VP Transaction Services at State Street in Quincy, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Job Description

Who we are looking for

State Street is looking for a senior leader who can lead the development of critical transaction management applications. This role requires the senior leader to closely work with business partners, help with the analysis of the new business demand, provide implementation support, and coordinate the technical/residency related upgrades.

What you will be responsible for

As Senior leader and Application Owner, you will

• Work independently to meet with business users, do requirement analysis, and write Functional Specification Document.

• Work with Product Owners and Development teams on the business requirements and contribute to the use case implementation.

• Manage the release scope and deployment plans.

• Work with Data Governance team to follow the data policy and standards.

• Manage business demands and resource allocation.

• Provide day to day support to business inquiries to the owned application that involves 200+ use cases.

• Actively participate in the agile software development process by adhering to the scrum/agile methodology including attending sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.

• Work with Development teams on Information Security Risk Management Profile/Recertification/Attestation/Aged Passwords/Vulnerability Remediation and server upgrade/patches to make sure the application is stable, resilient and compliant.

• Support flexible working hours for night meetings and weekend deployment when there is a need.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Financial background

• SQL database skills

• Good understanding of SDLC process and software development tools

• Scrum/Agile

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years business system analyst experience in Financial Industry

• Experience in SQL language is highly desirable

• Good understanding of Financial Products is highly desirable

• Good understanding of data and terminologies related to Accounting, Custody, Corp Actions, Cash, Trades, FX, Interest, Dividends is highly desirable

• Basic understanding of IBM MQ, Kafka, XML, JSON, SQL Server, Oracle, S3, Databricks, and Snowflake

• Knowledgeable of software development

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), good interpersonal skills

• Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment

• Experience working with an Agile development methodology is desired

Additional requirements

• Ability to analyze business requirements and develop solutions to the business needs

• Strong communication skills, self-motivated, detail oriented, and highly responsible.

• Strong collaboration skills, working with multiple teams in various locations in an agile environment.

• Strong problem solving abilities, analytical skills and the ability to work well under pressure.

• Quick learning ability

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We're driving the company's digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.

We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We're looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.

Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.

About State Street

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Salary Range:
$110,000 - $185,000 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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