Payments Risk & Resilience Lead Business Analyst - Assistant Vice President

State Street; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street is seeking an experienced Payments Resilience and Business-Change lead in the United States to coordinate readiness for SWIFT resiliency and related programs. You will work with anomaly detection and traceability leads to ensure a cohesive ability across infrastructure resilience, transaction visibility, controls, testing and incident response.

You will translate complex architectural inputs into actionable business requirements, map critical flows and dependencies, and guide global

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, technology, risk or related discipline.
• 7+ years of financial services experience including payments and resilience.
• Business continuity or SWIFT qualifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the business analysis and readiness plan for SWIFT resiliency, aligned to milestones and governance.
• Translate SWIFT and architecture inputs into business requirements, operating impacts and risks.
• Map critical payment flows, dependencies, identities, connectivity and recovery needs.
• Coordinate decisions on usage model, governance, global adoption and pilot scope.
• Develop readiness criteria, playbooks, recovery roles and alternative-processing scenarios.
• Partner with Technology, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Resiliency and Operations on design reviews.
• Define tabletop exercises, connectivity tests, failover simulations and pilot prep.
• Use traceability maps to define transaction monitoring and evidence needs.
• Align anomaly detection and cyber-response processes for resilience events.
• Prepare steering updates, risk assessments and post-test remediation plans.

Skills

SWIFT

Global payments

Operational resilience

Business continuity

Stakeholder influence

Risk analysis

Resilience testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

7+ years FS experience

Resilience qualifications advantageous

Job description

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for an experienced payments resilience and business-change lead to coordinate the business readiness, requirements and operating-model implications of SWIFT resiliency capabilities and other contingency related programs. The role will work closely with the anomaly detection and traceability leads so that infrastructure resilience, transaction visibility, controls, testing and operational response are designed as one coherent capability.

Why this role is important to us

Our Payments Business Risk and Resiliency Programs includes strategic resilience planning for SWIFT cold-start failover and alternative-network capabilities. Effective adoption requires clear business requirements, governance decisions, operating procedures, test plans and global readiness across payment operations and supporting technology teams.

Join us if contributing to our Payments Business Risk and Resiliency Programs is a challenge you are up for.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Lead the business analysis and readiness plan for SWIFT resiliency , aligned to programme milestones, external dependencies and internal governance.
• Translate SWIFT and architecture inputs into business requirements, operating impacts, decisions, risks, assumptions and implementation action.
• Map critical payment and settlement flows, applications, infrastructure dependencies, identities, connectivity, monitoring points and recovery requirements.
• Coordinate decisions on usage model, operating model, governance, global adoption, pilot scope, capabilities, controls and escalation routes.
• Develop readiness criteria, playbooks, business continuity procedures, recovery roles and alternative-processing scenarios.
• Partner with Technology, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Resiliency and Operations on design reviews, control requirements and evidence needs.
• Define and coordinate tabletop exercises, connectivity tests, failover simulations, pilot preparation and business acceptance activities.
• Use the traceability workstream’s application maps and event data to define transaction monitoring and evidence requirements during disruption and recovery.
• Align anomaly detection and cyber-response processes so suspicious or incorrect payment activity is triaged effectively during resilience events.
• Prepare steering updates, decision papers, risk assessments and post-test remediation plans; support transition to ongoing BAU resilience governance.

What We Value

• Strong knowledge of global payments, SWIFT messaging infrastructure and operational resilience or business continuity.
• Experience translating technical architecture or external-industry initiatives into business requirements and readiness plans.
• Strong process, dependency, risk and control analysis skills.
• Experience designing or coordinating resilience tests, pilots, failover exercises or production-readiness activity.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across Operations, Technology, Cybersecurity and Risk.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, technology, risk or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant financial services experience, including payments and resilience, infrastructure or major change.
• Business continuity, operational resilience, SWIFT or project-delivery qualifications are advantageous.

About State Street

State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we make our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we have helped our clients safeguard and steward investments, providing investment servicing, data and analytics, investment research and trading, and investment management to institutional clients.

We make every effort to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive and vary by location. You will have access to flexible work arrangements, development programmes and educational support designed to help you reach your full potential.

We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are powerful contributors to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

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Salary Range

$90,000 - $157,500 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 above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our 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 our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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Job ID: R-799513