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State Street Alpha Implementation team is looking for an Alpha operational readiness assistant to support our 3rd party data gathering and set-up coordination process.

We’re looking for professionals with experience across front and middle office operating models, business analysis, data management and project management disciplines.

The primary purpose of this role will be engaging with clients to perform data gathering, set-up coordination and reporting. The Alpha operational readiness assistant partners with SSC Operational Readiness leads on in-scope tasks to ensure that the client and business teams are operationally ready for the migration of new business onto the State Street platforms.

Why this role is important to us:

The team you will be joining is a part of State Street AlphaSM. State Street AlphaSM is the first open platform from a single provider that connects the front, middle and back office. It harmonizes data, technology and services across trusted providers to help our clients better manage their businesses.

Join us if making your mark in an ever-changing, increasingly complex and competitive industry is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for:

1. Reporting of third-party outreach activities (on-boarding of external parties such as custodians, brokers, transfer agents, and clearers) where required.
2. Prepare summary reporting on the status of assigned tasks.
3. Monitoring project plans and tracking activities against the plans, providing regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
4. Capturing minutes and assigned actions as required.
5. Support the Operational Readiness Leads on events like Day in the Life and Production Parallel that lead up to the Go-Live event including hypercare.
6. Proactively raise risks and issues effectively within the program.
7. Leverage the ASIS standards and feedback on changes/improvements.

What we value:

1. Ability to work in a high-paced environment, be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work.
2. Ability to proactively identify potential issues and escalate where required.
3. Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Access skills.
4. Displaying our Culture traits and behaviours – Choose to own it, Break through Silos, deliver results through integrity, Do Better Every Day, Care for colleagues, clients and community.

Education & Preferred Qualifications:

1. 2+ years of relevant Financial Industry Experience required, preferably Investment Management / Asset Management.
2. Good understanding of financial markets and investment management processes, including back-office functions.
3. Intermediate to advanced with Microsoft Office tools, familiarity with Jira and Confluence is a plus.

State Street Corporation is an American financial services and bank holding company headquartered at One Lincoln Street in Boston with operations worldwide.