Aladdin Client Transformation, Associate

About this role

Job Description

The Aladdin Client Transformation is responsible for the installation and deployment of Aladdin and related products and services, globally. Aladdin transformations are high profile initiatives that require team members to have senior level exposure and play an active role in redefinition of investment organizations. A typical transformation project is at least as much about processes and implementing change as it is about investments & technology. We help clients achieve ambitious strategic objectives, which range from streamlining investment operations to integrating teams, to unifying their investment analytics & risk reporting framework, to modernizing their overall investment process. Aladdin’s transformation model is unique in the sense that we take full responsibility for the Client going live on our solution. It also means that we develop true partnerships with our clients at the most senior levels, which continue to grow post go live.

You will be joining as an Aladdin Front Office Implementation Specialist within the team’s Front Office Practice, where the candidate will serve as a member of our Center of Excellence team, a special unit focused on high value, high volume deliverables.

Front office practice is responsible for working with clients to implement Aladdin, with particular focus on designing portfolio management workflows, deliver solutions for risk, analytics, performance, and attribution reporting.

Your Responsibilities

• Understand client objectives and goals paired with strong emotional ownership to deliver solutions utilizing Aladdin capabilities
• Collaborate closely with the global front office team to help them deliver high quality content to clients undergoing transformation
• Document, standardize and help scale deliverables, such as investment workflow designs and analytics overviews for various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, alternatives, derivatives, etc.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of Aladdin’s reporting capabilities and risk models across asset classes and industry segments (e.g., pensions, banks, insurers, asset managers, etc.)
• Assist the global front office team in client-specific Aladdin configuration & testing across various stages of the project
• Work closely with the global front office team and internal partner teams to streamline system processes
• From time to time, be engaged in client communication (as applicable)
• Aid in developing improved practices to make client transformations more efficient with each new project
• Collaborate with the global front office practice members to deliver complex front office reporting requirements for clients utilizing Aladdin applications and API capabilities
• Able to work with various data sources in order to design solutions involving data visualization tools
• Develop deep understanding of security level analytics in order to deliver on Aladdin project milestones where explaining each analytic in great detail may be required
  
   

Your Qualifications

• Understanding of investment management, front office, or underlying investment portfolio analytics, as a provider or practitioner, with 2+ years of relevant industry experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Superior communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts simply and clearly to internal team members or clients
• Well organized with the ability to manage several priorities with a hands-on approach
• Strong analytical familiarity with capital markets instruments (equities, fixed income, private markets, derivatives) and understanding of market standard portfolio and security analysis
• Enjoys a fast paced, high-intensity and complex environment, troubleshooting time critical issues and working with people
• Strong attention to detail; willing to take proactive action, and desire to roll up sleeves
• Proven experience navigating complex analytics reporting landscapes within the financial domain, demonstrating a strong understanding of industry standard analytical methodologies, and regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated proficiency working with programming languages (e.g., Python, Perl, SQL, VBA), as well as visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau)
   

Nice If You Have

• Experience with institutional buy-side investment risk platforms
• Working experience in investment risk management, fixed-income, equity and derivative markets.
• Familiarity with investment portfolio risk analytics (e.g., market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, climate risk)
• Comfort with ex-ante risk concepts such a value-at-risk (VAR), tracking error, performanc