Lead Financial Analyst – up to $85K plus bonus – Hauppauge area

- Responsible for certain aspects of the month-end close including the following:
- Management Reporting
- Revenue accruals
- Adjusting journal entries
- Month end Closing journal entries
- Variance expense analysis required for monthly close meeting
- Assists in the coordination and preparation of the budget and forecast for the business unit including:
- Interacting with senior management to review budgets
- Inputting/Updating information into Oracle Financials
- Min.7+ years related financial and accounting experience, MBA or CPA desirable
- 3+years of Public Accounting experience is a+. Preferred Big 4, or with a large regional CPA firm.
- Must be high proficient with PC’s software, especially Excel, Access, Word, Outlook.
- Must have high Level of proficiency with Oracle General Ledger and ADI software is essential.

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· Financial reporting and analysis

· Risk and Opportunity reporting

· Preparation of the annual financial budget

· Statistical analysis

· Special projects

· 5-7 years financial experience in accounting, finance or budget positions or the equivalent including financial reporting, financial analysis and budgeting.

· BS in Accounting, MBA Finance/CMA/CPA preferred

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· Preparing schedules and analysis that provide meaningful information to be used in the quarterly Board of Directors meetings.

· Update quarterly Excel schedules to be used for conference calls and create new schedules as needed.

· Assist in preparation of management meeting presentation.

· 2-4 years experience in a corporate financial planning, analysis or budgeting role.

· Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting or the equivalent required.

· Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

· Proficiency in PowerPoint is a plus.

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Nielsen Associates has an opening for Phone Support Service Technicians.  We are seeking individuals to assist client’s and merchants with troubleshooting POS equipment and software; Provide timely feedback to Team Leader or Supervisor regarding service failures; Identify call type and respond accordingly with all departments; Log in calls into the database; Effectively diagnose and issue RMA and/or Encryption number as needed; Research duties on all transaction and batch inquiries; Process basic terminal requests; Perform merchant downloads; Identify transaction cycle from authorization to settlement on all front-ends. Uses superior customer-oriented telephone etiquette to gain information; Greets callers, establishes rapport, projects professional tone, handles complaints, and records statistics on each call.  Qualifications: Must be flexible with hours and able to work weekends and nights. A minimum of 1 year experience in a call center/phone support environment. Strong PC skills in Windows environment and NT skills preferred. Basic merchant processing understanding (i.e. terminal types/industry types/front-ends) a plus. Bilingual Preferred. Seeks to fully understand information from many points of view; Is a compelling and articulate speaker in a variety of settings. Easily adjusts the message to match the audience; Places primary importance on delivering superior customer service; Experience resolving conflict between groups with opposing perspectives, agendas, or priorities; Excellent people skills. Interacts effectively and works productively with a wide range of people; explain product features and benefits.  Education/Experience:High School Diploma or equivalent experience.  Characteristics:   A self-starter who must be detail oriented. Possess excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Good follow-through skills and ability to resolve issues in a timely manner. Must have a great attitude and able to work independently as well as in a team. IF YOU MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESUME TO OUR EXECUTIVE TECHNOLOGY RECRUITER, BECCA POPPY AT BP@NIELSENSTAFFING.COM. 

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This client is located in Eastern Nassau County.  They are looking for a Sr. Compensation Analyst to handle salary surveys, job descriptions, comp analysis, base salary planning, creating and updating merit guidelines.  This role covers entry level through director level positions.  Ideal candidate will have between 2 and 7 years of compensation experience in a traditional comp role.  Salary is $70k - $80k…great benefits

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Nielsen Associates is looking for a Web Designer/Develop to work in a NY location in the Creative Services Department.  This is a full time position, permanent.  The Web Designer will assist in analyzing needs, functions, and desired features, designs and builds web pages using a variety of graphics software applications, techniques, and tools.  In addition, the incumbent designs and develops user interface features, site animation, and special-effects elements.  Defining design, coding, testing, documenting, and implementing web page designs utilizing hypertext markup language will also be required.  This position requires working under general direction.

·          Two years computer graphic design experience required.·          Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or the equivalent required.·          Broad knowledge in presentation of media and other content on WWW, and research competitive analysis techniques required.·          Web authoring software and TCP/IP communications.  Coding skills with HTML, Graphic design with HTML, and graphic image file manipulation required.·          Effective communication, organization, and writing skills are also required.·          Strong creative design skills required.·           Online portfolio link is required with your resume submission. QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, PLEASE FORWARD YOUR ONLINE RESUME AND PORTFOLIO TO BECCA POPPY, TECHNOLOGY-CREATIVE RECRUITER AT BP@NIELSENSTAFFING.COM .

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Nielsen Associates has an exciting opportunity in our Technology Division!   We are seeking a Senior JAVA Programmer Analyst responsible for the analysis of project requirements and the development of technical specifications. In addition, the incumbent develops, tests, debugs and implements code for existing and or proposed business applications and or computer systems.  The Senior JAVA Programmer Analyst is responsible for all procedural and code documentation on assigned projects and may perform the role of Project coordinator for projects with a limited scope/duration (i.e., less then 122 months in duration). Qualified candidates must have 3-5 years experience with all phases of application programming. Demonstrated knowledge in the software implementation lifecycle (SDLC) and specific programming languages is also required.  In addition, proficiency with the following technologies is required:Core Skills: Java, JDBC, Servlet, JSP, Struts, EJB2.0, JTA, JMS, hibernate, AWT etc.

Languages: Java, SQL, PL/SQL, Java Script
App Servers: Websphere6.0\5.1, Weblogic8.1\5.1, J2EE1.3

Web Servers: Tomcat4.1\5.1.x, JavaWebServer2.0

OS: Windows95\98\NT\2K, Unix\Linux Solaris, AIX flavors IF YOU HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE POSITION, PLEASE FORWARD YOUR RESUME WITH SALARY REQUIREMENTS TO BECCA POPPY, EXECUTIVE RECRUITER, TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AT BP@NIELSENSTAFFING.COM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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Nielsen Associates is seeking a Senior SQL Database Administrator to work in a New York location.  This is a permanent, full-time opportunity.  The ideal candidate would be able to demonstrate a grasp of advanced SQL query techniques, have working experience with automating export/import tasks using DTS (including the ActiveX Script component) and have excellent understanding of SQL Server architecture, administration and security The primary work would be with the development team to develop customized applications including providing advice on logical and physical data models as well as helping with performance tuning. This position would also be responsible for all production SQL Server instances.

1) Coding SQL Stored procedures
2) Deploying builds to SQL environments, generating build scripts
3) Managing backups, optimizations, replication, etc
4) Performing database maintenance operations
5) Creating DTS packages for ETL Operations Required Skills: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or Computer Sciences and/or Relevant Work Experience.

• Expertise with configuring, implementing and supporting high availability strategies with SQL Server including SQL Clustering and Replication
• DTS. Expert Level (including ActiveX Scripting)
• Expert in Stored Procedures and SQL Coding
• Ad-Hoc SQL Queries
• Query Performance Tuning
• Database Design & Architecture
• Thorough knowledge of hardware systems, RAID and disk subsystems.
• Proactive monitoring and ability Identify troubleshoot and resolve real-time database systems issues.
• Manage DB maintenance activities including Backups, index re-orgs, integrity, and consistency checks
• 3-5+ years of Database Administration experience,
• 3-5 years DBA experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in an production environment
• Expert level Data/ Schema modeling for complex logical database designs and relational database concepts (normalization etc).
• Advanced ability to analyze and architect data and data models/schema,
• SQL Reporting Services/ General Reporting

Highly Desirable:
• Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Experience (Cognos, Analysis Services, etc)
• Experience in very large scale data bases
• .Net programming (C# especially)
• SQL 2005 understanding/ experience
• Advanced queries, TSQL
• Advanced DTS systems (including ActiveX scripting)
• Indexing/ Query optimization
• Basic design and implementation of database objects
• Basic administration and maintenance

• C#/ .Net programming
• SQL 2005 knowledge
• Business intelligence tools (SQL Server Analysis Services, Cognos, etc.)
• Problem-solving
• Self-motivated learner
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work well with others IF YOU MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESUME TO OUR EXECUTIVE TECHNOLOGY RECRUITER, BECCA POPPY AT BP@NIELSENSTAFFING.COM. 

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Nielsen Associates is seeking a Senior Service Technician for a Long Island based company.  We are seeking a senior level engineer to repair complex electronic equipment and systems which involves troubleshooting equipment to determine the cause of operational failure and replacing or repairing malfunctioning components; and testing the equipment to documented performance standards.  Required Experience: Associate’s of Applied Science in Electronics Technology plus 7-9 years experience as an electronics technician.  The ideal candidate must have extensive experience in electronics technology and trouble shooting and must be capable of working with limited supervision and of mentoring lower level technicians.  Occasionally working nights maybe be required.  In addition, all qualified candidates must have a background that would permit the issuance of a Security clearance, which includes US citizenship. IF YOU MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RESUME TO OUR EXECUTIVE TECHNOLOGY RECRUITER, BECCA POPPY AT BP@NIELSENSTAFFING.COM. 

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This position in responsible for preparation of the monthly International group financial consolidation, preparing journals, eliminations and other analysis required for the consolidation.

Other responsibilities include:

· Preparing monthly consolidated cash flow statements for the International and European groups.

· Maintaining accounting records of International group holding companies.

· Assisting in the preparation of and compliance with Corporate and International accounting policies and procedures.

· Assisting in analyzing differences between local and US GAAP and helping subsidiaries to report US GAAP adjustments correctly.

· Preparing analysis of reserves of subsidiary companies and investigating variances.

· Assisting in preparation and confirmation of inter-company accounts.

Requirements:

§ 4 years experience in a staff accountant role or the equivalent

§ Bachelor’s degree, or the equivalent required

§ Previous exposure to financial close and consolidation process

§ Strong Excel skills, detail oriented and strong communication skills

§ Knowledge of US GAAP

§ Knowledge of IAS a plus

§ Hyperion skills a plus

§ Additional language skills a plus

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