Senior Business Systems Analyst, Vice President

State Street • Irvine, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The post-trade Straight-Through Processing (STP) team is seeking an experienced Business Systems Analyst with financial services background to design and manage software projects critical to our client’s real-time transaction processing needs. The right individual will leverage their analytical and technical skills to quickly familiarize themselves with our environment, manage the delivery of business-oriented functional enhancements and architect technical platform transformation for a leading investment manager.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of SDLC process and project methodologies (Agile/Scrum).
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Ability to independently perform data analysis, derive field mappings and transformations, and design business solutions in software.
• Ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously across different teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to coordinate with team members and stakeholders in multiple locations.
• Aptitude for learning new things and flexibility to adapt and follow guidelines.
• 7+ years of experience in the Capital Markets domain, with an Asset Management or Investment Banking organization, is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on knowledge of relational databases/SQL (Sybase preferred).
• Understanding of post-trade processing and the trade life cycle for various financial instruments, including: fixed income, equity, foreign exchange, derivatives, and financing trades (repurchase agreements).
• Experience testing software designed for elaborate business scenarios.
• Experience with production support / issue triage

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Jira, Agile boards is a plus.
• Understanding of XML, including creating XSD, is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Understand complex end-to-end transaction processing flows through multiple applications across a broad range of financial asset classes.
• Manage projects on a monthly software release cycle with minimal supervision.
• Coordinate the gathering of business requirements between project managers, business users, and developer teams.
• Define use cases, functional specifications, and test cases.
• Ensure test coverage and complete documentation for each software release.
• Meet with client senior managers, present business solutions, set up/optimize business processes.
• Be available for release weekend support and overnight production support on a rotational basis.

Benefits

• 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)
• eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
• inclusive development opportunities
• flexible work-life support
• paid volunteer days
• vibrant employee networks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed