About the role

  • Lead Business Systems Analyst at PGIM enhancing financial services through innovative technology solutions. Collaborate with diverse teams on applications and analytics in portfolio trading and risk management.

Responsibilities

  • PGIM Technology plays a critical and highly visible role in delivering customer-driven solutions across every area of the company
  • Build new and existing applications in preparation for a launch of new business
  • Align with the business teams and rest of the PGIM Technology teams in assessing business needs and transforming them into scalable applications
  • Work closely with quantitate modeling team and portfolio managers
  • Collaborate with business groups to define solutions to business needs, which includes eliciting, analyzing and documenting business requirements, identifying multiple approaches, making recommendations, and facilitating brainstorming and requirement walk-through sessions
  • Partner with the Technology team, analyzing and documenting systems / report design requirements which can include technical specifications, pseudo code, database table design, diagramming business process flows; to validate that the system solution meets the business need
  • Conducting project related tests which include developing detailed test plans, test cases and expected results; conducting tests; evaluating and documenting results
  • Develop subject matter expertise on the trading, performance/attribution and risk analytics platforms
  • Provide on-going support and troubleshooting production and test issues to perform root cause analysis, reconciliations, recommending corrective action and leading the resolution efforts
  • Taking deep analytical dives on data while being able to conceptualize, synthesize and critically evaluate gathered information, and communicate findings and recommendations

Requirements

  • Undergraduate (B.S.) degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or Information System is preferred
  • Minimum of 8+ years’ experience in the Financial Industry
  • Experience with Blackrock Aladdin is required
  • Previous experience with Bloomberg data is a big plus
  • At least 5 years of ALM (Asset and Liability Management) experience with deep knowledge of performance, risk and attribution
  • Previous experience with reinsurance industry is a huge plus
  • In-depth understanding of various Fixed Income instruments and their analytics, characteristics, and benchmarks with proven knowledge of Derivatives and its processes is required
  • Candidate must have highly developed analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skill sets
  • Position requires the ability to quickly trouble shoot issues and think outside the box
  • Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and connect the dots, as well as demonstrate drive, resourcefulness, and personal ownership of assignments
  • Ability to work independently is critical, as is the ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment and actively participate in assessing impact of requested changes on existing processes
  • Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and comfortable working with all levels of an organization’s technology and business groups
  • Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio and PowerPoint
  • Prior experience with JIRA and Confluence is a plus
  • Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience is preferred
  • Must be highly proficient in data manipulation and writing SQL queries
  • Hands-on experience with any investment / trading system, or performance attribution system is a plus
  • Ability to manage small team or projects is highly desirable

Benefits

  • Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level
  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave
  • 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)
  • Company-funded pension plan
  • Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs
  • Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development
  • Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service

Job title

Lead Business Systems Analyst

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$125,000 - $135,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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