Thursday, October 20, 2005

VP/Investment Banker for a non-deal role - Global Banking division in the Americas, New York, NY

Job Context
Based in New York, the Supervisory Support Team is responsible for
ensuring compliance with regulatory and conduct-related matters for
the Global Banking division in the Americas. We are seeking to recruit
an individual with a strong Corporate Finance background to lead our
Business Management team to be based in New York and be primarily
responsible for tracking internal activities emanating from the North
American region. The individual should have Series 7, 63, and 24
registrations. This role is essential to the management of our
business, as the data collected, analyzed and processed is relied upon
by Senior Management, Business Area Heads, Chief Administrative
Officers, Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, and Internal or External
Auditors.

The Supervisory Support Team works in conjunction with other core
groups under the Chief Operating and Chief Administrative Officers of
Global Banking. This team interacts with counterparts in other areas
of the Bank which support the Global Banking effort, e.g. Legal,
Compliance and Human Resources.

Purpose and Responsibilities
Duties will involve the following:
· Intense scrutiny of email correspondence generated and received by
Global Banking Americas to ensure compliance with firm policies and
regulations
· Review a sample of Global Banking pitch books
· Coordinate with Compliance Department to identify best practices
designed for business environment
· Periodically update the written supervisory procedures (WSPs) for
registered personnel in Global Banking Americas in conjunction with
the Compliance Department
· Provide monthly reports to Business Area Heads and Chief
Administrative Officers which track each Business Area's compliance
with the WSPs
· Develop policies and procedures to meet regulatory enhancements
· Investigate and respond to internal audit inquiries surrounding
Global Banking matters
· Help ensure registration and training requirements for Global
Banking are met on a timely basis
· Monitor the compliance of document retention requirements for Global
Banking on a deal by deal basis
· Act as intermediary between Legal/Compliance and business when appropriate

Candidate Specification
· College graduate
· Series 7 & 63 registrations
· Series 24 registration
· General comprehension of Investment Banking operations and products
· Highly professional demeanor, strong interpersonal skills and
ability to communicate with senior management
· Previous experience in compliance or understanding of and keen
interest in securities regulation for an Investment Banking
environment
· Conscientious of highly confidential and materially sensitive information
· Ability to identify potential issues, and articulate and raise those
matters in a timely manner
· Ability to handle intensive database and PC work, and ability to
satisfy stringent deadlines
· Detail oriented and methodical

APPLY TO: kenmurray@mercurypartner.com

Mortage Banker - Premium Capital Funding, Boston/Burlington, MA

website: www.pcffund.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Premium Capital Funding is a privately-held mortgage bank
headquartered in Jericho, New York, where we maintain strong
connections to Wall Street - the pulse of the mortgage loan community.
We've grown significantly over the past decade to over $2 billion in
loans annually and are now looking to add successful individuals who
want to develop their financial careers with a dynamic industry leader

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
We are searching for highly talented individuals to join our team of
Mortgage Bankers within the Private Client Group in our new Boston
Area location. Our ideal candidate has a general understanding of
finance, a desire to increase their industry success, is goal
oriented, and communicates extremely well.

We offer the most comprehensive lead generation system available. A
processing team that is second to none, armed with the latest in
mortgage technology, our processors have the knowledge and experience
to close your loans within 5 to 7 days. Finally, we offer over
500-consumer mortgage programs thus, you will be able to handle
clients from the highest credit rating to the individuals who have
serious credit problems.

Position Description:
•Amplify your financial career with an expanding multi-billion dollar firm
•Work in conjunction with Regional Vice President & Team Leaders to
facilitate the closing of loans/borrowers quickly and efficiently
•Ongoing training in mortgage banking, capital markets, consultative
sales, and financial products. Unlimited Qualified Leads, In House
Telemarketing Center & Free Marketing Materials
•The most comprehensive lead generation system available. No cold
calling – unlike most banks, brokerage and financial advisor firms, we
have proven strategies and leads that dramatically shorten the time to
closing. As a mortgage banker you will have unlimited leads to call.
•An energetic fast-paced team

The Compensation Package
•Advantageous incentive structure – with No ceilings
•Accelerated bonus opportunities based on performance metrics in the
first four, six, and twelve months
•Full medical, dental, and vision benefits available – 401k

REQUIREMENTS:
•Financial, collections, real estate and/or brokerage track record of
personal sales production a plus
•Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university preferred.
•Strong work ethic and desire to excel in a dynamic team based environment
•Highly professional consultative sales ability and work ethic
•Goal oriented, exceptional communication skills, competitive, and articulate

APPLY TO:
Send resumes to: tsteele@pcffund.com or fax: 516-870-7279

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Managing Director for Heineken - Ryan Partnership, Wilton, CT

website: www.ryanpartnership.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Ryan Partnership is a privately held marketing promotion agency with
offices throughout the U.S. This position is based at its headquarters
in Wilton, CT.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Ryan Partnership seeks a Managing Director for its Heineken business.
This position reports to the V.P. for the Heineken account. The
Managing Director manages a team of 8 professionals with 3 direct
reports.

Requirements: Managing Director is responsible for maintaining client
relationships, developing strategic marketing and promotional plans,
and creating proposals, presentations and tactical plans. This job
involves classic client services skills plus strong abilities in
account, project and financial management.

REQUIREMENTS:
Idea candidate will have 7+ years in client services plus experience
managing up to 3 direct reports. Complete job profile is available
upon request.

APPLY TO:
Patricia Lanktree at Beam Pines by email: planktree@att.net Include
resume and salary details.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Private Equity Analyst - Endurance Capital, New York, NY

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Private investment fund located in New York City with a focus on
financial institutions.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Looking to hire a pre-MBA analyst (0 – 1 years work experience) in the
research / opportunity identification function. This is a career-track
position and a unique opportunity to become part of a small,
high-performance team of accomplished professionals. Specific
responsibilities will include research, assessment and valuation of
financial institutions, and participation in investment strategy
development, depending on the analyst's experience and growth within
the firm. This role provides an outstanding opportunity for a talented
professional who wants to gain experience in the investment world. The
analyst will be exposed to rigorous training and learn alongside
senior professionals.

REQUIREMENTS:
Ideal candidate skills:
* Strong work ethic
* Solid written and oral communication skills
* Investment banking or consulting background
* In-depth understanding of financial statements
* Exposure to modeling, financial analysis and valuation
* Basic understanding of markets and macroeconomics
* A high level of intellectual curiosity (needed to complete complex
and creative analyses, and uncover market opportunities)
* Initiative and an ability to work proactively

APPLY TO:
Submit resume with cover letter to Matthew Pizzi at: mpizzi@endurancecapital.us

Monday, October 17, 2005

VP of Sales - Decidia Inc., New York, NY

website: http://www.Decidia.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Decidia is a privately held, next generation Paid Search company that
provides its decision tool solutions to Global 1000 companies.
Decidia recently released its branded decision tools, which help
online consumers choose the right products, such as digital cameras,
MP3 players, and televisions, etc.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Fast growing NYC Paid Search company – whose clients include Fortune
500 companies such as Olympus, Sharp and HP – has a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for a VP of Sales who is entrepreneurial and gets excited
about:
- joining a hard-working team that is dedicated to building the next
great Internet company
- becoming part of the core team, working closely with the company founders
- joining a young company which has just received funding from a
top-tier Venture Capital company that also backed Hotmail, Baidu, and
Skype
- receiving not just salary and benefits, but significant equity
(stock options)

REQUIREMENTS:
(1) Has the experience of growing an effective sales organization from
scratch, including setting up the sales structure, recruiting,
managing, etc.
(2) Has experience selling either Paid Search or Online Advertising,
in particular to product manufacturers and their Advertising Agencies,
Media-Buying agencies and Search engine optimization firms. If no
Paid Search or Online Advertising sales experience, other advertising
experience required with manufacturing companies and their Ad Agencies
and Media buying agencies
(3) Must currently reside in New York City or surrounding area

APPLY TO:
For more information, please E-mail your resume and cover letter to
oppty_now@yahoo.com

Chief Financial Officer - Ignite Venture Partners, TBD, West Coast

website: www.ignite-vp.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Innovate. Incubate. Launch. Simply put, that's what we do at Ignite
Venture Partners. Ignite's mission is to turn innovative ideas in
growth markets into sustainable, profitable businesses. Ignite has
developed an effective process for choosing and launching ventures
that maximize the potential for success. Once we vet an idea against
our venture criteria, we initiate our process for business planning,
funding and commercialization.

We develop all of our ventures internally, which sets us apart from
most other early-stage capital and service providers. Our strong
network of relationships allows us to nurture our ventures by engaging
the best and brightest management talent, domain experts and leading
academicians. This ensures the highest quality business plan
development process.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
In addition to traditional CFO responsibilities, responsible for all
aspects of business plan development (from financial perspective)
including financial modeling, investor relations, business plan
creation, road show creation and execution.

REQUIREMENTS:
General Requirements:
• Driven and passionate, experience in early stage development
and ambiguous environments
• Superior organization, coordination, writing and time management skills
• Effective, confident, articulate and dynamic communicator,
both written and oral for multiple audiences.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills
• Not afraid of making critical decisions with good judgment in
knowing when to move decisions upward
• Self starter who, with little direction, need not be micromanaged
• Experience or ability to manage multiple distributed (virtual)
resources, all of which may be operating under part time commitments
• Experience creating or critiquing robust, private equity
investment quality business plans and offering memorandums
• The presence, visibility and record of accomplishment which
will enable him/her to immediately establish credibility both within
the organization and with individuals external to it.
• Seasoning and maturity that often come with experience,
combined with a high energy level and enthusiasm.
• An intelligent, quick and forward thinking executive who is
team-oriented, proactive and predisposed to act as a "partner" and a
member of the senior management team.
• A "roll up the sleeves" attitude and a "hands-on" style.
• A team player who facilitates the sharing of knowledge and the
building of teams.
• The flexibility and adaptability to be able to change
direction instantly to meet the dynamic needs of an early-stage
company.
• Constant formal and informal communication with lenders and
financial sponsors.
• Attracting, recruiting and retaining a 'best of class' finance
team to create a tightly controlled, cohesive, decentralized financial
management organization.
• Demonstrated ability to gain and enhance the respect and trust
of superiors, peers, subordinates, customers and the investment
community.
• An ethical person with an unquestioned level of personal and
professional integrity.
• Ability and desire to work in a virtual, "bootstrap" environment

Specific Qualifications:
• Minimum 10 years senior financial leadership experience in
some combination of corporate finance and early-stage venture
development. Minimum 5 years as CFO.
• Extensive financial modeling experience, including valuation,
acquisitions, capitalization, forecasting, pro forma financial
statements
• Must have existing relationships into and experience raising
equity capital from angel and venture investors, including
institutions, specific experience with raising and maintaining bank
financing and P&L management in a leveraged environment is a plus.
Demonstrated success in negotiating terms with investor groups.
• Experience operating as CFO in early-stage ventures and
ambiguous environments a must.
• Impeccable personal and professional integrity are absolute
requirements in both principal and practice.
• An appreciation of the high cost of private equity capital and
expectations around efficient deployment and requisite financial
returns are critical.
• MBA / CPA strongly preferred; as long as above criteria are
met completely, will consider 10 years experience as CFO in lieu of
advanced education.

Other Ideal, But Not Required, Qualifications:
• Background in business to consumer (B to C) based businesses a plus.

APPLY TO:
Email resume and cover letter to recruit@ignite-vp.com

Fixed Income Research Associate - Fidelity Investments, Merrimack, NH

website: www.fidelity.com/jobs

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of
financial services, with managed assets of $1.0 trillion. Fidelity
offers investment management, retirement planning, brokerage, human
resources and benefits outsourcing services to 18 million individuals
and institutions as well as through 5,500 financial intermediaries.
The firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the
No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans, one of the
largest mutual fund supermarkets and a leading online brokerage firm.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Fidelity's Fixed Income Division is one of the country's leading fixed
income managers with over $400 billion in bond and money market assets
managed by a staff of 97 investment professionals. Fundamental
research on domestic and international debt issuers is combined with
macroeconomic and quantitative analysis to form investment decisions
with a total return objective. The Fixed Income Research Department
consists of 23 Credit Analysts, 9 Quantitative Analysts and 15
Research Associates. The research group is an essential component in
the overall investment process for the Fidelity Fixed Income mutual
funds.

The Role of the Research Associate

The Fixed Income Research Associate will support Credit Analysts in
the evaluation of fixed income investment opportunities. The
Associate will analyze both issuers and industries pertaining to the
corporate sector of the fixed income markets, including valuation
analyses. Responsibilities will frequently be project oriented in
close conjunction with senior analysts. Past projects have included
the in-depth review of individual issuers and comparative performance
evaluations of selected industries. The Research Associate will
interact with analysts, portfolio managers, and traders on a daily
basis.

The Fixed Income Division's Research Associate Program is designed for
students who recently completed an undergraduate degree program. The
program offers experience in fixed income research and the ability to
gain insight into the Fidelity Fixed Income Investment process,
typically prior to attending graduate school. Participation in this
program can last up to 4 years.

REQUIREMENTS:
The candidate should have successfully completed a four-year
undergraduate degree program and have one to two years of relevant
industry experience. The candidate should possess proven credit
research and analytical skills and have a strong foundation in
accounting, modeling and financial statement analysis. Expertise in
Excel, strong oral and written communication skills, and the ability
to conduct independent research are required.

APPLY TO:
Interested candidates should email their resume to fixedincomeresumes@fmr.com

Financial Analyst - Spaulding & Slye Colliers, Boston, MA

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Reports to: Principal & Managing Director, Capital Markets
Position Purpose: To provide strong financial, appraisal and
marketing support to our Capital Markets Group, enabling them to
effectively structure and execute investment sales transactions for
our clients. The position involves analysis of complex investing
alternatives, valuation, market research, due diligence, and
preparation of investment offering package materials describing assets
and/or loan offerings.

Responsibilities:
· Analyze mortgage, lease, and financial information on real
estate investments. Prepare thorough, in-depth financial analysis of
real estate projects utilizing Microsoft Excel, PROJECT, and Argus.
Outline critical issues, provide alternatives for project, and perform
sensitivity analysis and pricing. Projects include, but are not
limited to: sale leasebacks, buy/lease analysis for users,
debt/equity structures, and multi-tenant investment analysis.
· Prepare extensive market and demographic information and
possible long and short-term strategies for real estate. Individual
will tour buildings and analyze competing properties by comparing rent
and selling prices.
· Coordinate all Spaulding & Slye Colliers' business groups
(Marketing, Property Management, Construction, Development Services,
Research, and Brokerage) to create in-depth offering packages for
sophisticated client base.
· Manage and supplement various internal databases for the
Capital Markets Group to enhance the information pertinent to the
investment sales initiative.

REQUIREMENTS:
Action-oriented, thorough, organized individual with an excellent
understanding of real estate in general, and more specifically,
financial analysis, appraisal, market research, computer modeling and
proposal coordination. Excellent written and verbal communication
skills are essential, as well as the ability to understand both macro
and micro issues relating to a given property. Must be highly
computer literate and have experience using ARGUS software. Finance
or accounting and appraisal experience highly desirable. Individual
must be able to understand and analyze complex investment models in
tight time frames. A thorough understanding of marketing investment
properties would be helpful.

APPLY TO:
Submit a resume and cover letter to:
Spaulding & Slye Colliers, Human Resources Department at fax #
617-531-4281 or email HRNE@spauldslye.com

Senior Analyst - Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

http://is.partners.org/hr/New_Web/bwh/bwh_employment.htm

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Brigham and Women's Hospital, a world leader in patient care, medical
education, and research, is consistently named to US News and World
Report's Honor Roll of top hospitals. It is one of the finest
hospitals in the city of Boston and the surrounding area, and is a
major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a world-renowned
center for advanced patient care — and known for our pioneering work
in virtually every area of medicine

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
We seek an experienced marketing analyst who has experience in using
data to support market planning and strategy development in large
healthcare organizations. Working closely with the Vice President for
Marketing and Planning, the Analyst will have day-to-day
responsibility for the ongoing collection, analysis and reporting of
data to support marketing and strategic planning activities for our
region and strategic services. The ideal candidate will have
experience providing analytic support to foster growth and increased
market share. The Senior Market Analyst will be a key member of the
Brigham and Women's Hospital Marketing and Planning Department in our
Chestnut Hill offices, and the thought leader in the Department in
integrating market data in marketing plans. The Analyst will be
responsible for supporting the strategic planning process and market
planning for the Hospital and its key service lines and programs.
The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with expertise in database
management and analysis, market assessment, and market planning
systems. Strong project management skills and the ability to work with
multidisciplinary teams are essential. The ideal candidate will have
a passion for high quality work, and for completing projects on time
and on budget.

REQUIREMENTS:
This motivated professional will have:
· Minimum of a bachelor's degree; master's degree preferred;
· Five years of progressively responsible experience in market
analysis, strategic planning or related areas, at least three of which
are in large organizations; health care experience preferred;
· Experience with database management systems essential;
· Demonstrable experience in project management, standard
software packages (Access, Excel, Power Point), mapping software
essential; experience with HealthShare Technology and Solucient Market
Planner desired.
· Experience as member of a team comprising marketing, clinical
and administrative program staff, delivering projects under tight
timeframes;
· Ability to synthesize large amounts of market data,
projections and research into compelling presentations;
· Excellent verbal and written communication necessary for
professional communications, departmental representation and related
activities;
· Ability to interact effectively in a complex organization and
establish excellent working relationships with individuals and teams
at various levels and from various fields of expertise;
· A sense of energy, curiosity and fun about their work.

APPLY TO:
Contact HR Generalist Jennifer Cossaboom for details. Must fill out
application. Tele: 617 525-3142