Business Manager - IT Planning & Strategy - Boston, AVP

Who we are looking for Responsible for supporting operational and administrative aspects of State Street Markets and Corporate systems technology IT PMO operations. Primary responsibilities will focus on ensuring IT budget and forecasts are meeting targets using existing methods, while working to improve on methods and efficiencies around additional aspects of the IT operations. The candidate will actively pursue and document exceptions across the operation providing outreach and follow-up to those responsible for the exceptions.

What you will be responsible for Monitor and reconcile IT budget to forecasts along with all associated concepts like deferrals

Monitor and reconcile additional control items across the organization

Master Clarity data model and processes

Produce and create where needed organization financial reporting

Provide data item exception reporting on a daily/weekly/monthly/annual basis

Enhance and or simplify existing controls across multiple data items and sources

Follow-up with organizational leads on all exceptions until resolved and properly documented

Collaborate with COO team members to improve controls and processes where necessary

Provide analytical insights into the data and incorporate into reporting

Lead offshore team maintaining and improving organizational data and metrics

Implement organizational data on visual tooling such as Qlik Be familiar with AI concepts and be able to leverage AI in daily work for efficiency and greater insights into the data Provide customer service and support to all parts of the DMC organization

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills

Focusing on community culture and future organizational development, skilled in collaboration, and possessing robust networking abilities.

Strong work-ethic with ability to multi-task in a rapidly-changing environment

Should have excellent communication skills, fluent in English written and oral Focus on community culture and future organizational development

Education &

Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree – (Finance preferred not required)
Financials services experience
- Preferred Program/Project management experience ideally within the COO/PMO space
- Preferred Ability to communicate in written and verbal formats

Excellent Excel skills
- Mandatory Good to excellent PowerPoint skills

Clarity experience (Not required but preferred)
Qlik experience (Not required but preferred)
Are you the right candidate? Yes!

We truly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we don’t necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit.

Why this role is important to usOur 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.

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…