Alpha - Mapping Lead - Transaction Management - Vice President

About the role

The Alpha Business Transaction Management Interface Mapping Analyst will act as the link between a client/business and IT teams to define and create interfaces between applications to solve business challenges and design the right solutions for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Identify, compile, analyze and document interface mapping requirements and business requirements that accurately and thoroughly reflect business needs.
• Take defined requirements and create interface mapping definitions within specific business tool sets.
• Thoroughly test and document mapping specifications, workflows and testing of the interface created.
• Gather of business/system requirements by facilitating user/client meetings, interviewing users, and researching and resolving issues.
• Aware of Agile process is strongly recommended (RTC, story writing, Scrum and/or Kanban).
• Document business requirements using clear, concise language consistent with the methodology framework.
• Participate in special projects, e.g., conducting research, collecting and providing requested data, etc.
• Provide day-to-day leadership to the team performing business analysis and data mapping, including work allocation, quality oversight, issue resolution, and delivery accountability across client and platform initiatives.
• Coordinate delivery across functional areas to deliver solutions, standardizing and driving product development where possible.
• Co-ordinate delivery across functional areas to deliver solutions, standardizing and driving product development where possible.
• Support monthly production deployment activities to ensure stable and timely releases.
• Participate in ad-hoc coordination meetings with our global teams in China and India as required.
• Collaborate with our cross regional roles/teams to deliver consistent and timely results with high quality.
• Work closely with on-shore and off-shore team members including business analysts, product owners, developers and QA personnel.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of business systems, financial industry, and system development lifecycle methodologies to support projects through their life cycle, with the emphasis on the analysis stage.
• Deep knowledge of front office systems, middle office and data management.
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate, and collaborate across business and technical teams.
• Excellent time management and organization skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Experience with writing stories and requirements to support micro-services.
• Product Owner role experience using Agile Methodologies.
• Experience with detailed mapping and transaction transformation requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or minimum of 14+ years of experience as an interface mapping analyst or business analyst.
• Experience with State Street Transformation tools ISVC, IDW and DEH is a big plus.
• Working knowledge of Listed Securities, Bank Loans, OTC Derivatives, FX and Cash trade processing is a big plus.
• Experience with Capital Markets (Equity, FI, Money Markets, Short Terms, Listed Derivatives, FX and Cash products) and Middle Office Servicing is required; experience with Middle Office and Back office processing and additionally experience with Trade Order Mgmt Systems is beneficial.
• Experience or understanding of Kafka Messaging, MQ, SFTP is a big plus.
• Good understanding of BPNM Diagrams (Workflows) is a big plus.
• Ability to analyze and initiate new concepts and functionality in a changing environment and ability to obtain pertinent information by research, interaction with clients/users.
• Demonstrated skill in the implementation phase of large and complex projects.
• Experience or understanding of SQL/database query skills is a big plus.
• STT(State Street) specific understanding of flows and processes is preferred.
• Proactive and target driven in achieving successful implementation of projects within defined timeline.
• Multiple tasking ability. Good time organizational skills to manage project priorities.
• Team player, detail oriented and self-motivated to drive work to proceed with minimal supervision.
• MS Office Products.