Application Production Analyst

About Our Company

Ameriprise India LLP has been providing client based financial solutions to help clients plan and achieve their financial objectives for 20 years. We are part of Ameriprise Financial Inc., a US financial planning company headquartered in Minneapolis with a global presence and diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. The firm’s focus areas include Asset Management and Advice, Retirement Planning and Insurance Protection.

Be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture that rewards you for your contributions, and work with other talented individuals who share your passion for doing great work. You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office and a difference in your community. So, if you're talented, driven and want to work for a strong, ethical company that cares, take the next step and create a career at Ameriprise India LLP.

Job Description

Work within the Productions Operations technical team, primarily focused on Front Office applications technical support to CTI users. Team is responsible for delivering day to day support, issue resolution, incident/problem management, and small technology change. Application support is focused on Aladdin, and Portware as the key systems, along with other existing toolsets including Bloomberg TCA, Liquidnet, Tradeweb, and trading venues. Drive issue resolution, participate in testing, develop procedural documentation and manuals. Continuously look for opportunities to improve service levels, system performance and vendor relations.

The role is part of a global team covering US, EMEA and APAC regions.

The team provides support during regional business hours, handing over responsibility from region to region during the global working day. The position is based in India for covering US Timezone (8:00pm-4:30am IST).

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide day-to-day support for primarily Front Office application suite including Aladdin and Portware. Other applications may come into scope for India team to support

Perform issues resolution, incidents/problems management

Track BAU support issues, bug fixes and changes with vendors

Work with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues with the system

Perform testing of Front Office application suite for patching infrastructure and enterprise tool changes.

Manage user on-boarding and certification renewals.

Manage the identification, resolution and escalation of risks and issues

Work within the FO operations team with responsibility for managing controls and risk exceptions for vendor, risk and internal project reporting (40%)

Ensure support documentation is maintained in collaboration with the Development Team

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Basic understanding of investment management in terms of products, processes, and systems

Approachable & able to work with people at all levels in the organisation (demonstrable Team player)

Inquisitive, pro-active, with good logical, analytical, and diagnostic skills

Strong attention to detail

Self-starter, uses own initiative

Strong written and oral communication skills

Owns and resolves issues

Ability to gain an in-depth understanding of all Front Office systems and business processes

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Effective communication and presentation skills that can be used with both technical and business audiences

Customer focussed and highly service aware - able to demonstrate experience in setting and meeting deadlines

Risk aware - able to demonstrate experience identifying and mitigating risks

Able to form effective relationships with the business and to understand business drivers

Able to form effective relationships with development teams, technical services teams, third party vendors.

Technical skills required to diagnose issues at levels 2 and 3

Experience with ServiceNow platform

Knowledge of an enterprise scheduling system, ability to write and maintain scheduling jobs

Knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure (preferably Amazon Web Services)

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

Qualifications in project management and / or software development methodologies would be beneficial

Understanding of ITIL processes

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders - clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least three (3) days per week, with flexibility to work from home two (2) days per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full time

Timings

(8:00p-4:30a)

India Business Unit

AWMPO AWMP&S President's Office

Job Family Group

Technology

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