VantageDeluxeWorldTravel
Boston, MA
About Vantage Since 1983, Vantage Deluxe World Travel develops and delivers memorable travel journeys on seven continents whether on land, riverboats or small ships. Vantage Deluxe World Travel is a $300 million, state-of-the-art direct marketer of travel to the affluent mature market. When you join the Vantage team you become part of a global company, headquartered in Boston, with eight regional offices around the world. Our worldwide teams work together to provide exciting, culturally enriching travel programs to destinations on all seven continents, including on our European river cruise fleet. Since 1983, more than 400,000 travelers have joined us to see the world. Vantage Deluxe World Travel is the leader in adventure travel for thirty-five years. Vantage’s workplace culture is fun, collaborative, and meaningful. Our associates are fueled by the tangible results of delivering memorable and life-changing journeys while working collaboratively across the globe. Our associates don’t just help others travel, but we enable them to experience the Vantage Travel difference with several opportunities to explore the globe on a Vantage journey, too! Alongside free annual international travel opportunities, we recognize the hard work of our global associates with a competitive benefits package, flexibility, and myriad wellness options. Our convenient location next to TD Garden and North Station puts associates in the heart of world-class downtown Boston and just steps from a major transit hub convenient for city dwellers and commuters alike. Some of our benefits include:
Your choice of employer-subsidized medical plans, as well as comprehensive dental and vision plans
3 weeks of vacation time to start, 10 paid holidays, 5 sick days, and 3 personal days
401K with generous employer match
Tuition Assistance Program
Telecommuting and flexible work arrangements depending on position
Free international travel opportunities for associates, plus 25% discount on all trips for the associate and their family and personal airline ticket discounts
90% subsidy on MBTA passes inside of Boston and up to 50% subsidy on commuter rail passes
Wellness program offering weekly fresh fruit delivery, on-site fitness center with Peloton bikes and lockers, weight loss benefits, and discounts on fitness boot camps and personal training Financial Analyst: We envision the right candidate for the role growing in their capacity to take ownership of processes themselves and expand the capabilities that the department can offer. Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning, the Financial Planning Analyst will be integral in the running of operational and financial reporting, creating new analytics to help the company run as efficiently and effectively as possible, as well as help to automate processes currently in place. To be successful in this position, strong quantitative skills and keen attention to details are crucial. This company is run by the numbers and strictly adheres to weekly reporting and holding associates accountable to their numbers. This is not a remote position. Job Responsibilities:
Support the Senior Director of FP&A and CFO with the preparation of budgets and forecasts and provide process documentation and oversight for the worldwide operations
Help manage the weekly rolling-multiyear budgets and forecasting process
Create the PowerPoint decks and underlying financial and operational models for our weekly management meetings and monthly off site meeting
Update and maintain point in time operational reports to track inventory, pace, trip extensions, airfare, cancellations etc.
Maintain the data uploads to ensure our systems have accurate information
Build and maintain reporting for Deferred and Direct Marketing
Data analysis and interpretation of results
Assurance of data integrity, accuracy, and consistency
Help Director of FP&A with the reporting automation plan to start integrating established analytics into a new Business Intelligence system
The FP&A team provides support to the company at large, so tasks can vary depending on business need
Qualifications:
We are looking for an energetic and diligent Financial Planning Analyst to join our growing Financial Planning team
Strong quantitative, analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
Ability to analyze and synthesize data in a concise and clear manner
We prefer six (6) to nine (9) years of Corporate Strategy, Financial Planning, Accounting, or Investment Banking experience. A bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or another quantitative related field from a top university
Ability to work independently and handle multiple and complex tasks at once, while delivering accurate results in quick time frames
Advanced technical and financial acumen: proficiency in Excel is required for the role, prior SQL and Dax/PowerBI knowledge is preferable.
Financial literacy and understanding of financial statements
Excellent communication skills in both oral and written settings
About Vantage Since 1983, Vantage Deluxe World Travel develops and delivers memorable travel journeys on seven continents whether on land, riverboats or small ships. Vantage Deluxe World Travel is a $300 million, state-of-the-art direct marketer of travel to the affluent mature market. When you join the Vantage team you become part of a global company, headquartered in Boston, with eight regional offices around the world. Our worldwide teams work together to provide exciting, culturally enriching travel programs to destinations on all seven continents, including on our European river cruise fleet. Since 1983, more than 400,000 travelers have joined us to see the world. Vantage Deluxe World Travel is the leader in adventure travel for thirty-five years. Vantage’s workplace culture is fun, collaborative, and meaningful. Our associates are fueled by the tangible results of delivering memorable and life-changing journeys while working collaboratively across the globe. Our associates don’t just help others travel, but we enable them to experience the Vantage Travel difference with several opportunities to explore the globe on a Vantage journey, too! Alongside free annual international travel opportunities, we recognize the hard work of our global associates with a competitive benefits package, flexibility, and myriad wellness options. Our convenient location next to TD Garden and North Station puts associates in the heart of world-class downtown Boston and just steps from a major transit hub convenient for city dwellers and commuters alike. Some of our benefits include:
Your choice of employer-subsidized medical plans, as well as comprehensive dental and vision plans
3 weeks of vacation time to start, 10 paid holidays, 5 sick days, and 3 personal days
401K with generous employer match
Tuition Assistance Program
Telecommuting and flexible work arrangements depending on position
Free international travel opportunities for associates, plus 25% discount on all trips for the associate and their family and personal airline ticket discounts
90% subsidy on MBTA passes inside of Boston and up to 50% subsidy on commuter rail passes
Wellness program offering weekly fresh fruit delivery, on-site fitness center with Peloton bikes and lockers, weight loss benefits, and discounts on fitness boot camps and personal training Financial Analyst: We envision the right candidate for the role growing in their capacity to take ownership of processes themselves and expand the capabilities that the department can offer. Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning, the Financial Planning Analyst will be integral in the running of operational and financial reporting, creating new analytics to help the company run as efficiently and effectively as possible, as well as help to automate processes currently in place. To be successful in this position, strong quantitative skills and keen attention to details are crucial. This company is run by the numbers and strictly adheres to weekly reporting and holding associates accountable to their numbers. This is not a remote position. Job Responsibilities:
Support the Senior Director of FP&A and CFO with the preparation of budgets and forecasts and provide process documentation and oversight for the worldwide operations
Help manage the weekly rolling-multiyear budgets and forecasting process
Create the PowerPoint decks and underlying financial and operational models for our weekly management meetings and monthly off site meeting
Update and maintain point in time operational reports to track inventory, pace, trip extensions, airfare, cancellations etc.
Maintain the data uploads to ensure our systems have accurate information
Build and maintain reporting for Deferred and Direct Marketing
Data analysis and interpretation of results
Assurance of data integrity, accuracy, and consistency
Help Director of FP&A with the reporting automation plan to start integrating established analytics into a new Business Intelligence system
The FP&A team provides support to the company at large, so tasks can vary depending on business need
Qualifications:
We are looking for an energetic and diligent Financial Planning Analyst to join our growing Financial Planning team
Strong quantitative, analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
Ability to analyze and synthesize data in a concise and clear manner
We prefer six (6) to nine (9) years of Corporate Strategy, Financial Planning, Accounting, or Investment Banking experience. A bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or another quantitative related field from a top university
Ability to work independently and handle multiple and complex tasks at once, while delivering accurate results in quick time frames
Advanced technical and financial acumen: proficiency in Excel is required for the role, prior SQL and Dax/PowerBI knowledge is preferable.
Financial literacy and understanding of financial statements
Excellent communication skills in both oral and written settings
FreedomPay
Philadelphia, PA
The FreedomPay Commerce Platform is the technology of choice for many of the largest companies across the globe in retail, hospitality, lodging, gaming, sports and entertainment, foodservice, education, healthcare and financial services. FreedomPay’s technology has been purposely built to deliver rock solid performance in the highly complex environment of global commerce. The company maintains a world-class security environment and was first to earn the coveted validation by the PCI Security Standards Council against Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE/EMV) standard in North America. FreedomPay’s robust solutions across payments, security, identity and data analytics are available in-store, online and on-mobile and are supported by rapid API adoption. The award winning FreedomPay Commerce Platform operates on a single, unified technology stack across multiple continents allowing enterprises to deliver a consistent, repeatable experience on a global scale. FreedomPay is a fast paced, high growth company with a great culture with competitive benefits and compensation with a business casual atmosphere. We are currently seeking a seasoned Sr. Software Architect with experience in the Microsoft technology stack (.NET, C#, SQL) and various other technologies. In this full-time, salaried position, they will join a team of world class architects, engineers and developers solving complex problems. This position will have multiple responsibilities including solution architecting and software design of complex systems. The right candidate will be comfortable with systems integration and have experience bringing sub-systems together into a single system. The software architect must be able to leverage various frameworks, patterns, and tools. They will have shared accountability for the quality of the solution and ensure seamless integration and implementations. This position will report to the Director of Software Architecture.
Job Responsibilities
Analyze and understand client’s technology environment including system process and data flows, integrations, interactions and dependencies, and conceptual designs
Understand and participate in the entirety of the enterprise architecture, systems, services, platforms, and technology
Participate in business requirements gathering activities with project managers, business systems analysts, and other architects
Conduct white board design sessions with clients, both internal and external
Architect complex software solutions using business requirements and produce appropriate artifacts such as functional and operational requirements, and software prototypes
Present/communicate the architecture and software solutions to key stake holders, team members, and developers
Understanding of architectural design patterns, their strengths and weaknesses, and when it’s appropriate to use them
Work within Scrum teams to create Epics and Development Requests and provide estimates
Follow, enforce, and contribute to technical and coding standards and approaches to promote reuse and consistency
Facilitate and conduct regular code reviews to ensure best demonstrated practices and proper architecture
Collaborate with the QA team to ensure proper test plan, test coverage, test execution, and defect remediation
Provide expertise and oversight to developers for solution delivery, from a technical/architecture perspective
Required Skills and Experience
At least a BS/BA Degree in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
A minimum of 10 years experience as a Software Developer/Engineer/Architect
A minimum of 2 years experience in high volume transactional processing environments including multi-threaded services and service bus implementations (preferably financial or payment related industry)
Strong English written and verbal interpersonal communication skills
Broad experience with Microsoft technology stack, as well as an understanding of competitive technologies
.NET and Visual Studio
C#, ASP.NET, strong object-oriented experience
Web services; WCF, SOA, RESTful services
MVC 3+, Entity Framework, nHibernate, JavaScript, jQuery, Knockout, Ajax, LINQ, JSON, CSS, XML, NUnit, Spring.NET
SQL 20012+, Oracle 10+
Cloud services and platforms such as AWS, Azure, etc.
Service bus and event hub architecture
CICD with team city, octopus deploy, etc.
Git, Bitbucket, SVN, Artifactory, NuGet, Docker Containerization
Strong database design and performance experience
Experience designing systems that handle large amounts of secure data
Experience developing, designing, and architecting the properly sized solutions for small, medium and large complex software and database systems within large enterprise environments that include complex system integrations and processes; successfully communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale to build consensus
Abstract thinking skills and employing experience and knowledge to create innovative solutions
Experience architecting mobile and distributed applications and platforms including complex distributed service environments (SOA, distributed windows applications and services, and SDK’s)
An ability to articulate architectural differences between solution methods and the challenges and approaches to integrating solutions built on different platforms including a working knowledge of different architectural frameworks that may be used by our customers and our development teams.
Experience developing Multithreaded services (windows services)
Resolve technical problems, disputes, and make tradeoffs as appropriate
Manage risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture
Ensure the architecture is sustainable, deployable, and secure
Excellent multi-tasking skills, managing multiple initiatives at one time in a fast-paced environment
Strong MS Office, Project and Visio skills
Travel may be required (U.S. and International)
Desired Skills and Experience
Experience with Xamarin, Objective C, iOS, Android and Win phone platforms
Experience with strategies for migration to microservices and Service Fabric in a brownfield environment
Technical competence in other programming languages such as C, C++, and Java
As the fastest growing commerce company in the industry, we offer the opportunity for tremendous upward mobility within the company as well as development and professional growth opportunities. FreedomPay provides exceptional benefits including medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage, Life Insurance, 401K with company match, commission sharing plan, and a modern working environment. All positions must be able to successfully pass a background check as well as a credit check.
The FreedomPay Commerce Platform is the technology of choice for many of the largest companies across the globe in retail, hospitality, lodging, gaming, sports and entertainment, foodservice, education, healthcare and financial services. FreedomPay’s technology has been purposely built to deliver rock solid performance in the highly complex environment of global commerce. The company maintains a world-class security environment and was first to earn the coveted validation by the PCI Security Standards Council against Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE/EMV) standard in North America. FreedomPay’s robust solutions across payments, security, identity and data analytics are available in-store, online and on-mobile and are supported by rapid API adoption. The award winning FreedomPay Commerce Platform operates on a single, unified technology stack across multiple continents allowing enterprises to deliver a consistent, repeatable experience on a global scale. FreedomPay is a fast paced, high growth company with a great culture with competitive benefits and compensation with a business casual atmosphere. We are currently seeking a seasoned Sr. Software Architect with experience in the Microsoft technology stack (.NET, C#, SQL) and various other technologies. In this full-time, salaried position, they will join a team of world class architects, engineers and developers solving complex problems. This position will have multiple responsibilities including solution architecting and software design of complex systems. The right candidate will be comfortable with systems integration and have experience bringing sub-systems together into a single system. The software architect must be able to leverage various frameworks, patterns, and tools. They will have shared accountability for the quality of the solution and ensure seamless integration and implementations. This position will report to the Director of Software Architecture.
Job Responsibilities
Analyze and understand client’s technology environment including system process and data flows, integrations, interactions and dependencies, and conceptual designs
Understand and participate in the entirety of the enterprise architecture, systems, services, platforms, and technology
Participate in business requirements gathering activities with project managers, business systems analysts, and other architects
Conduct white board design sessions with clients, both internal and external
Architect complex software solutions using business requirements and produce appropriate artifacts such as functional and operational requirements, and software prototypes
Present/communicate the architecture and software solutions to key stake holders, team members, and developers
Understanding of architectural design patterns, their strengths and weaknesses, and when it’s appropriate to use them
Work within Scrum teams to create Epics and Development Requests and provide estimates
Follow, enforce, and contribute to technical and coding standards and approaches to promote reuse and consistency
Facilitate and conduct regular code reviews to ensure best demonstrated practices and proper architecture
Collaborate with the QA team to ensure proper test plan, test coverage, test execution, and defect remediation
Provide expertise and oversight to developers for solution delivery, from a technical/architecture perspective
Required Skills and Experience
At least a BS/BA Degree in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
A minimum of 10 years experience as a Software Developer/Engineer/Architect
A minimum of 2 years experience in high volume transactional processing environments including multi-threaded services and service bus implementations (preferably financial or payment related industry)
Strong English written and verbal interpersonal communication skills
Broad experience with Microsoft technology stack, as well as an understanding of competitive technologies
.NET and Visual Studio
C#, ASP.NET, strong object-oriented experience
Web services; WCF, SOA, RESTful services
MVC 3+, Entity Framework, nHibernate, JavaScript, jQuery, Knockout, Ajax, LINQ, JSON, CSS, XML, NUnit, Spring.NET
SQL 20012+, Oracle 10+
Cloud services and platforms such as AWS, Azure, etc.
Service bus and event hub architecture
CICD with team city, octopus deploy, etc.
Git, Bitbucket, SVN, Artifactory, NuGet, Docker Containerization
Strong database design and performance experience
Experience designing systems that handle large amounts of secure data
Experience developing, designing, and architecting the properly sized solutions for small, medium and large complex software and database systems within large enterprise environments that include complex system integrations and processes; successfully communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale to build consensus
Abstract thinking skills and employing experience and knowledge to create innovative solutions
Experience architecting mobile and distributed applications and platforms including complex distributed service environments (SOA, distributed windows applications and services, and SDK’s)
An ability to articulate architectural differences between solution methods and the challenges and approaches to integrating solutions built on different platforms including a working knowledge of different architectural frameworks that may be used by our customers and our development teams.
Experience developing Multithreaded services (windows services)
Resolve technical problems, disputes, and make tradeoffs as appropriate
Manage risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture
Ensure the architecture is sustainable, deployable, and secure
Excellent multi-tasking skills, managing multiple initiatives at one time in a fast-paced environment
Strong MS Office, Project and Visio skills
Travel may be required (U.S. and International)
Desired Skills and Experience
Experience with Xamarin, Objective C, iOS, Android and Win phone platforms
Experience with strategies for migration to microservices and Service Fabric in a brownfield environment
Technical competence in other programming languages such as C, C++, and Java
As the fastest growing commerce company in the industry, we offer the opportunity for tremendous upward mobility within the company as well as development and professional growth opportunities. FreedomPay provides exceptional benefits including medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage, Life Insurance, 401K with company match, commission sharing plan, and a modern working environment. All positions must be able to successfully pass a background check as well as a credit check.
