Alpha Professional Services Lead

Alpha Professional Services Lead (State Street Bank and Trust Company; Boston, Massachusetts ): The position will use knowledge of performance and risk measurement and be skilled in analyzing complex business models and flows across front, middle, and back office; requirements gathering; have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills; understand global portfolio management, trading and compliance across asset classes along with the associated analytics. Specific duties of the position include: responsible for designing the solution architecture and onboarding new clients onto State Streets front-to-back platform; leading workflow analysis, data analysis, requirements analysis for current and future state models and architecture in the front office performance measurement and risk space (PMAR); leading creation and delivery of internal and client facing on boarding documents (define and build the implementation plan); leading and building the new operating model across all the project stakeholders; navigating complex client relationships, build strong business relationships and manage expectations with client stakeholders and external partners; configuring platform UX for client-specific workflows; managing projects throughout various stages of the on-boarding lifecycle (solution design, integration and testing, implementation and BAU hand over); building a product and platform SME on State Street's front-to-back platform; supporting business development and sales efforts through consultative client engagement and POCs; and providing regular status updates and supporting project management reports. Full-time telecommuting permitted pursuant to company policy.

Minimum requirements: Master's degree, or its equivalent, in Finance, Economics, or related field; plus 4 years of financial industry experience across front office functionality specializing in front office performance measurement and risk models. Alternatively, will accept a Bachelor's degree, or its equivalent, in Finance, Economics, or related field; plus 6 years of financial industry experience across front office functionality specializing in front office performance measurement and risk models.

Must have: Demonstrated experience with middle (IBOR) and back-office systems, services and data domains used to drive performance measurement; demonstrated experience integrating with other industry software providers to enable interoperability (i.e. MSCI Barra, CRD, and/or BRS Aladdin); proven experience working on or with MSCI; proven ability to engage with clients and internal stakeholders to manage expectations across project life cycle; proven knowledge of financial and statistical concepts including modern portfolio theory and asset pricing theory; strong analytical, reconcilement and organizational skills; proven experience in MS Office including MS Visio, MS Project and PowerPoint; demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, globally structured and team-based environment, as well as independently; demonstrated experience in Agile Methodology and tools including JIRA, Rally, or RTC; demonstrated electronic trading platforms experience; and demonstrated experience in portfolio management theory and application. (Unless otherwise indicated, State Street is seeking the ability in the skills listed above with no specific amount of years of experience required. All experience can be gained concurrently.)

A pply online at careers.statestreet.com . State Street Job ID: External R-729968 . An EOE.
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