Web Analytics and Technology Specialist
The Web Services and Usability department is responsible for all aspects of the layout and navigation of Commonwealth’s Web-based products and services, ensuring the best possible user experience. They share best practices with advisors to help them create and continuously improve their own websites.

As a web analytics and technology specialist, your responsibilities would include:

• Acting as the hands-on technical resource for implementation and maintenance of the team’s technical tools, including Web analytics and site search (both Omniture and other technology products)
• Ensuring that our code and tools are properly configured; solving technical reporting issues; creating scheduled and ad hoc reports; presenting information in user-friendly formats
• Working closely with content owners, designers, developers, our Usability team, and others to design and implement appropriate approaches to collecting metrics that support decision making
• Training our business users on the analytics tools available to them and supporting them in their own reporting efforts
• Working closely with the Usability team and content owners to define, design, implement, and report on technical enhancements that deliver an exceptional site search experience to our users
• Contributing to the implementation and maintenance of other technical tools, such as content management and forums
• Providing technical expertise to the team, as needed

The ideal candidate would also meet the following requirements:

• 3–5 years of experience working on the Web
• At least 3 years professional experience using standard Web analytics tools
• A solid understanding of industry standards regarding Web analytics and site search
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data scenarios into clear and understandable information
• Familiarity with a range of technical products, including content management, a plus
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously; good prioritization skills
• Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining quality standards
• Self motivated and able to work independently or as part of a team
• An innovative and creative thinker
• Highly motivated, with a positive, can-do attitude
• Bachelor’s degree, required

At this time, we are considering only local candidates who are able to work without employer sponsorship. No agencies or phone calls, please. Only those candidates whose experience best meets our requirements will be contacted.

A Best Place to Work, a Great Place to Be
Commonwealth Financial Network^® is an independent broker/dealer based in Waltham, Massachusetts, and San Diego, California.

We are a community of more than 400 home office staff helping more than 1,300 independent financial advisors achieve their own version of success. Our dual vision—to be the best at everything we do and to maintain a supportive environment where we all can thrive—has earned us recognition as a Boston Business Journal Best Place to Work for the last six consecutive years; a Computerworld Best Place to Work in IT for the past three consecutive years; and #1 debuts in the midsize category in the Boston Globe’s 2008 list of the 100 Top Places to Work and the San Diego Business Journal’s 2009 Best Places to Work.

We stand apart for our commitment to indispensable service, profitability, individual development—and fun. If you’re equally passionate about what you do and want to know more about our refreshing culture, please let us hear from you.

Commonwealth Financial Network is an equal opportunity employer.

Waltham, MA position