Sr Solutions Analyst Job in Baltimore 21201, Maryland US
Primary Purpose of the Position
The Senior Solutions Analyst performs with minimal direction a variety of roles in the creation and maintenance of moderate to highly-complex solutions (including data infrastructure, reporting, and applications) that address the informational and analytical needs of the Investment Management, Investment Research, Global Trading, or Global Investment and Institutional Client Services (GICS) divisions. These roles stem from all phases of the project lifecycle and include requirements gathering, solution design, application development, and system testing. The Sr. Solutions Analyst acts as a consultant and partner with the Investment Business Community, Global Investment and Institutional Client Services (GICS), and Global Business Solutions and Technology (GBST) project teams to ensure that all business requirements are understood, documented, and executed upon.
Principal Responsibilities
1. Works closely with Investment Staff and/or Global Investment and Institutional Client Services (GICS) managers to expose informational, analytical, or workflow-optimizing needs. Regularly and independently interacts with business partners of varying associate/management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements. Estimates the size of the effort required to complete complex, moderate to large scale projects.
2. Analyzes, documents, designs, prototypes, implements, and maintains products that address business needs and achieve strategic goals. This may include analyzing, documenting, researching, processing and administering investment data; analyzing, documenting, developing and deploying reports; and/or analyzing, documenting, designing, creating, and testing software applications.
3. Executes and manages all aspects and phases of testing initiatives for moderate to large-sized system implementations and/or enhancement projects. Responsibility may include test data setup and coordination of effort and resources/testers throughout unit, system, and user acceptance testing. Participates in the development of user documentation and manuals, training material, and/or job aids. Supports initial implementation of significant system changes
4. Assists in the support of systems, including taking responsibility for the resolution of low to moderately complex on-call issues, monitoring the system, and communicating with the vendors regarding problems, to ensure the system is functioning. Investigates, diagnoses, isolates, and de-bugs issues and performs problem resolution. Documents resolution appropriately. Escalates issue to Solutions Consultants, Sr. Solutions Consultants, Project Leads, or Project Managers if a solution cannot be determined.
5. Mentors and coaches less experienced Solutions Analysts and less experienced associates across the firm.
6. Continuously seeks to expand knowledge of Investments practice and theory to create efficiencies and/or mitigate risk via people/process/technology changes for the business.
Qualifications
Required:
- College degree and a minimum 3-5 years professional experience developing applications
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Strong skills in .NET (C# and Visual Studio) and JQuery
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into detailed functional and/or technical specifications
- Demonstrated ability to develop alternative solutions to complex problems and recommend the best solution to the business and project team
- Must be able to meet with clients of varying levels to gather, document, and analyze system specifications and requirements, work closely with developers and testers in the fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others in team environment
- Possesses effective influencing and negotiating skills
- Strong knowledge of relational databases and concepts
- Strong SQL skills
Preferred:
- Advanced degree strongly preferred
- Financial Industry Experience preferred
- Strong understanding of basic Investment Management principles preferred
- Five or more years of relevant experience working with solutions lifecycle development methodology preferred
- Strong knowledge of Object Oriented, Relational Database Concepts and Design preferred
T. Rowe Price is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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