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

The Post-Trade Technologies team plays a critical role at in providing the technology platform and support for the firm’s global Trade Coordination and Trade Operations teams to process trade confirmations and settlements with our brokers and custodians. We are currently seeking a strong Senior Systems Analyst to play a key role in delivering solutions to our business partners, solve complex problems, and strive to advance and sustain a world-class platform. Since the role requires frequent interaction with both business users and IT stakeholders across multiple teams - excellent communication, collaboration and delivery skills are essential. You will work with, and learn from exceptional investment, trading and operations professionals through cross-platform, data driven projects and assignments. You should be a self-starter with the ability to work effectively under pressure and balance multiple priorities. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IT professional to join a strong, collaborative team in a senior level role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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

• Act as a champion and trusted advisor for the needs of our business partners

• Develop deep knowledge and expertise in Wellington specific workflows

• Author functional, design and support documentations

• Collaborate with software developers, database architects, vendors and other IT and business teams to analyze and determine functional specifications and UI design for new applications and enhancements to existing applications

• Develop a strong partnership with the delivery team to ensure on-time, scalable, and high-quality business solutions

• Provide regular status reporting and issue tracking on projects

• Provide input into system design to help the development team define effort and implementation schedules

• Provide oversight for the various phases of testing and user acceptance

• On a rotational basis, provide production support to our business users and act as an escalation point person for support issues that require detailed analysis and management

• Manage production incidents, determining root cause, appropriate corrective actions and follow-up

• Engage in Vendor/Broker management tasks and work with our business team to execute project work, enhancements and raise defects on vendor platforms

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Economics, Finance or related subject

• 5+ years BA or system analysis experience

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

• Excellent presentation and communication skills

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

• Strong client relationship skills and proven ability to build consensus

• Candidates must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and an ability to work with various internal teams to execute on that vision

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

• Experience writing requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans

• Experience in IT change, incident and problem management and SDLC

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

• Hands-on knowledge of SQL, or another relational database technology

• Experience using project tracking tools, such as Jira or Service Now

• Experience supporting critical production applications

• High degree of enthusiasm to work independently in an energetic, fast-paced, business-critical and team oriented-environment

• Intellectual curiosity and interest to learn independently and from peers

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 GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.

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:

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)