Conversion Analyst, Senior Associate

Filed under: Kraków | Finanse, Księgowość, Bankowość

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management, market research and trading. With $28.4 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.48 trillion in assets under management State Street operates in 29 countries and more than 100 geographic markets and employs over 29,000 worldwide promoting a culture of excellence.
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Conversion Analyst, Senior Associate

JOB ID: 123847
Location: Krakow to join the insource organization supporting the State Street EMEA
Why State Street Bank Poland?
Operating in Europe since 1970 State Street services clients in multiple locations. State Street Bank Poland was first established in 2007 in Kraków. Today State Street Bank Poland employs over 2500 staff members at three sites across the city and will now open a new office in Gdańsk. This will offer multiple opportunities to gain experience in diverse areas of the investment fund cycle as our Poland branch provides investment fund accounting and related services to clients of multiple State Street locations and business units across Europe. We offer positions in a challenging, rapidly changing and international environment. State Street offers a significant scope for personal growth and career progression. Throughout your career at State Street you will be provided with a wide range of training opportunities and internal mobility options as well as individual development plans, attractive benefits (including Employee Savings Plan) and an excellent remuneration package. The continuous development of our employees from day one is critical as we continually seek to develop and expand the local management team and create future leaders from within.
Job Description
Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Conversion Analyst, Senior Associate is responsible for overseeing the preparation, conversion & parallel accounting schedules for related to the futures and options conversion to the new Derivatives Hub (DHUB) application.
Conversion Senior Associate must contribute to the team on technical matters, as well as providing leadership and direction to the team members and stakeholders, Conversion Senior Associate will be engaged in pre-deployment strategy, design and testing of the conversion strategy
Senior Associate provides a key role in training and developing the newer members of the team. They are expected to be available to provide an immediate point of reference for queries and to provide on the job training to less experienced staff.
Specific Duties:
General RESPONSIBILITIES
The primary responsibility of the Conversion Senior Associate is the accurate and timely conversion of funds to the Derivatives HUB for Listed Futures and Options. Additionally, ensuring all client deliverables i.e. parallels are completed to specified standard.
Understanding engagement objectives, scope and expectations; contributing to development of work plans for components of engagements.
Coordinates preparation of internal and external reports through gathering, analyzing and summarizing data and information from the departments.
Liaising with other internal clients and supporting departments for the purpose of obtaining key inputs to service delivery, resolving errors and discrepancies.
Performing special projects and other tasks as assigned by the Project Manager.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Preparation of conversion accounting, upload and parallel reconciliation schedules.
Reconciliation of Legacy DWS to DHUB and MCH.
Setting up of Funds on DHUB, etc.
Assisting in the development of new procedure and technology.
Investigating and querying testing data and results.
Working closely with the Derivatives Agile Core Team, Derivatives Center of Excellence, and downstream stakeholders during conversion effort.
Non-technical RESPONSIBILITIES
COMMUNICATION
Providing timely and professional responses to all inquiries.
Keeping Project Manager informed as to the daily work progress and status of requests.
Establishing and maintaining good working relationships with internal clients and colleagues.
Organisation
Demonstrating good time organizational skills in order to meet deadlines.
Maintaining systematic filing practices.
Adhering to clean desk policy and record keeping.
Ensuring that daily work load is allocated appropriately.
TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Providing direction and training to staff in the course of their day-to-day work.
Training less experienced staff in fund and bank procedures and processes, and providing guidance and an adequate source of help for questions.
Actively participating in the development of new hires in the team. Supporting and guiding them in the knowledge of all technical aspects of the work, as well as in their work organization.
Identifying training needs within the team and ensuring that those needs are met.
Taking responsibility for own personal development and training.
Qualifications:
Specific Qualifications / Skills:
Strong leadership and management skills
Numeracy / Literacy skills
Derivatives & MCH skills to a very high level are essential.
PC literate with Excel skills to proficient level.
Strong understanding of State Street processes across departments.
A thorough understanding of fund accounting is required.
Ability to work as a team player
Flexible and positive attitude.
Must be enthusiastic, innovative, self-motivated and capable of working under pressure.
Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills.
Excellent English.
Critical Behaviors for Success as defined
Takes Ownership and Initiative
Ensures accuracy and quality
Provides outstanding service
Communicates Effectively
Displays Insight & Influence
Fosters Collaboration and Teamwork
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Job ID: 123847 / Location: Krakow