Alpha Product Owner / Solution Architect - Corporate Actions - Vice President

State Street • Boston, MA

3d • $110,000 - $207,500

About The Position

State Streets Front-to-Back Business Strategy team is seeking a versatile individual with strong business systems and data analysis skills for development and support of services and product offerings. The successful candidate must possess skill in complex business data analysis with expertise in functional requirements gathering and documentation; excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills; a proven ability to liaise between business/implementation and technology teams specializing in Investment Accounting
Why this role is important to us
The team you will be joining is a part of a global, cross-divisional group supporting State Street AlphaSM.
State Street AlphaSM redefines the common definition of ‘alpha’ to mean powering better performance and outcomes at every point on the investment lifecycle and is the first open platform from a single provider that connects the front, middle and back office. It harmonizes data, technology and services across trusted providers to help our clients better manage their businesses.
Join us if making your mark in an ever-changing, increasingly complex and competitive industry is a challenge you are up for.

Requirements

• Strategic thinker with strong business analysis and planning skills. Capable of identifying and interpreting wider-ranging issues: ‘Big picture’ understanding.
• Demonstrate understanding of Operations processes and procedures and an ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with clients and senior stakeholders.
• Experience with designing new solutions by analyzing requirements, studying system capabilities, and writing detailed business requirements. Very strong interest in the underlying detail of the analysis is a must.
• Communicate complex analysis and insights to stakeholders and business leaders, both verbally and in writing
• Bachelor’s Degree in technology, finance, business or equivalent,
• Minimum 10 years related experience in financial services technical projects
• Knowledge of SDLC methodologies

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of financial service industry Corporate Action SME / Investment Accounting experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide technical analysis and advice to clients (internal and external) on current and future state data-centric operating models.
• Liaise with stakeholders in order to establish and document implementation requirements in relation to Corporate Actions use cases” to document requirements.
• Maintain an excellent working knowledge of the STT F2B product offering to perform subject matter expert activities, consultancy, implementation configuration and demonstrations specializing in IBOR & Investment accounting and Corporate Action servicing but not limited to these product areas
• Analyze and document data mappings from source systems involved in the solution.
• Ongoing data / technical requirements analysis to align project expectations.
• Analyze and document any derivation, workflow and enrichment required for the project/solution.
• Apply functional business knowledge to system roadmap and be part of agreeing future enhancements / development activities.
• Lead individual client implementation efforts specializing in cash & IBOR.
• Support testing activities and immediate post-production transition with the support of test plan development and test scripts.
• Lead on-going data enhancements to scope of services as needed.
• Play significant role in contributing input on product offerings.
• Lead and consult the team in requirement gathering, development, definition and controlling of technical standards and methodologies.
• Process design and implement solution architectures and concepts in the context of projects and client implementations.
• Independently compile, analyze and interpret information related to complex business/system processing.
• Clear, complete and accurate documentation of user requirements and functional specifications
• Collaborate with other team members to share best practices, raise issues, develop consistent global processes
• Create common and shared standards across peer group by implementing best practices.
• Consolidate application design for global strategic model.
• Display a culture of individual ownership of tasks to embed a clear individual sense of accountability in performing the role.
• Ensure that the highest level of the Code of Conduct is displayed in your behavior.
• Provide appropriate management information as required to support business unit decision making.
• Support the ‘Risk Excellence’ culture within the business.
• Serve as a liaison between business users and various IT development and testing teams

Benefits

• Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees