Digital Assets Accounting Product, Digital Centre of Excellence, AVP
Statestreet
Estimated Salary: $52K-$88K
Location: BOSTON United States of America
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on State Street to help them manage risk, respond to challenges through solutions, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged professionals are essential to our success.Our commitment to maintain an environment where every employee feels valued and able to meet their full potential infuses our company values. It’s also part of our commitment to inclusion, development and engagement, and corporate social responsibility. You’ll have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you. Join us.
Position Overview
We are looking for team members to be a part of State Streets Digital Center of Excellence (COE) to drive innovative solutions for providing digital asset accounting. Members of the Digital COE will work with internal business, risk management, product and technology teams while being a liaison with State Street clients and third party vendors. Starting with the documentation of business needs by working directly with global delivery teams, creating workable concepts and following all the way through the development of innovative operational solutions, the Digital COE will be an integral part of State Street’s next generation of digital asset technologies and transformative initiatives. The first set of responsibilities will be focused on fund accounting of cryptocurrencies specifically in the alternatives and ETF space. The right candidate has a deep appreciation of the intersection where traditional financial services meet cryptocurrencies and other digital assets with the goal of identifying and validating value propositions for evolving accounting products. This role will require in-depth knowledge of financial accounting platforms, third party digital asset data solutions and what is required by State Street operational teams to provide accounting services to clients interacting with digital assets.
Hybrid operational and product management responsibilities include:
Operational
Function as point persons for vendor queries and issues
Train and scale teams as new clients are onboarded
Function as application super users with ability to configure vendor sourced features and products
Help teams where applicable during high volume loads
Conduct reporting, quarterly metrics and other analysis on our clients’ holdings & volumes for risk management and performance monitoring
Product Management
Act as a dedicated resource for POCs for new subproduct types, vendor products, internal enhancements & product crossover integration
Engage with State Streets business teams and clients/prospects to assess servicing complexity while evaluating interest in new technologies to propose solutions based on these interactions
Work with business and product to assess service solutions focusing on fund administration of crypto currencies including identifying and validating value propositions from third party vendors and helping define business cases for complimentary products
Raising business functional requirements and working with technology teams to outline development work including assisting with roadmaps where clear achievable milestones and realistic success criteria can be defined
Qualifications and experience
Required
Significant experience 5+ years in client workflow and back/middle office products, fund accounting and administration using accounting platforms- experience with Geneva a plus.
Prior experience 3+ years with digital asset market data providers, DAR, Coinmetrics and Lukka a plus
Deep understanding of trade flow processes in alternative markets and crypto currency markets
Experience in helping build innovative products from ideation through design and development using and agile framework
Experience in business development and client engagement with a track record of results and execution
Demonstrated ability to showcase structured thinking and problem solving
Excellent presentation, communications, and influencing skills
Proven ability to build relationships with internal partners and stakeholders
Entrepreneurial attitude, with experience in fintech or fast-paced corporate environments a plus
About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary by location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans, among other perks. You’ll have access to Flexible Work Programs to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Salary Range: $80,000 - $132,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
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