Charles River Development (CRD) is a rapidly growing and profitable financial software and services firmoperating as part of State Street and integral to the Alpha product set. Customers include the world’s top investment management, wealth management,banking, and insurance firms. The Pod lead enhanceslong-term relationships with our customers through daily control of, and continuous review and improvement ofourOperations and Support processes.
Role and Responsibilities
This new role has been establishedto support the growth and complexity of our business.
This is a critical role to ensure our service levels and approaches aremonitored and maintained; itwill impact the success of relationships with clients, enhanceour business through continuous review and improvement of CRD’s Operations functions with specific reference to key strategic clients.
The Pod Lead will work with Global and Regional Heads of Delivery, assure that operational control gates governing Projectrelease into the Live environments are observed and escalate risks to the steering group and if necessary, executive management layer.
The role will also work alongside the On-Boarding and Upgrade teams, Client Management and Global Operations Centre to ensure that our process is being followed, measured and clients are managed through all aspects of their lifecycle with Charles River.
This role will take responsibility for identifying opportunities for process improvement based on data andenhance reporting of the operations both internally and to senior client teams.
This role works closely with the Global Operations Centre (GOC) to ensure availability of the Charles River IMS Platform and associated support services.
Ensure Batch reporting forend-to-enddaily reporting
Focus on Responsibility for definition and monitoring and analysis of KPI.
Identifying Improvements based on this data.
Various Available modules and general understanding of each of them.
Data Platform and Services.
Support planning, priorities and issue management across the organistion
End to end ownership and accountability of managing client environments
Ownership of change management communications
Operations Channel into Exec Management
Escalation target for Operations and other delivery groups.
Business Recovery Management
Mobilisation of Major incident process from a CRD perspective.
Take lead and drive on priority incidents for key clients.
Demonstrated ability to face up to client C-Level management, using a hands-on approach, in major and medium sized corporations.
Understanding of multi-tier technical architectures and relational database structures. Familiarity with SQL, FIX, Crystal Reports, messaging, and web services a plus.
Demonstrated ability to meet self-imposed deadlines with proactive management skills to drive team outcomes and deliverables.
Excellent customer service skills, technical troubleshooting skills, and interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Bachelor’s Degree from a university or college in Business Management, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering or the like.
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovationwe’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.