Office system analyst job description

Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what's important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients' core holdings

Parametric is creating a Middle Office, a strategic department uniquely positioned to assume responsibility for activities related to, but independent of, the Investment and Operations Departments. Significant growth and the ongoing effort to improve the quality of products and services has highlighted the need to prioritize activities Operations is unable to absorb due to constraints such as segregation of duties. This team will initially focus on various aspects of the OTC derivatives space.

Analysts within the Institutional Middle Office will be responsible for assisting with the development of the department, establishing its parameters, producing operating objectives, and influencing its structure and scope of responsibilities.

Initial responsibilities include becoming acquainted with products, procedures, proprietary systems, vendor systems and controls implemented throughout the firm, related to Investmentsand Operations. The Analyst will work closely with others across the organization to identify opportunities to implement, improve or assume responsibility for processes, and participate in the ongoing evolution of this team in a controlled and effective manner, meeting the needs of Clients and internal stakeholders.
Primary Responsibilities

* Point of contact for Operations, and conduit for Investment professionals, to reduce time spent addressing Operational issues
* Absorb or support tasks, traditionally conducted by the Investment teams, to improve the quality of information flow to Operations (as appropriate subject to segregation of duties and documented controls)
* Identify and implement improved risk mitigation controls
* Identify and implement opportunities to effectively transition information between functional areas

Job RequirementS

* Bachelor's Degree with concentration in Finance or Accounting required
* 5 years' experience in Middle Office or Operations within investment management industry
* Knowledge of a variety of derivatives, including cleared and bi-lateral instruments preferred
* Competent in Microsoft Office programs
* Strong attention to detail with high standards for accuracy and diligence
* Articulate and professional written and verbal communication skills
* Highly organized and motivated by responsibility and accountability

Morgan Stanley and its affiliated companies are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, or because of any other criteria prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Accordingly, applicants will be referred to Morgan Stanley solely on the basis of individual merit and achievement. Morgan Stanley takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other prohibited criterion.

**Job:** **Investment Management*

**Title:** *Institutional Middle Office Analyst-Parametric*

**Location:** *Minnesota-Minneapolis*

PDS Client Services

Henderson, NV

As a Barclays PDS Client Services, your responsibility will be to keep synergy between various internal teams in order to best provide constructive and orderly service to new clients coming on board. You will serve over three major product areas (Futures, OTC Clearing and FXPB). You will work to bridge the gap between the Business and all appropriate teams in order to properly onboard a new client onto Barclays US platform.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

Working Flexibly

We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognizes and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a career, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.

We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We're flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?

* Building sustainable relationships and trust with customer accounts through open and interactive communication
* Reviewing client documents for new accounts going live and assisting with new account structure inquiries
* Handling customer queries/complaints, providing appropriate solutions and alternatives within agreed time constraints and following up to assure resolution
* Devising and implementing process improvement efficiencies
* Having product knowledge over Futures and OTC Clearing, performing process testing and assisting in oversight of various internal static data teams
* Challenging existing processes and helping to identify synergies across functions, identifying and escalating control gaps and seeking resolution

What we're looking for:

* Bachelor's Degree
* Three plus years' in Financial Services

Skills that will help you in the role:

* Excellent communication skills with an ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders in a clear and professional manner
* Ability to prioritize, being flexible and respond to changing environments
* Ability to think logically and adopt a fact based approach to issue resolution, self-starting team player, able to demonstrate initiative

Where will you be working?

You will be working at our Americas Headquarters at 745 Seventh Avenue. This 37-story office tower is located in Times Square in the heart of Manhattan and features a cafeteria, fitness center and state-of-the-art LED signage on the facade of the building.

#LI-Hybrid

The Systems Analyst II serves as a key liaison between information technologies and the business. The Systems Analyst II has a thorough understanding of a set of applications and develops or modifies them to meet business objectives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Responsible for Level II application support

+ Performs analysis, design, development, testing for assigned applications

+ Develops solutions by configuring software to meet business objectives

+ Devises or modifies procedures to solve problems considering software capabilities and limitations

+ Participates in application analysis and impact analysis of new or different applications, processes or changes

+ Provides application support and guidance to end users and team members

+ Responsible for and oversees day to day tracking and follow-up on issues and questions of daily operations

+ Prepares knowledge base articles on common issues and requests

+ Performs problem management activities to identify root causes of issues and work with the appropriate groups to implement a resolution

+ Gains an understand business process and how the technologies enable the process.

+ Consults with users to identify current operating procedures and identify/recommend process improvements where applicable

+ Performs other duties as assigned/necessary

Minimum Requirements:

+ Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business or related field. Relevant work experience and training will be considered

+ 3+ years in Systems Analyst or related role

+ Experience with ERP applications is preferred for Back Office positions

+ SME/Proficient in the team's primary system and other systems that interact with the primary system

+ Basic-Intermediate experience with writing/reading SQL queries

+ Excellent verbal and written communications skills required

+ Must have the ability to establish working relationships with all levels of management and staff

+ Critical thinking ability required. Must be able to evaluate and solve complex problems and issues. Must have the ability to quickly process issues and be able to clearly communicate thoughts

+ Strong analytical and quantitative competencies

+ Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language may be required

+ Computer proficiency required

+ Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age

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Benefits

At Maxim Healthcare Services, we firmly believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our organization and we are happy to offer the following benefits:

+ Competitive pay & weekly paychecks

+ Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

+ 401(k) savings plan

+ Awards and recognition programs

*Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status. **CO Specific Benefits: Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Advocacy (company paid if enrolled Medical), Health Advocate Employee Assistance Program, Health Savings Account , 401(k), 401(k) Company Match, Profit Sharing, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Primary Caregiver Leave, Parental Leave, Life and Basic Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Voluntary Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Hospital Expense Protection Plan, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Home and Auto Insurance, Pet Insurance, Transportation Benefits, CommonBond, Educational Assistance Program, College Partnership Program, Paid Time Off/Company Holidays

About Maxim Healthcare Services

Maxim Healthcare Services has been making a difference in the lives of our patients, caregivers, employees and communities for more than 30 years. We offer private duty nursing, skilled nursing, physical rehabilitation, companion care, respite care and behavioral care for individuals with chronic and acute illnesses and disabilities. Our commitment to quality customer service, compassionate patient care, and filling critical healthcare needs makes us a trusted partner wherever care is needed.

Maxim Healthcare Services is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.