Investment Management Operations Transformation Analyst

About the role

AllianceBernstein's Investment Management Operations team supports its global investment platform and the operational processes, controls and infrastructure behind the full investment lifecycle. It is running a multi-year transformation initiative to modernize and simplify its operating model through the implementation of SimCorp, consolidating legacy platforms, standardizing processes, improving data quality and strengthening controls. As a Nashville-based Transformation Analyst, you will partner with operational teams, technology partners and project stakeholders to analyze, design, test, validate and implement future-state business processes, acting as an embedded business partner within a designated operational workstream.

Key responsibilities

• Document business requirements, process flows, procedures and operating controls with subject matter experts.
• Create, run and maintain test scenarios, test scripts and validation plans, and perform end-to-end business process validation and UAT.
• Identify, document, track and help resolve defects, business exceptions and process gaps.
• Validate data conversions, system integrations, reporting outputs and workflows between legacy platforms and SimCorp.
• Take part in project working groups, requirements workshops, testing forums and defect triage meetings.
• Support change management, training, procedure development and knowledge transfer, and maintain project documentation, action logs and issue trackers.
• Analyze the impact of system and process changes and recommend improvements to efficiency, scalability, control and risk management.
• Partner with teams covering compliance, trade support, confirmation and settlement, reconciliation, security reference data, pricing, corporate actions, performance attribution and client reporting.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Information Systems or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in investment management, asset servicing, investment operations, consulting, business analysis or financial technology.
• Experience in one or more investment operations disciplines such as trade support and settlements, trade confirmation, investment compliance, security master and reference data, reconciliation and control, pricing operations, performance and attribution, corporate actions and client reporting.
• Experience creating business requirements, test cases, process flows or operating procedures.
• Knowledge of investment management workflows and investment products.

Required skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently in a fast-paced environment and build relationships across business and technology teams.