Senior Systems Analyst - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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3 weeks ago

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WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT
Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets.

Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries,draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate.

As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with thoseof our clients.

We are transitioning to a hybrid work environment where both remote work and the office play a critical role.

Our vision is a future where all employees are empowered to work flexibly to drive the best outcomes for our clients.

Flexible work is a mindset anda core value.

Our employees are encouraged to work remotely two days a week as a standard practice and will have flexibility in terms of working hours.

Overview
At Wellington Management our appetite for technology is insatiable.

We recognize that the world is full of fascinating questions that will impact the future of companies, economies, financial markets, and entire industries.

We want you to help us find answersto these questions by building and evolving our innovative, industry leading, technology platform.

Technology needs are advancing, and this level of complexity requires a highly sophisticated well-managed technology platform that is built by people like you.

This is your chance to build something incredible.
Job Overview

The Reference Data team is currently seeking a Senior Systems Analyst, Sustainable Investments to play a key role in building solutions to manage and deliver Sustainable Investment (SI) and ESG data to our business partners.

This role will work within a teamof data specialists responsible for ensuring data quality and completeness for a wide range of consumers, including portfolio managers and research analysts, investment compliance, and client and regulatory reporting.

This highly visible role will specializein SI/ESG data and will have the opportunity to interact with professionals across the firm and with our vendors and industry peers to promote awareness and improve reliability and usefulness of SI/ESG data.

The Reference Data team is responsible for leveraging multiple data vendors to generate a best of breed data representation of thousands of attributes across millions of Organizations and Instruments.

This position requires strong analytical skills, with a high attention to detail, and a desire to analyze and solve complex problems.

This individual must be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of assignments with people acrossthe organization.

Excellent organization, communication, and delivery skills are required. This individual must be a team player with a desire and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities:

As a member of the
Reference Data team, with a dedicated focus on SI/ESG, this individual will have the following responsibilities:

Engage with business partners at different levels of the organization to gather and document requirements related to data needs for ESG and Sustainable Investing
Champion the needs of the business partners; act as their fiduciary
Conduct a thorough systems analysis for business requirements and provide functional specifications with detailed use cases
Work actively to ensure on time, scalable and highquality business solutions
Create data mapping and validation rules
Implement data quality management tools and controls
Develop a deep understanding of internal systems and related datasets to help with solution design as well as handling support issues
Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing and building audit/validation controls
Provide handson analysis for support issues and assist with user training
Provide regular status reporting and issue tracking
Manage resolution of daily operational issues related to data quality, working with vendors and internal SMEs
Monitor industry and vendor landscape of SI data, regularly interacting with our vendors to encourage delivery best practices and monitor SLAs

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree
Experience with gathering functional requirements, developing specifications, test plans and test executions
Handson experience in SQL or other relational database technologies
23 years of experience with SI/ESG data in a professional setting, such as an asset management firm, bank, data vendor, or fintech firm
Familiarity with ESG regulations, such as SFDR, NFRD, EU Taxonomy, and CSRD
Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
Excellent analytical and problem skills
Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management skills.
Willingness to work independently in an energetic, fastpaced, businesscritical and team orientedenvironment
Committed to deliver project on time and overcome obstacles
A strong team player, with ability to work in collaboration across teams
Strategic mindset; strong work ethic
Intellectual curiosity and interest to learn independently and from peers