Business Analyst,Sr Assc
- Recruiter
- State Street Australia
- Location
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Posted
- 20 Jan 2016
- Closes
- 15 Feb 2016
- Ref
- 1125501
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
Our Company
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $27.3 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.2 trillion* in assets under management as of September 30, 2015, State Street operates globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs 31,862 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street's website at www.statestreet.com.
Promoting a culture of excellence
With more than 31,862 employees across 29 countries, at State Street, our people are our greatest asset. We recognize that highly skilled, engaged and productive employees are essential to our success. Our company values reflect our commitment to employee engagement, Global Inclusion and corporate social responsibility — to help you build a fulfilling career. Around the world, we aim to be an employer of choice by offering competitive compensation and benefits, personal and professional development opportunities, and a work environment that promotes a diverse array of people, ideas and skills.
We encourage you to explore the possibilities that a career at State Street can offer you.
State Street is committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Purpose of Role:
SSC are increasing its talent to support the planning, development and roll-out of the Enterprise project within the Investment Operations arena and require keen and experienced investment operations business professionals to play a key role in the delivery of a successful solution.
The Enterprise Business Solutions Team is a dedicated global business team working with SSC IT, Client Service, and the Business Operations teams to ensure accurate end-to-end oversight of Information Delivery to our clients within the Operational Control Framework (OCF) The team are considered to be Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on our Enterprise platform and provides support to both the Client Account Manager and Investment Operations Teams in terms of tracking and, where possible, resolving Client queries relating to the Enterprise systems. The role will interact with the Client and internal SSC parties in identifying issue as well as ensuring that a suitable resolution is found and communicated to the Client. The role is supporting Multiple Client Relationship and Operational Teams in multiple locations.
Specific Duties:
- Ensure client queries relating to the Recordkeeping system and client file deliveries are tracked, with proactive management to ensure timely response and resolution.
- Provide Subject Matter expertise for complex system architecture queries/changes.
- Perform an overview function for the Shared Services functions identifying operational trends, issues and areas for improvement.
- Investigate and resolve operational and various IT issues (e.g. Asset servicing, Trade Operations, Client Reporting, Enterprise Service Platform).
- Assist in transitioning and onboarding new client accounts.
- Support and provide analysis for Client Change Request items impacting the Enterprise processes and Operating Models
- Communicate effectively on issues / problems to the Client and to SSC management and ensure a proper and timely follow-up to ensure resolution.
- Provide guidance, support, act as resource and assist team members from multiple operational areas relating to Enterprise queries from both business & technology aspect.
- Complete and track progress with technical Change Control (RPMS) forms for clients and multiple operational areas.
- Complete system testing for Change Control enhancements.
Skills:
- Degree in finance, business, technology or equivalent or relevant industry experience.
- Extensive asset management experience, including investment operations.
- Portfolio Valuations reconciliations/Investigations experience is required. Candidates should be able to validate portfolio movements day over day and highlight any issues.
- Experience in Fund Accounting/NAV calculation will also be considered.
- Broad and in-depth understanding of standards, methodologies, processes, systems and technology necessary to support investment management operations.
- Experience of writing and reviewing business specifications and data mapping.
- Product knowledge in Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives, FX, OTC.
- Excellent technical ability in understanding data modelling and SQL.
- Excellent analytical skills are essential for this role.
- Experience with ESP and understanding of data metamodeling preferred.
- Strong communication (especially written) and presentation skills to audiences of different sizes and levels of seniority.
- Must be self-motivated, adaptable and show initiative in different circumstances and under pressure.
- Flexibility in working outside of your responsibilities and areas of expertise.
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