Director, RI Data and Technology Solutions

The Director Responsible Investing Data & Technology Solutions is responsible for analyzing creating testing and implementing ESG/sustainability reporting and analytic capabilities enhancing proprietary ESG models and workflows and supporting integration of ESG/sustainability data across the investment process and research tools. This position ensures the quality reliability integrity and performance of RI data reporting and analytics produced for end user consumption by validating/testing that the software and outputs meet established guidelines and quality standard for investment analysis research trading and compliance operations applications.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Collaborate with RI IT and Investment team to research design develop publish and execute end to end test and validation of complex applications.
• Ensure robust process for analyzing testing and implementing new RI capabilities on time that meet or exceed quality standards
• Interpret written business requirements functional requirements and technical specification documents to design and develop test solutions that meet business needs
• Participate in the improvement of quality assurance deliverables methodologies and processes for testing of RI capabilities
• Identify and write test scenarios and test cases from user stories and acceptance criteria and create run and log test cases test scripts and results (manual and automated)
• Identify document and reexecute issues or discrepancies found in the RI tools and outputs track and report the QA activities on a per project basis
• Work closely within the Tech agile team (Project Owner Business Analysts and Developers) to identify investigate and resolve RI system and process issues
• Review project deliverables and artifacts from a testing perspective and provide feedback including actively participating in a test plan review with the team
• Clearly understand the difference between missed requirements development bugs production defects and backlog items. Communicate these back to the team utilizing the appropriate tools like Jira
• Recommend innovative automation ideas to reduce the manual effort and improve data quality and efficiency

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 3 Years Required; 5 Years Preferred

FINRA Registrations

• SRC Indicator: NRF

Career Level
7IC

Qualifications:

Required :

• 10 years of analysis and testing experience with business knowledge in asset management domain.
• Experience with quantitative analysis and data integration in the Responsible Investment (ESG Environmental Social and Governance) domain
• Experience with Bloomberg terminal & Bloomberg data license
• Experience with data lake SQL/noSQL database (MongoDB Oracle etc.) and UNIX environment skills are required
• Must have an extensive working knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and the different types of testing that can be done as well as the software development life cycle
• Proactive problemsolving skills analytical skills attention to detail and followup skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written. Experience and ability to work in a team based Agile environment
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables willingness to grow and learn an understanding of the business process

Preferred:

• Experience with one or more of the following is a plus
• a.Java libraries and related frameworks such as Spring Hibernate JMS etc.
• b.Statistical analysis and machine learning tools and libraries (such as Python/R/SAS libraries related to this topic)
• c.Vaadin (UI framework) or Tableau.
• d.Knowledge in data mining machine learning natural language processing orinformation retrieval.
• e.Big Data and Data Lake Solutions (Hadoop Zaloni (Data Lake) Solr Hive
• etc.).
• f.Cloud AWS and related technologies
• g.Mulesoft or similar API management tools
• h.Excel VBA with experience developing automated reporting from multiple data sources
• Other Skills:
• a.Experience with modern source code repositories such as Git
• b.Strong automated test plan design creation and execution skills
• c.Strong experience with QA automation frameworks such as Selenium/Vaadin
• d.Strong analytical aptitude and quick problemsolving skills
• Attention to detail and ability to write quality business requirements and technical documentation
  
  

Related Skills

Adaptability Capital Markets Collaboration Continuous Improvement Mindset DataBased Decision Making Environmental/Sustainability Acumen Executive Presence Influence Market/Industry Dynamics Responsible Investing Stakeholder Engagement Story Telling

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Base Pay Range: $129154/yr. $159778/yr.

Actual base salary may vary based upon but not limited to relevant experience time in role base salary of internal peers prior performance business sector and geographic location. In addition to base salary the competitive compensation package may include depending on the role participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example annual discretionary incentive programs nonannual sales incentive plans or other nonannual incentive plans).

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