GlobalLINK IT Business Analysis, VP

State Street•Toronto, ON

About The Position

The Integration role within GlobalLink sits at the intersection of technology, product, and client delivery, ensuring that GlobalLink integrations are robust, compliant, scalable, and aligned with both client requirements and platform strategy. A key focus in this role will be to ensure successful migration of FX Connect clients from Sonic MQ to FIX as their API protocol. Deep expertise in financial platforms, Sonic MQ and FIX technology are required for this role. State Street is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Science or related field.
10-15 yrs. of experience, with 5+ years working hands-on with multi-disciplined teams.
Familiarity with latest Sonic MQ, FIX, Web Services (Soap).
Prior experience using vba / sql / coding language.
Experience in building client solutions for buyside clients.
Expertise in sell side workflows including RFQ, ESP, STP.
Excel at working with users to gather, prioritize, plan and execute solutions to business requirements as it relates to workflow implementations for FX platforms.

Responsibilities

Solve and implement complex technical challenges, facing off to our largest buy and sell side clients, along with multiple internal teams (Product Sales / Product / Development / QA / Client Support).
Implement long-term solutions for the platform, managing internal and external relationships to ensure the most efficient solutions.
Focus on the migration of our core API offerings to FIX.
Manage projects and work with colleagues across different time zones.
Work closely with clients and development to ensure solutions are provided that meet clients needs, as well as being the most effective implementation for Globallink.
Explain complex buy and sell side workflows to our clients, to propose new workflows and to manage workflow projects individually and with a team.
Understand, and be able to work through, the complete implementation project lifecycle, from the initial business/technical use case through development, testing and deployment.
Ensure that projects are successfully handled across the globe, liaising closely with the integration teams in APAC, EMEA and NA.
Build relationships within internal teams to explain projects internally and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders internally as required.
Support the team with BAU requests, to ensure existing client workflows are successfully maintained e.g. perform regression testing around releases, handle client configuration / change requests.
Adopt new technologies to ensure we are working more efficiently as a team e.g. AI technologies.
Assist with support escalations for specific workflows when required.