Senior Systems Analyst

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

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 answers to these questions by building and evolving our innovative, industry leading, technology platform. We are seeking qualified candidates to join our expanding technology team. Together, you will not only dream up solutions to today’s investment challenges, but you will build them to see real-life results. 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. We want you to think big, to solve challenges, and positively impact our clients.

JOB OVERVIEW

We are currently seeking a strong Senior Systems Analyst to play a key role, deliver solutions to our business partners, solve complex problems, and strive to advance and sustain world-class technology platforms. 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 across the organization. Excellent organization, communication, and delivery skills are required. This individual must be a team player with a desire and willingness to learn. As a member of the Investor Application Support Team , the Senior Systems Analyst plays a critical role in Wellington’s success by providing continuous support and solutions to the firm’s globally located investors across Asset Allocation, Commodities, Equity, Fixed Income, Macro Analysis and Risk Management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Interact directly with investment professionals at all levels of the organization as a trusted advisor.
2. Answer functional and technical questions from investment professionals about their tools, data, and reports in the areas of research, valuation, risk management, portfolio analysis and portfolio construction.
3. Respond to requests from our business for ad hoc analysis as well as other information delivery solutions.
4. Design, support, improve, and develop data validation and productivity tools and processes.
5. Manage production incidents, determining root cause, appropriate corrective actions, and follow-up.
6. Proactively identify issues and opportunities for improved methods and approaches to support investment processes.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Master’s degree in computer science, business, economics, finance, mathematical finance, or related subject.
2. Two years of business analysis or systems analysis experience in trading, investment management, or financial services environment.
3. Or a bachelor’s degree in related subject with five years of business analysis or systems analysis experience.
4. Analytical and problem-solving skills in buy-side investment management systems and data technologies.
5. Writing business requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans.
6. Business analysis or systems analysis experience in financial statement analysis, investment management or financial services environment.
7. Experience with financial instruments including stocks, bonds, swaps, options, futures, forwards, derivatives, and FX.
8. Experience with advanced investment data concepts including holdings, transactions, security master, analytics, and performance.
9. Experience of investment workflows in the areas of research, valuation, analysis, risk management and portfolio construction.
10. Experience writing SQL queries and working with database technologies such as Oracle or SQL Server.
11. Experience working with Market Data platforms such as Bloomberg and FactSet.
12. Experience with Python development.
13. Client relationship skills.
14. Experience working directly with business partners to understand their needs and deliver solutions that meet those needs.

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.

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: USD 80,000 - 180,000. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process. Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time).