Principal Systems Analyst

Cpl; Galway; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cpl in Ireland (Galway area) is seeking a Principal Systems Analyst & Player Coach for a large US financial services client. You’ll set the vision for the team, own the product life cycle, and translate epics into actionable user stories with the development team.

You’ll collaborate with portfolio engineers, investment architects and operations, coach about 8 Senior Systems Analysts, and drive agile practices to continually improve process, tools, and culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technology or finance field.
• 7+ years in business/systems analysis, product ownership or management.
• Excellent communication, organization and presentation skills.
• Experience on distributed multi-time zone teams.
• Financial services knowledge in investment/wealth management.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable plans.
• Lead initiatives into epics and stories with clear business value.
• Proven ability to build and guide high-performing teams.
• Experience planning large efforts with estimation and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Set overall purpose and vision for the team; gatekeeper of mission and value creation.
• Work with the Development Team to translate epics into user stories and deliver solutions.
• Collaborate with portfolio engineers, investment architects and operations.
• Coach and mentor approximately 8 Senior Systems Analysts.
• Drive agile practices and continuously improve processes, tools, and culture.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Distributed teams

Agile, Jira

Financial services knowledge

Strategic planning

Epics to stories

Team building

Planning and estimation

People management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technology or finance

Tools

Jira

Job description

We're looking for a Principal Systems Analyst to join a large US financial sevices firm based in Gawlay.

Our client is looking for a Player Coach to help their advisor business grow. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about investment management, problem solving, building great things, and continuously improving, with solid leadership experience.

The Team

The Account Management Compute and Review team within Strategic Advisors Technology provides personalized portfolio management to over 3 million managed accounts customers, providing tax advantages and customizations all with the aim to help customers realize their investment goals.

As a Principal Systems Analyst & Player Coach, you set overall purpose and vision for the work of a team, serving as the end-to-end gatekeeper of the mission, strategy, product life cycle and value creation. This is not just about gathering requirements & running workshops; it's about understanding the 'why' behind them.

You will then work with your Development Team to translate Epics into user stories and deliver high quality, innovative and timely solutions.

Outside of the development team you will work closely with Strategic Advisors portfolio engineers, investment architects and operations team to understand their vision and challenges.

The Expertise And Skills You Bring

• Bachelor's degree (or above) in technology or finance related field 7+ years of experience in business/systems analysis, product owner, and/or product management
• Excellent communication, organization and planning, and presentation skills for your team and for executives
• Experience working on distributed and multi-time zone teams.
• Proven expertise designing, developing, and maintaining large, complex, and dynamic products and solutions Agile, Jira experience, preferably from a planning perspective
• Financial services industry knowledge and experience vital, investment management and/or wealth management domain knowledge needed and financial optimizer experience a plus
• Translate strategic objectives into consumable, actionable plans, that your team or product area can build from
• Derive initiatives and end-to-end workflows that can be broken down into sub-initiatives, epics & stories with well-defined business value and designs
• Track record of building highly engaged, industrious teams with a strong focus on execution and the ability to identify, communicate, and remove impediments
• Effective at running fusions for estimating and planning large efforts that articulate the project demands, assumptions, schedule, and risks, and help advise Product Area roadmap and capacity needs
• Capable of leading, influencing, and motivating colleagues on solutions, ways of working and tools without formal authority, many times outside of our direct team and in matrixed situations Innovative, intellectually curious, and a team player who can continuously improve our culture, process, and tools, and encourage an agile way of working
• People Management Experience identifying and acquiring talent needs; and resource planning and talent allocation across large organizations Experience and passion for leading, coaching, mentoring and developing team of high performing System Analysts.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance discussions and talent development planning for approximately 8 Senior Systems Analysts
• Promote an inclusive, high engagement team culture focused on quality and continuous improvement encouraging innovation and skill development.