Alpha Professional Services Consultant, Platform Solutions

Company: State Street Corporation
Location: Boston
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Alpha Professional Services Consultant, Platform Solutions, Assistant Vice President The State Street Alpha Solutions team is looking for qualified individuals with strong experience in project management, analysis, workflow design, data analysis, system flows and business architecture in order to create client solutions and execute implementation of the industry's first ever front-to-back client servicing platform. The successful candidate must be skilled in analyzing complex business models and flows across front, middle, and back office operating models in both an insourced and outsourced model; requirements gathering; have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills; understand global portfolio management, trading and compliance across asset classes along with the associated analytics. Through information and insights investment analytics, data solutions, and front office tools our goal is to help our clients zero in on the opportunities and actions that will generate the most value for the front-to-back solution. We offer client solutions and implementation professional services that give our clients new functional capabilities that help drive efficiencies and new technical capabilities. We offer information, data management, and front-to-back office tools plus analytics to help clients achieve results and manage risk. The Alpha--Professional Services team in Boston, MA is looking for qualified individuals to fill key roles in implementing and testing the industry's first ever front-to-back client servicing platform. Primary Responsibilities: ---This client facing role will be responsible for designing solutions and onboarding new clients onto State Street's front-to-back platform ---Lead workflow analysis, data analysis, requirements analysis for current and future state models and architecture ---Lead creation and delivery of internal and client facing on-boarding documents (client proposals, playbooks, resource and governance models, cost and revenue models) ---Navigate complex client relationships, build strong business relationships and manage expectations with client stakeholders ---Configure platform UX for client-specific workflows ---Manage various stages of the transformation lifecycle (solution design, integration and testing, implementation and operational readiness). ---Become a product and platform SME on State Street's Alpha platform ---Support business development and sales efforts through consultative client engagement and POC's as needed ---Provide regular status updates and supporting project management reports as directed Qualifications: State Street considers all disciplines when hiring for a job and seeks out candidates who demonstrate the following: ---Bachelor's degree or above. 6+ years of financial industry experience across front office functionality along with middle (IBOR) and back office systems, services and data domains. ---Experience integrating with other industry software providers to promote platform interoperability (i.e. Bloomberg PORT, CRD, BRS Aladdin, SimCorp Dimension, Factset, Fidessa Minerva, Eze Software, etc.) ---Client engagement and expectation management across project life cycle ---Knowledge of financial and statistical concepts including modern portfolio theory and asset pricing theory ---Strong interest in global capital markets and quantitative investments ---Strong analytical, reconcilement and organizational skills ---Expert in MS Office including MS Visio, MS Project and PowerPoint ---Ability to work in a fast-paced, globally structured and team-based environment, as well as independently ---Experience in Agile Methodology and tools (i.e. JIRA, Rally, RTC) preferred ---Electronic trading platforms experience is useful but not essential ---Experience in portfolio management theory and application is useful but not essential Posted 30+ Days Ago Full time R-651203 About Us Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success. Our promise to maintain an environment where every employee feels valued and able to meet their full potential infuses our company values. It's also part of our commitment to inclusion, development and engagement, and corporate social responsibility. You'll have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you. Join us. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider applications for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law. For more information, for U.S. jobs only, please read our CEO Statement . Suggested Jobs Associate Counsel, Global Human Resources and Corporate Governance Legal, Assistant Vice President Counsel, Assistant Vice President SVP GCOO - Global Clients

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