Job Description
Our client is responsible for managing pension funds in excess $100B and is undergoing a transformational program to address several key capabilities needed to support sophisticated business needs. The goal is to mature the centralized security master (Markit EDM) and improve the governance of the data.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Security Master subject matter expert and project leader for targeted implementations and related end to end integrations of systems, processes and data flow under the direction of the Business, Operations and Technology leaders. If you possess 10+ years of experience in the investment industry supporting capital market investment teams by performing operations, technology, business analysis or project management roles this could be an opportunity for you!
The qualified Security Master has demonstrated experience working on the SimCorp Dimension platform across the various front to back modules including: Asset Management, Order Manager, Settlements Manager, Compliance Manager, Investment Accounting Manager, Reconciliation Manager and Collateral Manager in support of both the day to day issue resolution and in the evaluation, planning and execution of enhancements and continuous platform improvements with demonstrable ROI.
Qualifications:
- Highly experienced in establishing and maintaining a Security Master including establishing appropriate governance and control processes; transitioning a organization to use of a centralized source of data and the systemic integration of source and consumer systems.
- Considered SME is all aspects of the Markit Master Data Management (MDM) architecture and integration with enterprise batch schedulers and third party systems including Eagle PACE, CRD, Blackrock Aladdin, FactSet, Bloomberg and MSCI.
- Is knowledgeable of end to end investment lifecycle processes, dataflows and controls relative to overarching business, information and technical architectures.
- Well versed in understanding and developing business logic/algorithms/configurations within systems that tie to business needs.
- Able to lead projects, facilitate project meetings, resolve issues, monitor progress and communicate appropriately to stakeholders
- Experienced and hands on implementer of solutions to deliver a project supporting a sophisticated, complex active asset management organization
Responsibilities:
- Apply industry best practices and innovative solutions that leverage the Markit EDM and third-party system architectures including knowledge transfer to and training of staff.
- Critically assess current state plans and implementations in flight relative to the Solution.
- Identify business requirement gaps and recommendations to mitigate such gaps for the Solution
- Provide recommendations and remediation of current project plans and governance, including information and technical architectures and functional support alignment between operations and technology teams.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and project managers to support the implementation of defined projects
- Utilize extensive knowledge of the SimCorp Dimension platform, its capabilities and limitations tools, configurations and workflows to conceptualize and execute continuous improvement solutions and enhancements
- Leverage experience of the SimCorp platform in a variety of environments to assist with implementing standard practices
- Train staff to build internal knowledge and capabilities within the SimCorp platform
