Who we are looking for We are currently looking for Head of Globallink Platform Support North America, MD to oversee the Globallink platform support teams in the region. In this role, the candidate will be responsible for supporting the daily platform updates, monitoring of client inquiries and escalations, assisting with client onboarding and daily trading activities on the platforms. The candidate will also be responsible for monitoring and coordinating technical support for integration and connectivity workflows.
Why this role is important to us The team you will be joining is a part of State Street Markets (SSM). When owners and managers of institutional assets need research, trading, securities lending and innovative portfolio strategies, they turn to SSM business unit. As our investment research and trading arm, SSM's number one goal is to enhance and preserve our clients' portfolio values by applying technology, optimizing trading, and linking asset classes and markets across the world.
Join us if making your mark in the capital markets industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.
What you will be responsible for As Head of Globallink NA Platform Support, MD you will
- Manage a team of platform support specialists supporting all asset classes of the Globallink platforms.
- Leading the FundConnect NA platform support team supporting multiple trading venues.
- Provide Supervisory oversight of the day-to-day activity of the team
- Support the client implementation for all Globallink supported products to ensure accurate setup
- Coordinate with the Global Billing team to ensure reconciliation issues are addressed and resolved
- Work with the GlobalLink businesses to understand new / updated products, develop processes and procedures to support product operations, and implement changes within the team
- Ensure that processes and controls are adequately designed and operating effectively
- Manage internal and external reviews, including audits, assurance events, etc., that impact the support team
- Understand and stay updated on the regulatory environment in NA to ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
- Drive continuous process improvements
- Coordinate incident response efforts and client communications
- Support new product releases
Assist with supporting vendor relationships and due diligence
Manage production support oversight and coordinate incident triage
Ensure client inquiries/issues are resolved timely
Ensure adherence to all operational procedures and corporate policies
Foster cross function relationships with leads from Business Solutions, Product Development, Sales and Business teams.
What we value These skills will help you succeed in this role
Strong strategic, analytical, and commercial skills
Results driven, service/action-oriented delivery skills.
Organizational and political agility; strong negotiation skills
Dynamic Management - be comfortable dealing with various changes and adapting to different circumstances.
Decision Making - ability to find data, insights, and proof points very quickly across the organization and synthesize to effectively make decisions to set future direction
Working knowledge of a range of financial products including mutual funds, short-term money market instruments, and FX trading.
Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle several projects simultaneously
Ability to develop business relationships within and outside the organization
Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational and problems solving skills
Ability to multi-task, balance workload and perform in a pressurized, deadline oriented environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with clients and senior stakeholders and executive leadership
Education & Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree with emphasis in finance, accounting, or economics or 15+ years of related financial industry experience
Experience working as part of a Global organization
Detailed understanding of operations with at least 10 years experience managing an operational role, preferably within a large Financial Institution.
Global multi-jurisdictional regulatory experience preferred.
Technical aptitude with wide range of applications, including but not limited to the MS Office suite
Salary Range: $170,000 - $252,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
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