Today's Jobs in Your Area -- 3/29/10

Today's openings include one for a programmer in Chicago, and investment analyst positions in Cleveland, OH and Boston, MA. Click the job titles to view the full ad and application details for each position.

Portfolio Analyst, CMLLC
Boston, MA
"RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain a clear understanding of asset allocations and portfolio and investment objectives
- Develop recommendations for asset allocations supported by quantitative analysis to optimize asset allocations and portfolio allocations on an ongoing basis
- Identify, research, and recommend investment vehicles that best satisfy investment and portfolio objectives
- Identify, access, interpret and utilize relevant data from various external and in-house sources and data bases
- Enhance, generate, and preset accurate, timely, and actionable reports including but not limited to investment performance, transaction scheduling, and cash forecasting
- Identify and integrate the use of the most relevant performance benchmarks on an ongoing basis
- Administer the execution of investment transactions"

Programmer Analyst - VB.Net, SQL Server, Next Step Systems
Chicago, IL
"Responsibilities:
Analyze, design, develop, and test systems.
Modify and enhance systems based on end-user feedback.
Determine priorities and meet deadlines."
Read the Vault profile for Next Step Systems

Analyst, Key Principal Partners
Cleveland, OH
"Essential Job Functions:
* Candidates must have excellent financial analysis, financial modeling, writing and verbal skills and possess a high level of self-motivation.
* KPP's analysts function as an integral part of a close-knit group of investment professionals, taking the lead in financial modeling and industry research and playing a key role in the formulation of investment memoranda, underlying analysis and investment decisions.
* The analyst will also assist senior professionals in structuring and negotiating prospective investments in target companies.
* An analyst will have exposure to all levels of the fund's management, target company management and the legal, accounting and other professionals assisting the fund with its investment efforts."

-- Posted by Alex Tuttle, Vault.com