account Solutions Product (MAS).

Primary Responsibilities

*

Understand strategy for MAS products based upon understanding of market, competition, regulatory and legislative trends. Execute tactical initiatives to improve service methods and processes in support of product strategy.

*

Provides direct support answering questions for correspondents for one or more products.

*

Communicate and escalate service related issues quickly and efficiently ensuring that all affected business partners are notified.

*

Coordinate with various stakeholders (RMs, OSG, PMs, etc.) to develop creative solutions when no clear answer is available for correspondent.

*

Develop subject matter expertise to clearly articulate product features and benefits allowing correspondents to maximize use and efficiency of the offering.

*

Provide consultative support for NF correspondents using various Investment Products via phone or e-mail.

*

Identify opportunities for additional correspondent training.

*

Develop subject matter expertise to clearly articulate product features and benefits allowing correspondents to maximize use and efficiency of the offering.

*

Develop and manage SLAs, escalation procedures, best practices

*

Develop Frequently Asked Questions, identify efficiency improvements and preventative measures

*

Ensure ongoing capture, creation and delivery of reporting metrics for both internal and external clients

*

Analysis of trends to highlight service patterns.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


*

Bachelors degree required.

* 3 + years of brokerage experience preferred.

* Knowledge of Managed Account products or other investment products preferred

* Knowledge of FBSI & Streetscape preferred.

Skills and Knowledge


*

Excellent client/customer service skills required.

*

Strong verbal and written communication skills

*

Problem solving skills. Ability to work with various internal business partners

*

Possess strong understanding of technology systems and/or platforms

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of nearly $3.1 trillion, including managed assets of more than $1.4 trillion as of June 30, 2010. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Investment Support

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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Description



Position Description

We are seeking an equity market professional for the role of Director, Financial Engineering, within the Electronic Execution Solutions (EES) group at FCM.

Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM) is the institutional trading arm of Fidelity Investments, providing trading products and services to a wide array of clients and Fidelity businesses. FCM executes domestic and international equity securities, block and portfolio trades, listed options, and foreign exchange. We offer securities lending, commission management and transition management. We trade fixed-income principally in a wide range of taxable and tax-exempt securities and underwrite municipal and government agency debt. FCM has its own distribution channel, Fidelity Prime Services, focused on servicing hedge funds. Additionally, we have a full suite of electronic and automated trading products, including proprietary algorithms and our internal crossing network, CrossStream®. FCM was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Primary Responsibilities

* Research, design, back-test, deploy, evaluate, monitor, and tune equity trading systems including:

* Algorithmic trading strategy servers (all prevalent strategies)

* Automated market making for both Nasdaq and Specialist operations

* Program trading (agency and risk)

* Institutional-order-size automated market making

* Pairs, baskets, and other statistical arbitrage strategies

* Price and define optimal program trading strategies

* Structure portfolios

* Create and support analytical systems used for comprehensive performance measurement and attribution (both proprietary and customer-facing)

* Create adaptive equity price prediction models

* Improve target price models

* Work with clients to improve their trading performance and thereby sell our trading services

Qualifications

Education and Experience


The successful candidate will have strong communication skills and will be able to thrive in a team environment, as well as produce high-quality work independently. In addition, the successful candidate should have:

* A Ph.D. degree in Computational Finance, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or other relevant quantitative discipline is required.

* Fluency in a strong package of quantitative skills including:

* Statistical packages (R, S-PLUS, SAS, Matlab)

* Traditional database programs (SQL Server, Oracle)

* Strong hands-on programming background.

* Quantitative investment experience a plus.

Skills and Knowledge


* Managing and modeling tick-by-tick data

* Regression analysis, panel analysis, time series techniques especially GARCH and co-integration models, factor analysis, cluster and principal components analysis, nonparametric statistical techniques, pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining, signal processing

* Dynamic programming, optimal control, and general numerical optimization methods

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as thousands of financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Investment Support

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Master's Degree (±18 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:08:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Financial-Engineer,-Capital-Markets-Future-Opportunity-Job-MA-02108/886825/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Financial-Engineer,-Capital-Markets-Future-Opportunity-Job-MA-02108/886825/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

Position Overview:

Perform web development (AJAX, Web Services, Java/JSP, Javascript, PL/SQL, Spring, IBatis, Oracle, Dojo toolkit). Will work within a group that is responsible for developing software applications that assist risk managers, fundamental & quantitative research analysts, and other investment staff in making investment decisions.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Analyze requirements, designs systems and develops web and desktop applications that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements

* Participate in a team environment for the delivery and maintenance of web applications.

* Program, debug and test applications in an agile based development environment.

* Coordinate and support migration of applications to new software and hardware versions and platforms

* Use and improve software development methodologies that are consistent with Fidelity best practices.

* Deliver a steady stream of tactical incremental enhancements to existing applications.

* Maintain operational excellence of all production applications and continuously improve service levels in our highly available 24X7 platform.

* Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.

* Communicate effectively with business-partner to identify needs and evaluate alternative technical solutions.

* Work with Counterparty Technology team to understand application architectures and implementations

* Create formal system requirements in partnership with business analysts

* Work with other Fidelity Investment Management Technology teams to evolve standards and best practices for technology and development processes

* Participate in production support activities

Qualifications

Education and Experience
:

BS (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or Physics and 3 experience in Job Offered or 3 years of experience in Java and .Net web application development within an investment management environment.

Special Requirements:

* Demonstrated Expertise (DE) developing a model view control interface according to Struts and Spring frameworks

* DE developing Oracle RAC application interfaces using Java

* DE developing Java and .NET applications according to Agile development methodologies

Job

: Mainframe Development

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:09:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Senior-Software-Engineer-Developer-Job-MA-02108/927263/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Senior-Software-Engineer-Developer-Job-MA-02108/927263/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

Counterparty Research & Analysis department has two primary roles. 1) Responsible for credit research and opinions on all FMR, FIL, and FMTC bank and broker/dealer counterparties. Approval and denial of prospective counterparties and on-going reviews and monitoring of existing counterparties in accordance with internal, proprietary standards. 2) Provide research and advice to Fidelity business units on their counterparty banking relationships.

Primary Responsibilities include

* Analyze potential and existing counterparties

* Assign a credit rating based on an assessment of the current financial strengths and weaknesses as well as a thoughtful discussion of the expected future credit quality of each counterparty

* Conduct discussions and meetings with the senior management team of the counterparties, e.g., Chief Financial Officers, Treasurers, and Chief Executive Officers

* Have an understanding of country, industry, market conditions, economic, and political issues relevant to the counterparty's credit profile. Analysts discuss the counterparty with any Fidelity investment analyst who covers the country or company, as well as utilize any external resources which may exist, such as sell-side investment research and rating agency reports

* Prepare a formal credit memorandum containing a credit rating and recommendation on each counterparty which provide accountability for recommendations

* Understand the nature of Fidelity's business with each counterparty, including trading and investment opportunities

* Recommend practical business and credit decisions which balance credit concerns with trading and investment needs and objectives

* Clearly/effectively communicate and manage relationships with the Director of Counterparty Research, other Analysts, trading desk personnel, as well as with business unit, FPCMS and Data Resource Management personnel.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* 5+ years of credit analysis experience

Bachelor's degree as well as an MBA and/or CFA accreditation required

Skills and Knowledge


* Excellent analytical ability, creativity, and the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of $3.4 trillion, including managed assets of $1.5 trillion, as of April 30, 2010. Founded in 1946, the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and many other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Investment Support

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Master's Degree (±18 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

: No]]> Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:08:00 http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Counterparty-Research-Analyst-Job-MA-02108/834391/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.fidelity-jobs.com/job/Boston-Counterparty-Research-Analyst-Job-MA-02108/834391/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Description

Reporting to the Director of Vendor Administration of Investment Information Services (IIS) within Equity Research, the Vendor Specialist plays a key role in the success of the Vendor Administration Team's deliverables. The Vendor Specialist's primary responsibility is to provide high-quality, cost-effective market data administrative support for Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMRCo) stakeholders including Portfolio Managers, Analysts, and other investment professionals. In this role, the Vendor Specialist will be part of the team of market data/vendor specialists responsible for the day-to-day administration, support and vendor management of FMRCo's market data and research spend. Specifically, the Vendor Specialist is responsible for ensuring that invoices are paid on time and are allocated accurately among the diverse business units, and ensure that the global market data inventory management and entitlement database (FITS) inventory is accurate.

Primary Responsibilities

* Accurately maintain the FMRCo FITS market data inventory

* Fulfill service requests and follow-up on internal application and/or entitlement needs

* Reconcile & process vendor invoices; investigate and resolve discrepancies

* Perform budget / PO forecasting

* Generate, verify and submit periodic usage reports to vendors and exchanges

* Regularly collaborate with team members of Market Data & Research Services on audits, installations and removals of service

* Prepare high-level bi-annual market data spend purchase orders for approval from Senior Management and Finance

* Collaborate with IIS Web group on special projects & database enhancements

* Partner with the Content Management and Vendor Relations Teams on vendor naming conventions and vendor contract management procedures

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* Bachelor's degree

* 3 - 5 years market data industry experience and/or financial services industry experience

Skills and Knowledge


* Understanding of business concepts, finance & accounting principals, budgeting, accounts payable, accrual methodologies and invoice processing workflow

* Strong attention to detail; ability to detect errors take corrective action

* Strong orientation to and knowledge of investment management information needs

* Knowledge of market data administration preferred

* Exemplary communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills

* Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively

* Superior skill, ability to multi-task and prioritize appropriately

* Ability to effectively respond to dynamically changing work environment

Company overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of nearly $3.1 trillion, including managed assets of more than $1.4 trillion as of October 31, 2009. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Investment Support

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Non-exempt

Travel:

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Description

Asset Allocation Technology is seeking a software engineer for directly supporting the Quant Research team, either in facilitating their research, or in bringing the product of their research into a production state.

Primary Responsibilities

* Deliver production quality software using a variety of methods and technologies

* Work directly with a Quantitative Analyst to bring their research white paper, prototype or application into our production environment

While delivery will at times mean automating or engineering, it will also come in the form of application troubleshooting and support, reverse engineering requirements and documentation, and server administration. The demands are dynamic, thus comfort working across technologies and with ambiguous requirements is essential. Finally, a qualified candidate needs to be motivated and able to learn new technologies, investment subject matter and delivery approaches.

A qualified candidate will have a proven track record of working independently and within a small team, delivering investment management solutions and support in a streamlined fashion.

Asset Allocation Division (AAD) is the registered investment advisor for Fidelity Investments, employing scalable, customizable platforms, in order to offer model and separately managed account products to external institutions and Fidelity customers.

Qualifications

Education and Experience


* BS or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics preferred; equivalent experience may be substituted

* At least 5 years of Java development experience is required

* Working knowledge of Clearcase and Eclipse IDE required

* Past experience developing or supporting applications written in SAS or R required

* Past experience developing algorithms and using math libraries for solving portfolio management and instrument valuation problems is required

* Experience working independently, and directly with investment management professionals or quantitative analysts is required

Skills and Knowledge


* Strong analytical skills

* Strong verbal and technical writing skills

* Interest in pursuing the CFA curriculum is preferred

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and benefits outsourcing services to over 20 million individuals and institutions as well as thousands of financial intermediary firms. The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, the largest mutual fund supermarket, a leading online brokerage firm and one of the largest providers of custody and clearing services to financial professionals. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit www.fidelity.com.

Job

: Client Server & Web Development

Primary Location

: MA-Boston

Schedule:

: Full-time

Job Level:

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: None

Job Type

: Standard

Shift:

: Day Job

Overtime Status:

: Exempt

Travel:

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