GDS Business Analyst - Associate 2

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Help create the future of Global Delivery as part of our multi-year transformation program by researching, analyzing, and modernizing the ways that clients send financial data to State Street

• Collaborate with team members to solution complicated automation requests and field complex client and internal inquiries

• Dive deep into clients’ current manual processes to make recommendations for automation

• Become a SME (Subject Matter Expert) for our transaction automation tools, serving as a trusted resource for internal and external parties

• Participate in client discussions focused on automation solution design, training, and deployment

• Deploy clients and associated reference data to automation tools in preparation for Go Live

• Review automation onboarding requests & work with submitter to validate data needed to prepare activity for automation

• Work closely with Associate > Managing Director levels across the organization, including Operations, Client Service, Technology, and Product

• Our team serves State Street’s global client base but our primary focus is on North America-based clients, so we follow the US holiday calendar and work a North America (EST)-aligned shift

Minimum Job Specs

• 2-3+ years’ financial services experience, custody and fund accounting experience preferred

• Bachelors degree required

• Experience with transaction management, especially cash products preferred

• Client-facing experience strongly preferred

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while working in a fast-paced environment

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills

• Team player with strong collaboration skills

• Comfortable working on a global team with members located in multiple regions/timezones

• Strong PC skills, including MS Office applications

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