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Senior Product Analyst role supporting Post‑Trade solutions at Charles River Development.
Work onsite in Burlington, tackling complex workflows with Agile, Jira, API, and SQL across the middle office.
What we are looking for
The Charles River Development (CRD) Middle Office Product Team is looking to hire a business analyst who will be responsible for helping the team deliver strategic product solutions to support our clients’ evolving business needs, meet regulatory requirements, and maintain a comprehensive and competitive product offering. You will become a Charles River product expert and help to ensure that our software effectively aids our end users with their middle office workflows. Your focus will be on the Post Trade module where users handle trade confirmation, matching, and settlement workflows. You will participate in the full software development lifecycle, and contribute as a member of a feature-focused product development team. You must be familiar with both financial and technical concepts, and have a strong ability to deliver against specific requirements within planned timelines.
Why this job is important to us
At Charles River Development (CRD) we’ve been creating some of the most insightful and complex asset management technologies since 1997. The Charles River IMS is strategically aligned to innovate the future of investment management software. Together with State Street’s middle and back office capabilities, Charles River’s cloud‑deployed software technology forms the foundation of State Street Alpha℠. Charles River Development brings together data and capabilities across the investment lifecycle to help our clients make better decisions, grow at scale, and deliver returns for their clients. As a product‑led organization, we are committed to product quality and operating through a client‑focused lens. Our diverse team of highly skilled technologists and professionals are agile thinkers and problem solvers, committed to our end users and engineering excellence. We use mentorship and teamwork to impact and drive our business forward every day. By joining the Middle Office team, you will use advanced technology and critical thinking to challenge the status quo and drive results.
Responsibilities
- Apply detailed knowledge and understanding of post trade confirmation, matching, and settlements to assist in product development and advance the product roadmap
- Work with integration partners/vendors on connectivity, workflows, data, and user experience
- Produce business and technical requirement documents based on product roadmap, competitive analysis, and understanding of market and regulatory trends
- Work directly with customers to gather product requirements and develop feature specifications
- Partner with engineering and QA to help develop, implement, and refine features
- Plan and schedule validation tasks; provide hands‑on manual tests; develop verification plans and processes
- Ensure accurate and complete documentation for product features and workflows
- Provide client beta testing support and train personnel on capabilities of new product releases
- Assist with the management of project schedules and deliverables
- Assist implementation and support to investigate and resolve critical client issues
- Assist with testing requirements and exercises as needed
- Actively participate in the Agile software development process by adhering to the CRD Scrum Methodology including attending all agile ceremonies and adhering to SDLC guidelines
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development lifecycle experience, specifically Agile development methodologies and familiarity with tools such as Jira
- Strong experience with workflows for post trade confirmation, matching, and clearing
- Familiarity with venues such as CTM, TradeNexus, OSTTRA Trade Manager, Traiana, etc.
- Familiarity with SWIFT and trade settlements
- Experience with system integrations using API’s, FIX, and file‑based data exchange
- Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into comprehensive functional and technical product specification documents
- Ability to take initiative and work independently
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills
- Advanced writing skills, including the ability to abstract/summarize highly detailed information
- Strong analytical skills, including understanding complex data sets and the ability to reconcile conflicting data
- Strong technical background, including familiarity with SQL. Knowledge of cloud architecture a plus
- Knowledgeable in one or more CRD functional areas and/or State Street Alpha desirable
- Education: BS Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or study of Business with an MIS background. MS/MBA is preferable.
Salary Range
Salary Range:
$80,000 - $140,000 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Benefits
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long‑term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid‑time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance‑based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
About State Street
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