About Us:
Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), located in St. Petersburg, Florida, is a diversified financial services holding company that engages primarily in securities brokerage, investment banking, assest management and banking services.
Founded in 1962, the company’s three broker/dealer subsidiaries currently have nearly 4,900 Financial Advisors, in approximately 2,100 branch and satellite offices worldwide, who provide financial services to more than one million individual and institutional client accounts.
Requisition ID Number: 4107
Position Title: Business Specialist II
Position Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Functional Area: Banking
Type: Full-Time
Position Summary:
Under limited supervision, independently conducts complex analysis, proposes solutions, develops and tests software, writes system documentation, implements, and supports custom applications and enhancements to fulfill system requirements and the changing needs of management: including, but not limited to, producing reports, creating screens, and performing computations.
Position Responsibilities:
-Creates and develops new programs and custom applications, based upon need.
-Redefines data and converts it to programmable form for electronic data processing.
-Establishes and maintains multifaceted, integrated databases (Excel or Access).
-Maintains working knowledge of business processes and interfaces with end-users to gather system requirements as needed; analyzes and reviews information requirements for ongoing reports and comparison as needed.
-Independently creates and develops adhoc reports under short timeframes and with minimal direction and supervision.
-Reviews reports for accuracy and reasonableness, and determine when information needs further review.
-Collects/creates programming test material to test and ensure integrity of custom applications.
-Evaluates existing data systems, draws conclusions and proposes recommendations to improve functionality, efficiency, consistency, and workflow to ensure the most cost-effective system is being utilized.
-Identifies and corrects program defects.
-Studies existing data handling systems within other areas of the firm, and outside RJF, to evaluate effectiveness and usefulness.
-Confers with department personnel and IT to provide technical advice and to assist in solving problems.
-Provides follow-up with internal clients regarding completed tasks to ensure client satisfaction.
-Performs other duties or responsibilities as assigned.
Required Experience: Advanced Knowledge of :
-Company’s working structure, policies, mission, and strategies.
-Principles, practices, and procedures of internal systems and processes.
-Key internal and/or external contacts to request assistance from or utilize expertise.
Advanced Skill in:
-Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and databases at an intermediate level.
-Keyboard/typing and 10-dey data entry.
-Strong analytical and problem skills sufficient to recognize and detect work errors and correct them, or offer resolution.
-Strong detail-orientation.
-PeopleSoft preferred.
Ability to:
-Plan, organize, manage, and track multiple detailed work assignments with constantly changing priorities and close deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
-Constructively work under stress and pressure and produce a high volume of assignments using strong organizational and time management skills to meet deadlines.
-Be self-motivated with strong sense of creativity and ability to work independently with confidence.
-Promote team cohesiveness, cooperation and effectiveness.
-Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels.
-Think logically and to analyze and solve problems.
Educational/Previous Experience Recommendations:
-Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics or related field with a minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience that includes coding with VBA for Excel and Access, relational database programming and experience with structured analysis and design.
-PeopleSoft experience preferred.
Education: Bachelors Degree
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Required Skills:
Desired Skills:
Business Specialist II
Job ID PCK393-36252
Position Type Full-Time Employee
Company Name Raymond James & Associates
Location St. Petersburg, FL
Salary Unspecified
Experience 0-1 Years Experience
Desired Education Level Bachelor of Science