Alpha Collateral Product Implementation Analyst - Assistant Vice President

Job Description

State Street Alpha brings together our clients’ requirement for real-time data and intelligence across the investment cycle to help them make better decisions and deliver growth for their clients. Alpha gives clients access to the complete investment cycle. We are the partner who can help them streamline and improve their day-to-day operations – freeing them to focus on innovation and growth.

The State Street Alpha Middle Office Product Implementations team is looking for a qualified analyst with strong experience in Collateral Management as well as implementation best practices, system flows and business architecture to execute client implementations of the industry’s first ever front-to-back client servicing platform.

The successful candidate must be highly organized and be able to move seamlessly between multiple implementations and manage detailed and complex subject matter in a way that drives successful client outcomes. This individual will be responsible for assisting with the due diligence, solution design, implementation/onboarding, and successful execution of Alpha Middle Office Implementations tied to the Collateral Management workstream. The role will include the following

What you will be responsible for:

Develop relationships with key client contacts and ensure that the collateral workstream is successful

Define project objectives, scope, and deliverables in collaboration with product owners, management and clients.

Supports the Implementation Lead in managing client business requirements, gap identification/resolution, and associated action items

Capable to take lead in driving designated issues with direction from the Implementation Lead.

Utilizes standard artifacts and ensures the completion of necessary documentation to drive the successful completion of onboarding activities

Ensures all Implementation owned Tollgates in JIRA or other implementation tools are progressed toward timely complementation under an Implementation Leads direction

Works with State Street peers across other workstreams to ensure effective coordination and communication on complex multi-functional subject matter.

Provide guidance to teams on technical analysis and advice to clients (internal and external) on current and future state data-centric operating models.

Ensure that teams have knowledge of analysis best practices and document data mappings from source systems involved in the solution, where applicable.

Drive improvements in the Project Plans with tightened governance of interdependent tasks within the Collateral workstream.

Work with Product teams on Implementation requirements and ensure that they are on the Product roadmap for timely delivery.

Ensure there is adherence to standards as best as possible and eliminate customizations by thorough review of client requirements with implementation leads.

Assist with Service Definitions and pre-sales initiatives when called upon to do so.

Display a culture of ownership and accountability. Drive cross pollination of intra service families and participate in inter service family cross pollination to promote the culture of ONE Alpha Middle Office Product Implementation team.

What we value:

These skills will help you succeed in this role

Strong subject matter expertise across collateralized and margined products.

Strategic thinker with strong business analysis and planning skills. Capable of identifying and interpreting wider-ranging issues: ‘Big picture’ understanding.

Demonstrate understanding of Operations processes and procedures and an ability to effectively partner with cross functional services team.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with clients and senior stakeholders.

Experience with designing and scoping new solutions by analyzing requirements, studying system capabilities, and writing detailed business requirements. Very strong interest in the underlying detail of the analysis.

Communicate complex analysis and insights to senior stakeholders and business leaders, both verbally and in writing

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