Financial Services Technology Consulting, WAM, Asset - Senior Manager

EY•Irvine, CA

21d•$168,400 - $437,100•Hybrid

About The Position

EY’s Financial Services Organization serves clients across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, and Insurance. This Senior Manager role focuses on designing, implementing, and supporting investment management solutions using BlackRock Aladdin. The role leads multiple high-impact implementations and enhancements across trading, compliance, portfolio management, and post-trade functions, while ensuring operational efficiency and compliance alignment. As platform owner and delivery leader, you will partner with senior technology and business stakeholders to ensure Aladdin solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with strategic objectives. You will combine hands-on project leadership with responsibility for the platform roadmap, team leadership, stakeholder communication, and consistent delivery practices. The position is offered in a team-led, leader-enabled hybrid model; external client-serving professionals are generally expected to work together in person 40–60% of the time over an engagement, project, or year. Locations listed are New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Irvine, and San Diego.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and approximately 8 years of related work experience, or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience.
Degree in computer science, engineering, accounting, finance, or a related field.
At least 7 years of experience at a financial services company or comparable experience advising a financial services company.
Experience working in a hedge fund or wealth/asset management company, or as a management consultant serving one of these companies.
At least 6 years of hands-on Aladdin experience.
Demonstrated experience leading and supporting Aladdin implementations.
Ability to manage and supervise technology advisors through all phases of the technology lifecycle.
Strong communication, presentation, client service, and technical writing skills.
Experience supervising and executing technology lifecycle phases using established project management and testing methodologies.
Deep knowledge of technical architecture design and sufficient understanding of technology tools and components to assess financial systems architecture components such as middleware, databases, and reporting tools.
Willingness and ability to travel.
Must hold a passport and a valid driver’s license.
Experience with Aladdin and Aladdin Accounting.
Experience with eFront, Aladdin Data Cloud, Snowflake, business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau, and SQL.
Experience defining and designing business and technical requirements; system design, selection, and implementation support; data mapping and conversion; proofs of concept; quality assurance and testing; business and IT process reengineering; program/project management and implementation planning (PMO); management reporting enhancement; enterprise application integration; package implementation; and reconciliation redesign or improvement.

Nice To Haves

MBA or MS degree.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end Aladdin implementation and enhancement projects, from requirements through deployment and stabilization.
Lead BlackRock migration activities, including environment readiness, data migration, regression testing, and coordination with infrastructure teams.
Define the Aladdin and Aladdin Data Cloud implementation roadmap, prioritizing efficiency, data quality, and compliance improvements.
Oversee Aladdin platform configuration, compliance rule setup, workflows, and integrations across modules.
Document client-provided use cases in a use-case catalogue.
Review client asset-class workflows and support asset-class prioritization plans within the project plan.
Assist with maintaining the project key issue tracker, triage issues, and coordinate with Aladdin Client Transformation teams to drive resolution.
Assist with governance reporting, including status updates, upcoming deliverables, overdue items, task completion, and responsible parties.
Prepare project closure reports and obtain client sign-offs on project deliverables.
Manage, mentor, and provide technical guidance and professional development to a team of business analysts.
Lead cross-functional communication among front-, middle-, and back-office teams, translating technical topics into clear business language.
Promote best practices in system configuration, change management, and delivery methodology across teams.
Stay current on Aladdin enhancements, modules, and industry trends to identify system improvement and automation opportunities.
Collaborate with client technology professionals and third-party alliances, manage engagements, execute projects, build client relationships, and provide reporting and management.
Research client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies.
Lead and support technology lifecycle activities, including requirements definition, architecture, design, development, implementation, conversion, and testing.