Senior Manager, Aladdin Implementations

Ernst & Young; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 437,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive base salary

Medical and dental coverage; pension/2

Job summary

EY is seeking a delivery leader to own Aladdin implementations for a fast-growing investment organization. You will design, implement, and support Aladdin solutions, coordinate data migrations, and drive end-to-end project execution across trading, compliance, portfolio management and post-trade functions.

You will partner with senior technology and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, compliant solutions and a strategic roadmap while mentoring a team of business analysts and leading

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and approximately 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience.
• Degree in computer science, engineering, accounting, finance or related field; MBA or MS degree preferred.
• At least 7+ years of experience working at a financial services company or as an advisor to a financial services company.
• Experience working in a Hedge Fund, Wealth/Asset Management company or as a Management Consultant in one of these companies.
• 6+ years of hands-on Aladdin experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and supporting Aladdin implementations.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise a team of technology advisors through all phases of the technology life cycle.
• Strong communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills.
• Comfortable researching client inquiries, regulations, industry practices and new technologies.
• Strong experience in supervising all phases of the technology life cycle, PMO experience.

Responsibilities

• Define overall project plan and lead multiple Aladdin implementation and enhancement projects end-to-end, from requirements through deployment and stabilization.
• Lead BlackRock migration activities including environment readiness, data migration, regression testing and coordinating with infrastructure teams.
• Define the Aladdin and Aladdin Data Cloud implementation roadmap, prioritizing initiatives that improve efficiency, data quality and compliance.
• Drive and oversee Aladdin platform configuration, compliance rule setup, workflows, and integration points across modules.
• Document BlackRock Client provided use-cases into a use-case catalogue.
• Review asset class workflows provided by BlackRock Client to support organization of asset class prioritization plans within the Project Plan.
• Assist BlackRock with creating/maintaining project key issue tracker to log & triage issues, liaising with ACT teams to coordinate and drive for issue resolution.
• Assist BlackRock with Governance reports (including status meeting updates, upcoming period deliverables, past due project items, percent task completion, and identifying responsible parties).
• Project Closure Report including BlackRock Client sign offs of the deliverables at the end of the project.
• Manage a team of business analysts, providing mentorship, technical guidance and professional development opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional communication between front, middle and back-office teams, translating complex technical topics into clear business language.
• Promote best practices in system configuration, change management and delivery methodology ensuring consistent project execution across teams.
• Stay current on Aladdin product enhancements, new modules and industry trends to proactively identify opportunities for system improvement and automation.

Skills

Aladdin

Aladdin Data Cloud

Leadership

Project management

Financial services

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/finance or related

MBA or MS degree preferred

Tools

Aladdin

Aladdin Accounting

eFront

Snowflake

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

EY is seeking a delivery leader to own Aladdin implementations for a fast-growing investment organization. You will design, implement, and support Aladdin solutions, coordinate data migrations, and drive end-to-end project execution across trading, compliance, portfolio management and post-trade functions.

You will partner with senior technology and business stakeholders to ensure scalable, compliant solutions and a strategic roadmap while mentoring a team of business analysts and leading