Senior Systems Analyst

About Us

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 those of our clients.

About the Role

JOB OVERVIEW

At Wellington Management you will continually learn, develop, and expand your skills. As part of an inclusive culture, you will meet smart, progressive individuals who will challenge you to solve problems, anticipate our clients’ needs, and enhance our proprietary systems and platforms.This is a great opportunity for an experienced Systems Analyst to join a strong, collaborative team in a role focusing on analysis with leadership and advancement opportunities on our Investor Application Support Team.The individual will be responsible for requirements, systems analysis, testing, and project management.This position requires a high level of direct interaction with business users and excellent communication and delivery skills. This individual must be a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and work on a variety of assignments with people at all levels of the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interact directly with business partners at all levels of the organization to define, analyze and document requirements, as well as set priorities

• Work hands-on with our Guideline Monitoring application to design and enhance features.

• Reverse engineering a vendor application to modify its behaviour for our business needs.

• Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing and building audit/validation controls

• Assist in writing test plans to ensure software quality is up to standards

• Become subject matter expert in our current suite by using application.

• Act as an escalation point person for support issues that require detailed analysis and management

• Ensure on time, scalable and high-quality business solutions

• Provide input into system design to help the programming teams define effort and implementation schedules

• Provide regular status reporting and issue tracking

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail

• Hands-on knowledge of SQL and relational database technology

• Comfortable performing in-depth, detailed analysis, including the ability to manipulate and re-examine data from various perspectives to gain comprehensive insights.

• Strong aptitude for technology and ability to reverse engineer applications

• Ability to navigate and interpret application log files to troubleshoot issues and gain insight into system behavior, even without deep expertise

• Excellent written and verbal requirements for functional specifications, use cases, and test plans

• Strong client relationship skills and proven ability to build consensus

• Experience working directly with business partners to understand their needs and deliver solutions that meet those needs

• Change agent, creative, innovative, and focused on continuous improvements

• Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast paced team environment

• Experience supporting critical production applications

• Prior years of experience as a systems analyst in the financial services industry

• Understanding of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, swaps, options, futures, forwards, derivatives, and FX

• Experience with advanced investment data concepts such as holdings, transactions, security master, analytics, and performance

• Detailed knowledge and experience of investors workflows in areas of research, valuation, analysis, and portfolio construction

• Bachelor’s degree is required

• Use of Linux is a plus

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications?  That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at [email protected].

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is: