Principal Systems Analyst - Geneva

Overview

Principal Systems Analyst supporting strategic Alternative Investments technology platforms and business processes, partnering with business, operations, product and engineering teams on investment accounting, reconciliation, reporting and operational processing.

What you'll do

• Define requirements and analyze complex workflows for Alternative Investments platforms.
• Partner with business stakeholders and product owners to understand operational challenges and define effective technology solutions.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications and actionable delivery plans.
• Ensure business requirements are clearly understood and implemented accurately by engineering teams.
• Analyze system behavior, data quality issues and reconciliation breaks to identify root causes and drive resolution.
• Drive process improvements, automation opportunities and operational efficiencies across the Alternative Investments ecosystem.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Alternative Investments accounting and operational workflows.
• Facilitate collaboration across business, operations, vendor and technology teams.
• Support testing activities including requirement validation, user acceptance testing and production readiness.
• Step up to be a database developer in lean analysis phases.

What you'll need

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Systems Analyst.
• At least 3 years hands-on with SS&C Geneva and Geneva World Investor (GWI).
• Strong understanding of Alternative Investments operations and accounting, including new fund onboarding, accounting workflows, bookkeeping, reconciliations, cash and position management, trade lifecycle events, valuations and reporting.
• Experience supporting Alternative Investment products such as Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate or Fund of Funds.
• Proven ability to gather, analyze, document and validate business and system requirements for complex enterprise applications.
• Experience creating functional specifications, technical specifications, process flows, use cases, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong SQL skills with the ability to perform ad hoc analysis, data validation, reconciliation support and root cause investigations.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, data models and data lineage concepts.
• Experience working with accounting, operational and reference data across multiple upstream and downstream systems.
• Experience analyzing and supporting integrations involving APIs, file-based interfaces and enterprise data platforms.
• Knowing scrum/kanban principles.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments using Jira, Confluence and related collaboration tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience working in globally distributed teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of Financial IT industry experience.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with cloud-native platforms, AWS and modern application architectures.
• Experience in the financial services industry, preferably in the Mutual Fund environment.

Details

• Location: Bangalore.
• Shift timings: 11:00 pm - 8:00 pm.