Solutions Analyst / Project ManagerPermanent contractNew York, United States

Solutions Analyst / Project Manager

Permanent contract New York Banking operations processing

Solutions Analyst / Project Manager

• New York, United States
• Permanent contract
• Banking operations processing

Responsibilities

Within SOCIETE GENERALE’s corporate and investment banking arm, the GBTO (Global Banking Technology & Operations) department is to deliver day-to-day services to GBIS (Global Banking & Investor Solutions) business units and their clients to accelerate the transformation.

The GBTO / MTR / PJT division is a part of the Markets Transversal team and is comprised of team members who use their project management skills to contribute to the strategic transformation of the MARK business lines.

Solutions used are both in-house developed and vendor solutions to support its operational processes and secure its business growth.

The GBTO / MTR / PJT team is responsible for projects within the MARK business unit. These could include Trading, Sales or Operations driven initiatives and cover all the asset classes (Equities, Fixed Income and Prime Services).

The Senior Project Manager / Solutions Analyst is a senior member of the team who leverages their technical and analysis skills to partner with the MARK business, IT, Architects and Operations teams to define a solution that solves a business need.

They will lead the project, and in this case will act as a Project Manager, but they will also perform the appropriate analysis to define various options to solve the business problem.

This Solutions Analyst will not be required to write code. Instead, they with partner with IT counterparts who will build out the solution.

In this role, the Solutions Analyst will

• Develop functional requirements & solution options by working with the Stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory, legal & compliance requirements by working with the relevant internal contacts.
• Oversee the project lifecycle, including testing and deployment.
• Ensure appropriate communication to all Stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

The responsibilities for this position include :

• Lead transversal / cross-divisional projects to support the MARK businesses. This includes project planning, defining budgets, and driving varied streams through all phases of SDLC.
• Interface with senior business and IT sponsors.
• Partner with all required streams ( Front Office, Operations, etc) as required to successfully deliver the intended topic.
• Manage the client relationship and provide clear reports (project status and costs, provide report to ease the arbitrage process).
• Ensure a good project process and coordinate with other teams like infrastructure, compliance, and support teams.
• Conduct formal studies and analysis leading to recommendations for strategic solutions.

Profile required

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required / Must have :

• MS Office Suite
• JIRA
• Full Development Life Cycle Experience
• Project management and budgeting

COMPETENCIES

Required / Must have :

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, appropriate to a given audience, (technical, functional, etc.)
• Ability to communicate to a wide range of clients.
• Ability to analyze complex workflow methodologies and make process re-engineering automation recommendations.
• Must be a self-starter who is comfortable working in a very dynamic environment, with rapidly changing priorities.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to interact with a variety of clients and support staff traders, middle office, development, infrastructure, etc.
• Must be able to provide accurate estimation of work effort, and effective status to management as well as clients.
• Must be able to manage multiple tasks in parallel
• Strong delivery management skills & functional architecture experience.

Desired / Plus :

• US Regulatory / Compliance experience
• Knowledge of broker / dealer operations
• Experience documenting front to back systems flows
• Experience as a software developer

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Project Management / business analysis experience with use of System Development life cycle methodology in the financial industry.
• 7-10 years of experience in Financial sector.
• Knowledge of trading and brokerage operations front to back processing
• Knowledge of Fixed Income or Equities instruments.

EDUCATION

BS in Computer Science,

Desired / Plus :

• A master’s degree in computer science or finance is a plus.
30+ days ago