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Since 1982, The Madison-Davis Group, Inc. has been a market leader in satisfying senior level assignments within the Financial Services, Biotechnology, IT & Accounting professions. We are currently seeking to expand our team of Research Associates & Account Managers to meet increasing client demand.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of sales experience calling on corporate clients and will possess excellent communications skills. Related industry knowledge is desirable but not required.

We offer an attractive compensation program, excellent benefits and a motivating environment fostering professional growth.

Please e-mail your resume to: pmurphy@tmdg.com

Title: VP Product Development - Financial Software Job Code: CVPPD
Salary: $175,000 + Bonus Location:  Pennsylvania

Job Description

Our client, ( a  global investment management industry’s leading provider of automated data management solutions ) , helps investment management companies gain unprecedented control by automating the collection, creation, confirmation, and of delivery investment product data. The platform addresses a wide range of problems—from performance measurement to customized reporting—for a full array of domestic and international products, including mutual funds, and variable products, hedge funds, and alternative investments.

Purpose

The VP of Product Development is responsible for all aspects of product development. This includes managing the entire product development process from product strategy, prototyping, design, development, and software testing. The VP of Product Development has responsibility for P&L, software engineering, architecture, quality assurance, business analysis, training and the ongoing continuous improvement of all of these functions. The VP of Product Development must be able to represent the firm with/to senior global executives at the largest financial institutions in the world. The Vice President of Product Development reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

Objectives

The VP of Product Development is chartered with delivering specific product development targets tied to complex projects on time, on budget and within scope. The VP of Product Development will build a high performance product development organization that reflects our core values of integrity, imagination, discipline and service. This is reflected in a high commitment to client transparency and staff accountability; active investment in continuous improvement; highly robust repeatable processes and methods; and unambiguous measures of effectiveness in delivering meaningful results for clients.

Responsibilities
  •          Management of a highly productive development team, including software engineering, architecture, quality assurance, business analysis, and training
  •          Determine product roadmap, priorities and schedule of product releases in conjunction with business units
  •          Formalize and manage product development process from start to finish, including ideation, concept development and launch execution
  •          Develop detailed product description documents that provide clear and thorough requirements for development teams
  •          Set overall objectives for approved development projects, including project schedules and costs
  •          Performs cost analysis in support of new programs or program modifications
  •          Ensure integration and execution of various development projects and lifecycles
  •          Develop and apply internal development standards and methodologies
  •          Other duties as assigned
Education and Work Experience
  •          15 years of increasing responsibility in managing, analyzing, designing, testing, and implementing a successful product development strategy
  •          10 years managing a 30+ person product development organization preferably for a software vendor or enterprise software provider
  •          Bachelors Degree or higher in a related technical field
  •          Top Tier Business School or Service Academy graduates preferred
  •          Extensive expertise in software design standards and methodologies, including analysis, design, development, testing and review phases of product development
  •          Strong team design and leadership skills
  •          Strong quantitative analytical skills
  •          Strong resource modeling and budgeting skills
  •          Strong presentation and written communication skills
  •          Experience in leading formal organizational change efforts
  •          Experience with off-shore development
  •          Financial Technology or Asset Management Industry domain knowledge preferred
  •          Some travel required for implementation engagements

Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com

Title: VP Professional Services - Financial Software Job Code: CVPPS
Salary: $175,000 + Bonus Location:  Pennsylvania

Job Description

Our client is the global investment management industry’s leading provider of automated data management solutions. They help investment management companies gain unprecedented control by automating the collection, creation, confirmation, and of delivery investment product data. The platform addresses a wide range of problems—from performance measurement to customized reporting—for a full array of domestic and international products, including mutual funds, and variable products, hedge funds, and alternative investments.

Purpose

The VP of Global Professional Services is responsible for all aspects of the delivery and integration of the platform into client operating environments. This includes managing the entire client experience from scoping deployments during the sales process, managing implementations, verifying client acceptance and transitioning clients to the ongoing client support team. The VP of Global Professional services has responsibility for P&L, deployment methods, solution design, engagement management practices, staffing, on-boarding, training, knowledge management, resource scheduling, utilization, billing and the ongoing continuous improvement of all of these functions. The VP of Global Professional Services must be able to represent the company with senior global executives at the largest financial institutions in the world. The Vice President of Global Professional Services reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

Objectives

The VP of Global Professional Services is chartered with delivering specific revenue targets tied to rapidly deploying our enterprise platform into complex multi-site global client environments on time, on budget and within scope. The VP of Global Professional Services will build a high performance professional services organization that reflects its core values of integrity, imagination, discipline and service. This is reflected in a high commitment to client transparency and staff accountability; active investment in continuous improvement; highly robust repeatable processes and methods; and unambiguous measures of effectiveness in delivering meaningful results for clients.

Responsibilities

Manage the day-to-day operations of the Professional Services team comprised of consultants, engagement managers, and solutions architects providing enterprise software installation consulting services, support, training services, documentation development, troubleshooting and configuration changes to new and existing customers

Manage the implementation of new customers, develop the processes and supporting documents required to insure reliable repeatable outcomes for the customers in a profitable model

Growing the professional services team in scale with accelerating client demand for our solutions

Implementation best practices to increase client satisfaction and accelerate deployments

Lead the preparation of proposals in response to client RFP’s and lead generation of client work orders

Work closely with development participating in the software development lifecycle process (SDLC) for the current and future product releases, activities include: identifying marketing requirements, reviewing functional specifications and designs

Work closely with the Vice President of Enterprise Project Management to develop Best Practices as part of the development of the Project Delivery Methodology

Career management and mentoring of Professional Services team

Other duties as assigned

Education and Work Experience

15 years of increasing responsibility in global software delivery, systems integration, data warehousing or business intelligence

10 years managing a 30+ person professional services organization preferably for a software vendor or enterprise software provider

5 years experience in software solution deployment, preferably in Data Warehouse projects

Bachelors Degree or higher in a related technical field

Top Tier Business School or Service Academy graduates preferred

Strong resource modeling and budgeting skills

Strong presentation and written communication skills

Experience in leading formal organizational change efforts

Experience in building software delivery practices

Experience deploying multiple SDLC, systems integrations methodologies

Strong project and multi-national program management experience

Financial Technology or Asset Management Industry domain knowledge preferred

Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com

Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com

Title: VP Performance Metrics & Tracking/Senior Business Analyst Job Code: NYLIC
Salary: $120,000 + Bonus Location:  NY/LIC
Description

Work with the lines of business leadership to analyze the development and execution of Customer focused projects.  This position has a key and strategic role in the achievement of the overall success of customer centered implementation programs.  The scope of the work will include working with multi-functional teams and leadership to evaluate methods and standard operating procedures within business units.

Responsibilities:        

  • Manages operations research and projects with a focus on driving and applying performance metrics and tracking methods to evaluate production
  • Train innovation staff on performance metrics and tracking methods and standard operating procedures for research
  • Manage/support modeling and simulation projects and activities
  • Expected to bring current research techniques to a higher level, i.e., introducing new research techniques, enhance process capabilities and ways of communicating results

Job Requirements:

Qualifications:

  • Proven track record: 10+ years of experience in a high volume transactional business, manufacturing operations, or product development environment.
  • Undergraduate Degree (Master’s degree preferred)
  • Capability to work between Customer focused methodologies and various disciplines
  • Passion for the customer (Customer-Centric)
  • Demonstrated success in mentoring individuals through multiple project closures
  • Able to motivate others towards a common vision and implement a business strategy
  • Outstanding communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
  • High energy and ability to influence people at all levels…energize an entire organization into effective cultural change
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills; statistical knowledge

§         Proficiency with engineering disciplines including planning, design and testing

§         Experience with Customer focused, Lean Manufacturing, reliability, motion time studies and modeling and simulation ( Crystal Ball a Plus); Experienced in Mini-Tab (I-Graphics a Plus)

Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com


Title: Director, Process Excellence Education & Development Job Code: DirTrainCT
Salary: TBD - DOE Location:  Northern CT Suburbs
Description

Lead the development and implementation of education and certification programs in support of process improvement initiatives across the corporation, and to seek and adopted industry-wide best practices to drive Enterprise Process Excellence.

•         Establish and implement Lean Level Assessment criteria and process.

•         Lead external benchmarking efforts to identify best practices and next level of process excellence objectives.

•         Manage skills development program to support process improvement strategy, including curricula for Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma, DFSS, Project Management, Change Acceleration, and Facilitation Skills.

•         Maintain assessment of skills and certification.

•         Maintain knowledge base, curriculum and “tool kit”

•         Lead and/or participate in training sessions to drive process improvements, e.g. Six Sigma, Lean, or functional specific initiatives..

•         Coordinate company participation in conferences.

KPIs: % Completion of training plan, % of employees trained/certified, ROI on training, Performance to Budget


Job Requirements

Demonstrated leadership and ability to affect change

Passion for excellence

Excellent communication & energy

3+ years experience in application of Lean and/or Six Sigma.

Excellent project management skills, including use of Microsoft Project

Capable of teaching Lean and/or Six Sigma, with expert certification in at least one of these.

Breadth of Influence: Company-wide

Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com


Title: VOC Master Black Belt Job Code: GAVOCMBB
Salary: TBD-DOE Location: GA
Description
Job Description Develop/drive quality objectives revolving around ownership of product category quality and responsibility to champion customer quality focused activities in manufacturing and associated business units. Effectively leverage business and manufacturing process understanding, customer data analysis and quality engineering tools to influence and support business partners to drive quality improvements and achieve key business results. Utilize Six Sigma tools to drive manufacturing, R&D, and marketing in the translation of customer critical to quality items into actionable and measurable processes."Voice of Customer" experience.

Minimum experience required:

5-10 years manufacturing experience with responsibility for the development and implementation of customer focused product and/or process quality.

Minimum skills required:

Certified Black Belt, CQE.FMEA, DOE, advanced statistical tools.

Preferred levels:

Advanced degree in engineering or science or MBA, 10+ years Certified Master Black Belt, Implementation of Six Sigma Driving Six Sigma projects.

Required years of experience Five - Seven Years

Job Requirements

BS in Engineering or Science

Minimum experience required:

5-10 years manufacturing experience with responsibility for the development and implementation of customer focused product and/or process quality.

Minimum skills required:

Certified Black Belt, CQE.FMEA, DOE, advanced statistical tools.

Preferred levels:


Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com Advanced degree in engineering or science or MBA, 10+ years Certified Master Black Belt, Implementation of Six Sigma Driving Six Sigma


Title: Director Process Excellence, Corporate Job Code: CHQ MBB Global
Salary: TBD-DOE Location: Connecticut Suburb
Description

Develop and lead the process improvement strategy to achieve world class performance in Human Resources, Information Technology, Finance, Legal, and Public Affairs

•         Work with functional leaders to develop process improvement strategies for enterprise support processes including HR, IT, Legal, and Finance.

•         Identify and prioritize projects and events  to improve functional KPIs and corporate financial performance.  Lead projects as required.

•         Ensure completion of skill development of Process Excellence Leaders s and Green Belts with these functions.

•         Conduct or participate in training courses to advance the level of process improvement capabilities.

•         Review PEL projects to provide coaching and ensure measurable success.

•         KPIs: % of target improvement in functional KPIs, # successful projects in function, financial benefits in function, % of function trained/certified.


Job Requirements

Previous experience in a leadership position in supply chain or operations

Demonstrated Leadership and ability to affect change

Passion for excellence

Experience in application and leadership in process improvement.

Excellent communication & energy

Applicable demonstrated  functional or technical expertise based on role, e.g. MBB, Lean Agent, Functional Expertise

Breath of Influence: Company Wide

Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com


Title: Master Black Belt Job Code: MBBPAFS
Salary: TBD-DOE Location: PA
Description

A leader in financial services, is committed to improving its internal processes. Within the Operational Excellence based on Six Sigma methodologies, philosophies and applications, We're looking for Master Black Belts with extensive Six Sigma expertise and experience to join a team as trainers, mentors, and project leaders. This is a high-level, extremely challenging position for individuals with the right combination of skill and experience.

Along with your Champion, you will successfully prioritize, select and manage high-impact process improvement projects and support other PE/OE initiatives; provide measurable results; teach other facilitators the Six Sigma methodologies, tools and applications; serve as a resource for statistical process control; train and mentor Black Belts (Experts) and Green Belts, (Specialists); maintain the integrity of Six Sigma measurements, improvements and tollgates; and spearhead development and revisions of Six Sigma training materials.

You also will serve as an adjunct professor for the in-house training and development resource. You will coach expert-trained individuals and provide guidance and feedback on DMAIC projects, including meeting project deliverables. You will document white papers, participate in the development of new PE/OE initiatives and programs, and take an active role at professional conferences.

- Bachelor's degree with a concentration in statistics, qualitative and quantitative measurement, industrial technology, industrial psychology, or quality assurance, graduate degree in one of these areas preferred.
- Master Black Belt certification.
- At least 5 years of progressive work experience with Six Sigma programs in a corporate or professional services environment.
- Proven ability to interact with and influence senior management.
- Ability to drive results and change within an organization.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent presentation, training, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to deploy both process improvement (DMAIC) and design for Six Sigma (DMADV) methodology as well as Lean methodology.  
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint; Minitab and Visio are a plus.
- Ability to apply strong consultative, relationship management and influencing skills at all levels of an organization.
- Ability to work independently and deliver a high level of performance.

Job Requirements

- Bachelor's degree with a concentration in statistics, qualitative and quantitative measurement, industrial technology, industrial psychology, or quality assurance, graduate degree in one of these areas preferred.
- Master Black Belt certification.
- At least 5 years of progressive work experience with Six Sigma programs in a corporate or professional services environment.
- Proven ability to interact with and influence senior management.
- Ability to drive results and change within an organization.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent presentation, training, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to deploy both process improvement (DMAIC) and design for Six Sigma (DMADV) methodology as well as Lean methodology.  
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint; Minitab and Visio are a plus.
- Ability to apply strong consultative, relationship management and influencing skills at all levels of an organization.
- Ability to work independently and deliver a high level of performance


Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com


Title: Finance and Accounting Six Sigma Black Belt Job Code: FSACCBB
Salary: TBD-DOE Location: PA
Description

A leader in investment management is committed to improving its internal processes. The operational excellence program based on Six Sigma methodologies, philosophies and applications. We're looking for a Black Belt with extensive finance and Six Sigma expertise and experience to join our team as a consultant and project leader. This is a high-level, extremely challenging position for an individual with the right combination of skill and experience.

You will manage high-impact process improvement projects and support other OE initiatives.  Using quality methods and tools, you'll collaborate with business units to analyze work processes and quality issues. You will develop a detailed understanding of each client's environment and collect and document data to support quality issues, including process maps and decision matrices.  You will develop customized quality improvement programs and lead cross-functional teams to implement quality initiatives.  You will provide measurable results; teach other facilitators the Six Sigma methodologies, tools and applications; serve as a resource for statistical process control; mentor Green Belts, (Specialists); maintain the integrity of Six Sigma measurements, improvements and tollgates; and spearhead development and revisions of Six Sigma training materials.

Additionally, you will coach specialist-trained individuals and provide guidance and feedback on DMAIC projects, including meeting project deliverables. You will participate in the development of new PE/OE initiatives and programs, and take an active role at professional conferences.

Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree with a concentration in finance or accounting, statistics, or qualitative and quantitative measurement; graduate degree in one of these areas preferred.

- Black Belt certification.

- At least 5 years of progressive work experience in the areas of finance or accounting and quality initiatives or organizational development.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Ability to drive results and change within an organization.

- Self-starter able to work independently and deliver a high level of performance with minimal or no direction.

- Ability to develop practical responses to issues where there is no clear precedent.

- Ability to interact at all levels of the organization.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint; Minitab and Visio are a plus.

- Ability to apply strong consultative, relationship-management and influencing skills at all levels of the organization.


Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com

Title: Vice President / Senior Vice President Job Code: NYC PEOPS
Salary: TBD-DOE Location: NYC
Description

Our Client, a top tier lender, is forming a lead internal consultative group to perform high level operations planning and business analysis to deploy enterprise wide process improvement and service quality initiatives.

You will be responsible for developing and assuring best practices across the organization/s.

Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer

You will have experience in lending, possibly consulting, understanding service quality with significant experience within operations and consulting with ops and quality.

You must be both strategic and tactical with experience managing large projects. You will implement change within multiple operating companies.

Job Requirements

Ideal background- rotation thru lending functions- asset based or lending functions

We require someone with good discipline as you must be self-sufficient with a quality focus.

Key attributes of the position will be:

Operations planning and analysis.

Enterprise wide process improvement and shared quality services.

Develop operational and process metrics

Business requirement and definition along with business project justification/validation.

Responsible for coordinating on time delivery of key opportunities and acquisition integration strategies and processes.

Risk assessment.

Business analysis.

Technology operations/infrastructure support


Submit resumes / inquiries via email only to: dalzapiedi@tmdg.com