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About the Role

Senior Consultants lead the implementation of the Charles River Investment Management Solution (CRIMS), defining client requirements, configuring the application, training users, testing workflows, and resolving issues before client go-live. This role is crucial for delivering next-generation infrastructure using emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead or directly contribute to CRIMS implementations.
• Analyze and evaluate requirements, providing product expertise and guidance.
• Ensure solutions meet customer business needs and customers are prepared for ownership.
• Assist other Professional Services team members and share best practices.
• Analyze customer requirements to support sales opportunities.
• Prepare and deliver sales presentations.
• Execute proof-of-concept projects.
• Educate customers on CRIMS methodologies and functionality.
• Advise on best practices for implementing and operating Charles River solutions.
• Monitor customer requirements to identify potential enhancements.
• Document and communicate product improvements.
• Contribute to software quality by communicating defects.
• Support the defect resolution process and validate fixes.
• Identify and suggest corrections for errors in documentation.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with the implementation of mission-critical financial solutions.
• Experience in implementing a financial system within a bank, hedge fund, asset manager, or wealth management firm is valuable.
• Experience with middle-office workflows, security life cycle events, corporate action processing, daily cash, position and transaction reconciliation is a must.
• Experience with Position and Cash position management, including position-level analytics such as amortised cost and P&L.
• Experience implementing investment management software, preferably an order management and compliance system is desirable.
• Experience with post-trade workflows, trade confirmation via matching platforms (e.g., CTM, TradeNeXus) would be a plus.
• Good understanding of front office and back office workflows and processes.
• Business Systems Analyst experience/skillset required.
• Proficiency with SQL is desirable.
• Understanding of multi-tier technical architectures, messaging systems, and relational database structures is a plus.
• Strong record of customer service, understanding customer needs and building effective relationships.
• Ability to convey plans, issues, and concerns clearly and concisely.
• Ability to influence key decision makers internally and externally.
• Must be customer driven.
• Must be able to work within a team environment.
• Must be focused on providing high-quality customer service.
• Strong time management skills, including managing multiple projects in parallel.
• Strong problem-solving/analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with proven ability to work collaboratively.
• Strong individual contributor with high motivation.
• Ability to take direction and initiative.
• Ability to set priorities and perform tasks with minimal guidance.

Skills

• CRIMS implementation
• Financial industry experience
• Consultancy experience
• Software vendor experience
• Front Office Investment Management systems implementation
• Middle Office Investment Management systems implementation
• Back Office Investment Management systems implementation
• Capital Markets IT projects
• Financial IT projects
• Middle-office workflows
• Security life cycle events
• Corporate action processing
• Daily cash reconciliation
• Position reconciliation
• Transaction reconciliation
• Position management
• Cash position management
• Position-level analytics
• Amortised cost
• P&L
• Investment management software implementation
• Order management system implementation
• Compliance system implementation
• Post-trade workflows
• Trade confirmation
• CTM
• TradeNeXus
• Front office workflows
• Back office workflows
• Business Systems Analysis
• SQL
• Multi-tier technical architectures
• Messaging systems
• Relational database structures
• Customer service
• Relationship building
• Communication
• Influencing
• Teamwork
• Time management
• Problem solving
• Analytical skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Collaboration
• Initiative
• Prioritization

Location

• Client sites regionally and globally

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite
• Remote

Experience Level

• Senior
• 7+ years of hands-on experience
• 8-10+ years of working experience

Education Level

• Four (4) year degree in a business or technical field (e.g., Finance, Mathematical Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science)
• Advanced degree or industry certification (e.g., CFA) is a strong plus

Benefits

• Inclusive development opportunities
• Flexible work-life support
• Paid volunteer days
• Vibrant employee networks

About the Company

• Charles River Development (CRD) is part of State Street since 2018.
• CRD provides enterprise investment management software solutions for large institutions in institutional investment, wealth management, and hedge funds.
• Together with State Street, CRD created the open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha.
• The company is focused on delivering next-generation infrastructure using emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain.

Equal Opportunity

• As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.