GlobalLink - Product/Business Analyst - AVP

About the Role

The FX Connect Product team is seeking a proactive Product Analyst / Business Analyst for our Boston office. This role is ideal for someone who may be early in their foreign exchange (FX) or trading systems experience but brings strong professional maturity, analytical thinking, and a desire to learn. The successful candidate will work closely with the Product team to transform high-level business objectives into detailed functional requirements and support the delivery of new features across our trading platform.

Success in this role requires intellectual curiosity, strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a willingness to invest significant effort upfront to learn the product, client workflows, and business domain. The opportune candidate must have strong written and verbal skills, be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and demonstrate a balance between having initiative to work independently while also collaborating with the team.

The team you will be joining is part of GlobalLink, within State Street Markets. GlobalLink’s goal is to enhance and preserve our clients’ portfolio values by applying technology, optimizing trading, and linking asset classes and markets across the world. GlobalLink aims to be the technology leader of State Street Markets, driving innovative solutions with principal strategies across all product lines.

Responsibilities

• Work with the product and development teams to take high-level business requirements and analyze and define functional requirements for a positive user experience as well as platform efficiency.
• Demonstrate ownership and initiative in developing expertise in the FX Connect platform, client workflows, and foreign exchange trading concepts, with the expectation of becoming a trusted SME in one or more functional areas over time.
• Monitor project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports, and recommending actions.
• Maintain system protocols by writing and updating internal and external release notes as well as internal training and process materials.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively across many different teams within the business and technology areas.
• Evaluate the existing features and functionality of our FXC Web platform, with an eye for evolution to apply and innovate new design/UI.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of business analysis, end-to-end SDLC, and software release experience.
• Advanced skills with MS Office suite (including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Work experience in financial services, corporate client-segment, foreign exchange, trading systems workflow, and UX design is a plus, but not required.
• Bachelor's (BA/BS or University degree) required; Computer Science, Finance, Economics, or MIS preferred.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to learn complex concepts, systems, and business processes quickly.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to invest in developing subject matter expertise.
• Ability to take direction, incorporate feedback, and independently drive deliverables to completion.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with competing priorities and ambiguity.
• Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Pay

Salary Range: $80,000 - $140,000 Annual. The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location, the applicable range could differ.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match.
• Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages.
• Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care responsibilities.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans).
• Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans.