Alternative Investments Business Transformation Lead Business Analyst, Vice President

State Street • Boston, MA

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About The Position

Vice President level independent contributor needed for the Alternative Investments Transformation team. This role will work closely with Alternative Investments technology, various internal and external stakeholders in a varied and challenging role. A good candidate is able to familiarize themselves with existing solutions quickly and design meaningful solutions for our internal operations team as well as the client. Additionally, candidates must be well-organized and able to deliver projects in a timely manner. Candidates must demonstrate strong initiative, be able to perform well under pressure and be capable of working on multiple, diverse assignments.

Requirements

• Strong analysis skills, at both the business level (analyzing the business process, workflows, and operations) and at the information level (how data and information is stored and maintained).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to facilitate a shared understanding of a problem and possible solutions.
• Strong critical thinking skills, including considering stakeholder needs and asking probing questions until the real needs are surfaced and understood.
• Strong interpersonal communication, collaboration, facilitation, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and connect the dots to identify themes and common needs.
• Leadership skills to provide direction and support within the team.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study.
• 8+ years of proven experience.
• Ability to analyze and interpret large and complex datasets in varying formats to validate completeness, integrity, and accuracy of data, determine the root cause of any data-related issues, identify opportunities for improvements, and to produce clear and compelling reports for different audiences. This includes strong excel skills.
• Ability to create visual models that support analyses, such as workflow diagrams
• Demonstrated experience working in an environment managing multiple, concurrent deliverables with shifting priorities, demands, and timelines.
• Results oriented ownership mentality.
• Strong technology insights with demonstrated ability to work across business lines.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience in Alternative Investments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the business, process, and data analysis of complex data and visualization projects.
• Consult with business unit management as needed to analyze requirements asking probing questions to ensure the real needs are surfaced and understood.
• Evaluate multiple solutions and collaborate to identify the optimal analytical solution to fit within existing technologies and comply with the overall strategic direction.
• Provide subject matter expertise of key State Street production processes, controls and operations
• Ensure clear and concise expression of decisions to peers, development, business teams, and senior management.
• Communicate with scrum teams, business owners and product to ensure all stakeholders are well informed and that the project roadmap is on track.
• Identify and define any production implementation specific requirements.

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