Who we are looking for
We are looking for a IT Specialist - Market Data for our IT Integration Management Department who will collaborate closely with the distributed teams in State Street. The team manages, configures and develops applications for the business landscape around our fund accounting platform SimCorp Dimension. The main focus is on the self-developed market data application. Tasks include analysis, requirement specification and configuration of the relevant modules in SimCorp Dimension. This role will also actively support collaboration and integration with our global teams and solutions.
What you will be responsible for
As IT Specialist - Market Data you will:
•Analysis of technical requirements from the market data operations unit and processes design and IT implementation
•Automation of existing and new processes in fund accounting with a focus on interfaces and satellite systems of the fund management system SimCorp Dimension
•Conception, development and support of IT applications based on VB.NET, MS Office (especially Excel and Access), VBA and Oracle databases
•Development and optimization of our application architecture
What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role:
•Experience in working in a distributed environment with colleagues from all over the world
•High motivation to evolve with the team and a changing operating model
•Customer and solution oriented thinking keeping in mind companies standards and processes
•Strong analytical skills to understand and transform business requirements into application design and specification
•Pronounced ability to think analytically, structured approach and understandable presentation of complex facts and relationships
Education & Preferred Qualifications
•Degree in IT or business administration
•Knowledge in dealing with market data information systems (Bloomberg, Reuters)
•Ideally, experience with the SimCorp Dimension fund accounting system
•Very good knowledge and experience in the IT area (script / programming languages, in particular the MS Office family / Visual Studio, SQL, databases, client / server applications)
•Proficient in English; Germasn is a plus
What We Offer:
•Employee savings plan;
•Premium life insurance package;
•VIP medical package;
•Multisport card/cinema tickets / money transfer
•International operating environment;
•Language classes;
•Soft skills trainings;
•Technical workshops
Why this role is important to us
Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.
We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.
Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.