System Analyst, Assistant Vice President at State Street in Quincy, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Who we are looking for

State Street is looking for strong Analyst with 5+ years' experience in business, system and data analysis for the Alpha and Middle Office Technology Team, which is part of Global Technology Services. This is a hands-on role for a candidate with a proven record of analyzing business requirements and map them to system and data requirements.

The candidate has experience in Financial Services, has supported Front/Middle/Back-office business units/clients, and has exposure to Workflow and Cash Processing. This is someone who has demonstrable experience in business analysis with an ability to translate requirements to system and data requirements for developers and testers. Candidate should have experience with various configurations, cross system data mapping skills and ability to test end to end functionality from end user standpoint. The candidate should have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, someone with creativity and self-motivation to deliver on mission critical projects with tight timelines and competing priorities. This role requires to have excellent cross collaboration and negotiation skills to drive the projects to have successful outcomes

What you will be responsible for

• Provide business analysis, system analysis, support modelling, data mapping


• End to end understanding of the platform, navigations, setup/configurations


• Under direct supervision, plans, organizes and controls the activities of cross-functional teams


• Ability to perform testing and ensure the requirements are fully functional


• Coordinate overall project communications, risks, and issues resolution


• Under direction, manages end-to-end project budget, resources when required


• Coordinate project tracking and reporting


• Coordinate on time and on budget delivery


• Coordinate communication with sponsors and management concerning the project status

• Can also serve as manager of a release within a program


• Identifies and uses best practices for processes


• Clearly communicate both verbally and in written format


• Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of problems across the organization and facilitates a collaborative solution


• This is IT role to bridge to fill in domain, business, solution, translate technical implementation knowledge between Product/Business team and Development - SQA team

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Excellent business analysis and System analysis


• Ability to manage through complex issues and realign priorities and deliverables to ensure milestones and targets are achieved


• Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation, presentation, and negotiation skills


• Strong relationship management skills with demonstrated ability to work across global SSC business lines


• Strong prioritization management and resource management skills

• Bachelor's Degree required


• 5 plus years of financial services experience


• 5 plus years of Business Analysis experience in financial industry in the Middle office and Back-office systems


• Experience working with JIRA, Clarity, Confluence, Agile framework is mandatory


• Need to have work experience in contributing in Agile room backlog grooming, Story refinement, translate business use cases into Epics and roadmap


• Must have hands on writing & executing SQL queries, creating reports


• Experience/Exposure on technical integration services like API, Messaging (like MQ, Kafka etc), Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Warehouse, Data payload formats like XML/ JSON


• Strong PC skills, including office applications and project scheduling and flowcharting software


• Expertise with project management methodology and tools and experienced with budget and cost tracking


• Working experience on BPM tool based (like Appian) applications will be much helpful


• Scrum Master experience is a plus

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.

Discover more at StateStreet.com/careers

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Salary Range:
$100,000 - $160,000 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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