Product Manager - Geneva Accounting

Job Description

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world’s largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Product Manager - Geneva Accounting

San Francisco, Jacksonville, FL, Boston, OR NYC | Hybrid 6x a month

SS&C Advent, a leading provider of award-winning software and services for the global investment management industry, is seeking a Product Manager for our NYC, Boston, San Francisco OR Jacksonville FL office.

• Flexibility:
  Hybrid Work Model and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance:
  Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Wide Ranging Perspectives:
  Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees
• Training:
  Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks:
  Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

The Product Manager plays a critical role throughout the software development life cycle of Geneva, our industry-leading enterprise investment accounting solution for hedge funds, fund administrators, asset managers and prime brokers. In this role, you will be responsible for interpreting and translating business requirements into functional specifications, working closely with developers on feature scoping and design, coordinating development and QA schedules, prioritizing features, and managing ongoing client requests and bug lists.

• In depth understanding of industry standards and the accounting behind them (realized gain/loss, financing calculations, net cash exchanged at reset, swap pricing, etc.).
• Ability to keep up with upcoming regulatory changes and industry trends that may impact the Geneva product.
• Keen interest in understanding the way Geneva clients consume data and ability to think out of the box as it relates to data management and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to track data and system workflows, identify breakpoints and provide solutions.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, influence priorities and communicate to a diverse audience.
• Strong orientation to clients, including ability to understand needs and apply this knowledge to product enhancements, user experience, and communication (internal and external).
• Self-start and quickly develop an in depth knowledge of the business, workflow, product and systems that interface with Geneva and use that knowledge to proactively add value to the development process.
• Communicate actively, openly and effectively with a variety of different audiences (business and technical).
• Maintain a deep understanding of application functionality and technical architecture, as well as knowledge of product positioning and target market.
• Participate in validation calls and onsite meetings with clients and prospects on an as-needed basis.
• Understand end-users’ business personas and drivers in order to design highly usable and intuitive solutions.
• Write specifications which include both the functional approach to supporting a proposed new feature in addition to the implementation approach, impact to existing clients and upgrade considerations. Review functional specifications written by others and provide input.
• Participate in design meetings with developers to scope development cost of features.
• Assist Quality Assurance in preparation of comprehensive test plans for new feature development, including the prioritized scope of testing required, milestones and timeline for delivery; determine risks and contingency plans.
• Execute minimum acceptance testing on new features and functionality
• Manage bug list and client requests on an on-going basis.
• As appropriate, coordinate releases and new feature initiatives across internal Advent departments.
• Communicate new features to…