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>Financial Reporting Software (FRS) is a software development and consulting
>company. It is a small firm, which was spun of from GE (a very large firm)
>about 1 1/2 years ago. FRS makes and sells LEX2000 (sm), a financial
>consolidation and reporting package, in several computing environments.
>Financial Reporting Software is in need of a Tech Writer/Documenter/support
>person/trainer. This person would create and maintain user documentation
>for the LEX2000 product, including printed manuals and on-line help,
>including Windows help files. Users generally have some finance knowledge,
>but little or no computer skills. This person would also develop and conduct
>training courses in the use of various features of the LEX2000 product.
>This person would also provide application-level support to users of the
>product
>(Clients of FRS), particularly during the early stages of new installations
>of the product. This person would also consult with the product developers
>on user interface issues, and would help test the product from a user
>perspective in the course of other activities. This would be a full-time
>position.
>FRS has a benefit package for full time employees which is generally
comparable with Fortune 100 companies, and in particular is modeled on
>the GE benefit package.
>Letters and resumes should be sent to:
>Mr. David Schankler
>Financial Reporting Software
>Two Independence Way, Suite 100
>PO Box 2023
>Princeton, NJ 08540
INFORMAL email inquires may be sent to me at FRSdes -at- AOL -dot- COM, but there
>is little that I can tell you beyond the above. I do NOT know what rates or
>terms or conditions of employment FRS would offer, nor exactly when
>employment would start.
> -David E. Siegel
> Software Developer
> Financial Reporting Software
> FRSdes -at- AOL -dot- COM
>Caution: This is not an "Official" announcement; I am not the person with
>authority to hire. I have been told that this position exists, and needs to
>be filled. I do not know exactly when interviews will be scheduled, nor many
>other details, and I may be wrong about some things.
