Alpha Conversion Lead, Assistant Vice President
State Street
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Works with the VP Conversion Manager to coordinate and drive the deliverables of conversion planning and testing in order to meet the milestones;
- Creates data maps to show the flow from legacy systems to the in-house system using existing functionality and processes;
- Drives the data conversion development lifecycle and methodology including requirements analysis, solution design, client acceptance, timeline creation, implementation, unit testing, deployment tools, and maintenance;
- Leads issue resolution and gap closure in terms of data provided or discrepancies in data between legacy presentation and the future state model based on the feedback provided;
- Supports all conversion events which includes some weekend activity and off hours;
- Serves as client facing contact for all conversation related activity with client and internal business units; and
- Serves as a subject matter expert speaking to details as required while managing multiple processes.
- Weekend work required occasionally.
- Lead a global conversion team responsible for executing on implementation activities
- Occasional travel required for client or global team onsite visits
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration/Management or related field; plus
- 7-10 years of relevant financial industry experience
- Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration/Management or related field; plus
- 3 years of relevant pre- or post-Master’s financial industry experience
- Demonstrated high Level knowledge or experience in Capital markets including Middle Office, Securities, Bank Loans, IBOR / ABOR, Transaction Mgmt or system knowledge of RKS, CRIMS, Eagle, Eagle Star, PAM, Portia, WSO or other is expected;
- Demonstrated excellent Communication Skills with ability to effectively run meetings and collaborate across teams and functions;
- Demonstrated intermediate to high level of skill in team management
- Proven ability to work in a high paced environment, be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize, and prioritize work;
- Working knowledge of data quality measures across referential, completeness, tolerance, index and business driven data qualitative and quantitative measures
- Solid ability to proactively identify potential issues and drive resolution;
- Experience owning initiatives / projects related to Middle Office Client Onboarding;
- Proven intermediate Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Access skills, as well as Microsoft Project, JIRA or other project management software experience; and
- Solid understanding of Data Warehouses and Databases including SQL.