Senior Specialist, Business Technology Liaison

Senior Specialist, Business Technology Liaison 

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Specialist to join our Corporate Actions/Income team Global Business Support Team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, US and will be working in a hybrid capacity. (4 days a week in the office).

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Acts as a senior Business Analyst working closely with Product and engineering to deliver change in the Platform Operating model. 

• Will be assigned to a POD within a Platform Group and will work closely with the product owner to deliver change within the Agile model for that POD.

• Is the voice of operations within the Platform Operating Model, ensuring strong engagement with the operational teams. Will ensure the operation impact of any change is assessed and the solution is suitable for the end user.

• Manages initiatives to analyse complex business problems to be solved with improved systems, providing enhancements and recommendations as needed.

• Provides technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost-effective and meet user requirements.
• Supports operations with a data first approach to proactively identify processes that requirement improvements.
• Will deliver meaningful change for operation outside of the POD by driving process enhancements, building digital tools and AI solutions.
• In this role, you’ll oversee the below tasks:
• Delivery: 
  • Collaborate with the Product Owner, Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather and develop story level requirements in JIRA that allows the Development Team to deliver consistent level of high-quality code.
  • Required to participate in agile /sprint activities (planning, backlog refinement, retrospective, standups, and design)
•  Requirements (Stories)  
  • Validate stories with cross functional stakeholders, including Product Owner, Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather requirements and desired outcomes.
•  Testing/Implementation
  • Review test cases with testers to ensure test results meet expected outcomes as defined in acceptance criteria.
  • Review testing failures to identify potential missed / new requirements or defects.
• Production/ Operational Readiness  
  • Prepare and circulate release notes, as a part of operational readiness
  • Support other Ops readiness activities as delegated by Product Owner

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Technical skills: 

  • Agile methodology 

  • Project Management using JIRA & Confluence 

• Business acumen / knowledge of: 

  • Asset Servicing.

  • Custody Product Knowledge, specifically: 

    • Corporate Action and Income product from Custody business perspective<