Associate Director (Back Office BA Lead and Product Owner)

Position Information

Hiring Manager:

Senior Director

Department:

Technology Solutions

Department Overview

The Technology Solutions (“TS”) Department is responsible for designing and delivering state of the art technology solutions that are designed to create efficiency, mitigate risk and grow revenue for the Firm. Technology Solutions is also responsible for defining, managing and executing a robust Cyber Security program following the NIST Cyber Security Framework. Technology Solutions focuses on technical excellence through innovative application designs, robust data integration and analytics, high availability infrastructure and gold level service for our key stakeholders with information security embedded throughout. Critical functions within Technology Solutions include Project Management, Vendor Management, Business Analysis, Enterprise Data Governance and Stewardship, Application Development and 3rd Party Integration, Strategic and Secure Infrastructure and Operations. The Technology Solutions Department collaborates closely with Firm leadership and business unit heads to develop plans in line with business objectives.

Position Responsibilities

The TS Department is seeking an experienced business technology leader to join its Application Development Team. The candidate will lead a team of Business Analysts and product owners while partnering with Fund Accounting, BDC Fund Accounting, Treasury and other business groups to identify process improvement opportunities and deliver technology solutions that drive efficiency, quality and risk reduction. Working at the intersection of business operations and technology, the successful candidate will build strong stakeholder relationships, gather and translate business requirements and collaborate with development teams and vendors to implement scalable solutions supporting critical business processes. The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver with strong communication skills, sound judgment, intellectual curiosity and the ability to bring structure and clarity to complex business challenges.

Responsibilities include:

• Business Partnership
  • Building trusted relationships with business stakeholders, executive sponsors, technology colleagues and vendors; actively managing vendors against outcome-driven goals and contractual obligations
  • Developing a deep understanding of back-office business processes, identifying pain points, process gaps and opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and risk management
  • Managing competing priorities, influencing outcomes and maintaining delivery momentum in a deadline-driven environment
  • Adapting quickly to changing priorities in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
• Product Ownership and Delivery
  • Developing subject matter expertise in core technology platforms including WSO, Geneva, Treasury systems and other back-office applications
  • Translating business needs into clear requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, data flows and success criteria
  • Partnering with development teams and vendors to clarify requirements, prioritize work and ensure solutions meet business needs
  • Supporting all phases of delivery including analysis, design, testing, implementation and post-production support
  • Ensuring delivered solutions meet business requirements, quality standards and operational readiness expectations through thoughtful validation and testing
• Data Analysis and Application Support
  • Analyzing data using tools such as SQL, Excel pivot tables and other reporting or extraction methods
  • Triaging production issues and coordinating resolution across internal teams and third-party vendors

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 15+ years of experience in a similar role within Financial Services
• Expert knowledge of SS&C’s Geneva platform is required
• Proven expertise in building and managing large application solutions related to asset management, financial instruments and / or portfolio management
• Prior experience managing teams across stakeholders, applications, vendors and competing priorities
• Strong analytical skills to digest, document and translate business requirements for in-house development or customizing / configuring third-party software products
• Proven experience performing complex data analysis; deep understanding of relational databases with experience writing SQL queries and use …