Senior Systems Analyst

Wellington Management; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Retirement plan

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Wellington Management is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst to join our Post-Trade Technologies Team in Boston. This role involves collaborating with business partners to analyze requirements, develop solutions, and support our technology platform.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, with over 5 years of experience in system analysis. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required. Compensation is competitive, with a base salary range of USD 80,000 - 150,000 plus benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years BA or system analysis experience.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Hands-on knowledge of SQL or another database technology.

Responsibilities

• Interact with business partners to define and document requirements.
• Collaborate with IT and business teams on functional specifications.
• Manage production incidents and provide oversight for testing.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Knowledge of financial instruments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SQL

Jira

Job description

About The Role

TITLE: Senior Systems Analyst

TEAM: Post-Trade Technologies Team

LOCATION: Boston

At Wellington Management our appetite for technology is insatiable. We recognize that the world is full of fascinating questions that will impact the future of companies, economies, financial markets, and entire industries. We want you to help us find answers to these questions by building and evolving our innovative, industry leading, technology platform. We are seeking qualified candidates to join our expanding technology team. Together, you will not only dream up solutions to today’s investment challenges, but you will build them to see real-life results. Technology needs are advancing, and this level of complexity requires a highly sophisticated well-managed technology platform that is built by people like you. This is your chance to build something incredible. We want you to think big, to solve challenges, and positively impact our clients.

Job Overview

The Post-Trade Technologies team plays a critical role in providing the technology platform and support for the firm’s global Trade Coordination and Trade Operations teams to process trade confirmations and settlements with our brokers and custodians. We are currently seeking a strong Senior Systems Analyst to play a key role in delivering solutions to our business partners, solve complex problems, and strive to advance and sustain a world-class platform. Since the role requires frequent interaction with both business users and IT stakeholders across multiple teams - excellent communication, collaboration and delivery skills are essential. You will work with, and learn from exceptional investment, trading and operations professionals through cross-platform, data driven projects and assignments. You should be a self-starter with the ability to work effectively under pressure and balance multiple priorities. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IT professional to join a strong, collaborative team in a senior level role.

Responsibilities

• Interact directly with business partners at all levels of the organization to define, analyze, and document requirements, as well as set priorities
• Act as a champion and trusted advisor for the needs of our business partners
• Develop deep knowledge and expertise in Wellington specific workflows
• Author functional, design and support documentations
• Collaborate with software developers, database architects, vendors and other IT and business teams to analyze and determine functional specifications and UI design for new applications and enhancements to existing applications
• Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on-time, scalable, and high-quality business solutions
• Provide regular status reporting and issue tracking on projects
• Provide input into system design to help the development team define effort and implementation schedules
• Provide oversight for the various phases of testing and user acceptance
• On a rotational basis, provide production support to our business users and act as an escalation point person for support issues that require detailed analysis and management
• Manage production incidents, determining root cause, appropriate corrective actions and follow-up
• Engage in Vendor/Broker management tasks and work with our business team to execute project work, enhancements and raise defects on vendor platforms

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Economics, Finance or related subject
• 5+ years BA or system analysis experience
• Understanding of financial instruments such as equities, bonds, swaps, options, futures, forwards and FX
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail
• Strong client relationship skills and proven ability to build consensus
• Candidates must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and an ability to work with various internal teams to execute on that vision
• Experience working directly with business partners to understand their needs and deliver solutions that meet those needs
• Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans
• Experience in IT change, incident and problem management and SDLC
• Change agent, creative, innovative and focused on continuous improvement
• Hands-on knowledge of SQL, or another relational database technology
• Experience using project tracking tools, such as Jira or Service Now
• Experience supporting critical production applications
• High degree of enthusiasm to work independently in an energetic, fast-paced, business-critical and team oriented-environment
• Intellectual curiosity and interest to learn independently and from peers

Benefits

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is: USD 80,000 - 150,000. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back‑up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time).

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at [e-mail].