Principal Consultant Technical Implementation Services, Charles River Development, Vice President
State Street Corporation
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Details
Posted: 14-Aug-24
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Type: Full-time
Internal Number: 20834205
Company Profile:
Charles River provides a complete solution to automate front- and middle-office investment management functions across asset classes on a single platform. The solution offers a simplified operating model that includes enterprise software, data, application management/upgrades, hosting and FIX network to improve investment professional productivity, control risk and lower technology costs. Charles River serves more than 350 investment firms in 43 countries in the institutional asset and fund management, private wealth, alternative investments, insurance, banking, pension and custody markets.
The company is US headquartered (Burlington, MA near Boston) and maintains principle offices in these major financial centers.
The Background:
Charles River are looking to expand their established Implementation Team. The Senior Implementation Manager is responsible for all aspects of implementation for the Charles River IMS. They will need to become a product expert in a short amount of time and remain up-to-date as product and industry changes require. The Senior Implementation Manager should have the ability to manage the Implementation project whilst enforcing best practice implementations and driving the customers forward.
The ideal candidate will have a mixture of Project Management, Development, Business Analysis, Presales and financial systems implementation experience. They will be comfortable running a large and complex implementation project and dealing with all the associated issues.
The Role
The responsibilities of the Principal Consultant Manager include:
Lead or Co-manage implementation projects for CRD
Providing a single point of contact for a client
Have superior client facing skills and communication skills with the ability to deal with senior level stakeholders/Clients.
Providing on-going communication and evaluation of project status
Interpreting workflow analysis documents and the conversion of these documents into specifications for CR IMS configuration
Providing guidance to customers around best practice implementations and efficient workflow configuration
Undertaking the daily execution of the project plan steps
Ensuring that a client's needs are understood and documented
Providing proactive leadership in a client's utilization of CRD products and services
Facilitating conference calls & meetings with other consultants product experts
Communicating pertinent information on upgrades and major releases
Managing training and consulting resource requests
Monitoring and assisting with the issue escalation process
Responding to additional product requests
Managing the co-ordination of work undertaken by CRD's representatives in other locations
Maintain a general awareness of industry changes/trends
Skills/Experience/Qualifications Required:
Experience of managing large projects or multiple smaller projects.
Extensive Front Office experience (order management, dealing with Fund Managers/Traders)
Applications experience with Charles River Trading System/Compliance Master or Equivalent (competitor)
Excellent market instrument knowledge - Fixed Income/derivatives etc.
Some technical knowledge, ideally SQL.
Experience of doing a full life cycle implementation is essential
Experience dealing with users or clients from either a technical or business area
Comfortable making presentations covering business, technical or sales
Fluency in a second European Language is highly desirable
Third level qualification ideally a Technical Bachelors Degree.
About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor 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 the 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 program 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.
