RKS Conversion - Senior Manager

State Street is seeking a skilled and proven candidate to lead the Conversion project at the Sr Manager (Officer) Level.  The Manager will lead and work with a team responsible for data analysis and data conversion of new State Street Clients onto the State Street Middle Office platform.

Specifically, the candidate will:

• Work with Business Leads to training, resolve questions, assess user needs and recommend changes

• Work on data analysis and data conversion of new Clients to an in-house Middle Office system

• Work on the data conversion development lifecycle and methodology. This includes requirements analysis, solution design, client acceptance, timeline creation, implementation, unit testing, deployment tools, and maintenance

• Understand the current processes and tools used by State Street, and map new requirements to this tool

• Ability to create data maps, to map the data flow from legacy systems to the in-house systems using existing functionality and processes

• Work on inputs and outputs from the conversion process, and communicate issues internally and externally as required

• Resolve issues and gaps in terms of data provided or discrepancies in data between legacy presentation and the future state model basis the feedback provided

• Work on the deliverables of conversion planning and testing in order to meet the milestones

• Participate in the actual conversion tests and dress rehearsals

The ideal candidate should have:

• Overall 11 to 15 Years of Industry Experience

• Good knowledge and experience in Capital markets – Middle & Back Office is key

• 5+ years of relevant Financial Industry Experience required, preferably Investment Management, Asset Management

• Great Understanding of Securities, Loans, IBOR/ABOR, Transaction Management

• Fair understanding & experience on platforms like IBOR/ABOR, Eagle, Eagle Star, PAM, Portia

• Good Communication Skills with good external and internal client interfacing skills

• Manage a team of 10-15 to meet onboarding goals

• Ability to work in a high paced environment, be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work

• Ability to analyze and resolve project-related issues and follow through with set objectives

• Experience working on projects related to Middle & Back Office Client On boarding

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Access skills, as well as Microsoft Project or other project management software experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting, Computer Science, Information Technology.

• Nice to have :MBA in Finance, Management, Business Administration from Premier B School