State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $33.99 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.81 trillion* in assets under management as of September 30, 2018, State Street operates in more than 100 geographic markets worldwide, including the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, visit State Street’s website at www.statestreet.com.
*This figure is presented as of September 30, 2018 and includes approximately $28 billion of assets with respect to SPDR products for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State Street Global Advisors are affiliated.
Key Responsibilities & Experience Range
- 12 to 15 years of Experience in Project Management and SME for Financial Market Data ( eg, Securities, Trades, Settlement process etc. Exchange) in Investment Banking or Asset Management firm as Lead Business Analyst, System Analyst or Data Analyst.
- Hands-on in SQL and exposure to Data Warehouse BI technologies/ ETL stack.
- Able to understand and articulate Market Domain problem statements related to Securities, Trades, Security Pricing, Reference Data, Benchmarks, Trade Transactions and technically strong who would be able to drive that market domain requirement to closure by guiding the technical teams.
- Primary work as a lead Techno functional domain expert working with IT development team in Bangalore HUB.
- Experience in translating requirements into user stories and objectively defining acceptance criteria
- Be a tribe-level go-to person for solving problem in areas supporting investment industry data domain with familiarity of investment data and trade data. (reference/transactional/analytics).
- Follow and update Standard Operating Procedures for Data analysis to maintain quality.
- Should have knowledge of portfolio construction tools, trading desks, asset classes (like Equity, Futures, Options, FX, OTC Derivatives etc. ), funds, benchmarks, securities, NAV, credit ratings etc.
- Responsible for liaising with development team and who well understands development, integration, reporting , CI/CD implementation, test automation and application support.
- Strong problem solving, troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Prior experience of working in a high energy Data Operations environment which resulted in positive energy and outcome of the team.
- Good organization, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Prior experience with Agile process of SDLC.
- Coordinate with different stakeholders to manage and maintain applications.
- Act as scrum master and report project metrics to management.
Skills & Knowledge
Qualification & Certifications
- A Bachelor’s degree (any discipline)/ MBA (Finance)/ CFA.
- Familiarity of investment data is a must (marketing/transactional/analytics)
- Strong SQL/BI Analytics and ETL exposure (to tools like Informatica, AbInitio etc) to be able to mentor and aid both business and technical teams.
- Understanding and exposure to Quality analysis/ Quality control / Testing tools is a must.
- Understanding of JIRA/Kanban/Microsoft Project is a must (to create user stories and drive epics/stories to meet organizational targets.
- Understanding and knowledge of US Gaap, IFRS , Data Governance , Regional Accounting and reporting standards will be a plus
- Knowledge of handling ETL tools like Informatica, or similar will be a plus.
Primary Skills (Must Have)
- Deep domain and system knowledge to turn customer needs into business requirements and workable technology outcomes
- Knowledge of financial market products and processes
- Experience in one or more Analyst roles previously such as Process Analyst, System Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Data Analyst , Operations Analyst
- A desire to continuously learn new techniques/technologies and bring innovative ideas to the team
- Understanding of business and Technical landscape in terms of Markets
- Experience in Quality analysis/ Quality control / Testing tools with focus on Manual/automated functional testing (mainly in financial domain)
Secondary Skills (Good to Have)
- Familiarity of ETL tools, Master Data Management tool (informatica MDM) and their relevance with investment data
- Interest/Curiosity in business analysis industry trends
- Investment guideline monitoring for both investment funds and client mandates
- Experience with Asset management will be a plus
USP of the Role
Portfolio domain ownership advisory is one of the essential functions of State Street Global Advisors Business operations and Technology group. You will be responsible for translating these key business driver requirements into user stories and objectively quantify the acceptance criteria/steer projects towards logical conclusion and drive the growth of the large scale Enterprise data warehouse projects. You are expected to collaborate with technical team to ensure the closure of these requirements into tangible deliverables that adds value to business.
