Investment Systems Administration Specialist (open to remote)

You desire impactful work.
 

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

A Brief Overview
 

The Investment Systems Administration Specialist supports and manages critical Investment platforms and vendors, ensuring stability, security, and alignment with business needs. The role combines technical administration, vendor coordination and continuous improvement to optimize how systems are used across the department. The ideal candidate has deep, hands-on experience working in the Blackrock/Aladdin ecosystem (or equivalent enterprise Investment platforms).

What you will do

• Provide day-to-day application support, including troubleshooting and incident resolution as well as coordination and communication of system upgrades and new releases with business and vendor teams. Engage with vendors to track, escalate, and resolve support tickets.
• Lead the technical implementation and deployment of Aladdin modules (and other Investment systems) into our environment — requirements, design, configuration, testing, rollout, and post-go-live support.
• Evaluate new BlackRock and other Investment system product releases and modules; translate product capabilities into business use cases and recommended adoption plans for investment, operations, risk, and data teams
• Manage relationships with external Investment system vendors including invoice reconciliation and disbursement.
• Manage user access, permissions, and entitlements across investment systems.
• Manage network access for the Investments department by maintaining role-based groups and coordinating with system access controls.
• Maintain vendor repositories and track application versions.
• Develop and maintain reporting policies, procedures, standards, and controls to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Drive continuous process improvement and automation across platforms.
• Create, monitor, and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure system performance, user satisfaction, and operational efficiency.

Education and Experience
Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Mathematics or equivalent working experience AND
• 7+ years’ experience in the investment industry INCLUDING:
  • 5+ years’ experience with investment operations processes and systems
  • 5+ years’ experience with data management processes, functions, and methodologies
  • 2+ years’ experience as a liaison to IT as a system Product Owner

OR

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Math or equivalent field AND
• 5+ years’ experience in the investment industry

Preferred

• Experience with data visualization software (Tableau, PowerBI etc.)
• Experience with BlackRock Solutions Aladdin, Bloomberg, MarkitEDM or other Data Management Platform
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar tool
• Experience with SQL Server Management Studio

Skills and Abilities

Required

• Exceptional investigative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Leader and role model in a highly collaborative environment
• Intermediate knowledge of broad investments operations and market data
• Well organized with the ability to multi-task and effectively manage changing priorities
• Ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines
• Ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/ accepted solutions
• Ability to work independently with little supervision, as well as in a team
• Advanced Knowledge of Microsoft products, Visio
• Strong knowledge of the Aladdin product set, common integration patterns (SFTP, APIs, file feeds), and data domains (positions, holdings, prices, transactions)
• Proven experience managing vendor relationships and participating in contract/SLA negotiations for enterprise software.

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

Compensation Range:

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.