Principal Analyst, Fund Operations & Administration for Digital Assets

Fidelity Investments; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Investments seeks a Principal Analyst for Fund Operations & Administration within the Digital Assets Product Area. This role demands strong expertise in the digital assets ecosystem, influencing various initiatives from fund accounting to trade operations. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience in financial services and knowledge about cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology landscape.

Responsibilities include supporting product delivery teams, analyzing complex issues, and communicating effectively with stakeholders. This pivotal position is essential for Fidelity to successfully launch innovative digital asset offerings.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of related experience in Financial Services.
• Outstanding knowledge of digital products like cryptocurrencies and tokens.
• Proven expertise in business analysis methodologies and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Support FFIO Digital Assets Product Area delivery team.
• Act as primary interface between business practitioners, customers, and product delivery teams.
• Produce supporting artifacts like process flows and UI wireframes.

Skills

Financial Services knowledge

Blockchain technologies understanding

Operations of digital products knowledge

Business analysis methodologies

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or Management Information Systems

Tools

FIS Invest One

SS&C Geneva accounting systems

Job description

Principal Analyst, Fund Operations & Administration for Digital Assets

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Role

This Principal Analyst role will support the Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations (FFIO) Digital Assets Product Area delivery team and will help to enable the delivery of a foundational Digital Assets operating model and platform by providing critical digital subject matter expertise and context around cryptocurrencies, tokenized products, and blockchain technology. The Principal Analyst will be a key contributor to initiatives with diverse scope and complexity, ranging from fund accounting to trade operations to fund administration, acting as the primary interface between business practitioners, customers, and product delivery teams while applying best‑in‑class business analysis tools, techniques, and methodologies.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or Management Information Systems.
• A minimum of five years of related experience in Financial Services with demonstrated understanding of investment instruments, financial markets, blockchain technologies, the cryptocurrency regulatory landscape, and the digital asset ecosystem.
• Outstanding knowledge of operations of digital products including cryptocurrencies, tokens, and requirements related to using a blockchain for recording of capital and portfolio transactions for both registered and pooled investment funds.
• Prior experience with asset management back‑office operations and mutual fund accounting including experience with FIS Invest One and SS&C Geneva accounting systems is highly desired.
• Must be able to analyze complex and ambiguous issues, recommending creative solutions with clear and concise presentations.
• Proven expertise in various business analysis methodologies and techniques, including data analysis, use case development, story writing, user acceptance testing, and product documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to produce supporting artifacts, such as process flows, context diagrams, UI wireframes, requirements, cross‑domain dependencies, and business rules.
• Affinity for data; where to get it, how to use it, what it means.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; Communicates clearly, concisely and impactfully to influence others.

The Team

The Business Unit: Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (FFIO) provides accounting and investment management support services for Fidelity mutual funds and other retail and institutional investment products. These services include calculating and distributing NAVs, distribution rates and yields for a wide variety of investment products; preparing fund financial documents, dividend estimates and tax returns; monitoring delivery of fund trades to custodian banks; processing corporate actions; collecting securities income on behalf of the funds; reconciling, reporting and moving money in support of fund shareholder transactions; and managing fund liquidity.

Product Area

FFIO Digital Assets Product Area is at the center of all transformation happening in FFIO to enable Fidelity to launch new digital assets offering in the marketplace. We work with all other product areas and provide subject matter expertise on Digital Assets domain. We represent FFIO on everything Digital Assets. We make sure that FFIO does not have to incur manual debt as we launch newer products in the market.

Certifications

Category: Business Analysis

Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement‑related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self‑regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.