At a Glance
- Tasks: Bridge Operations and Engineering, translating complex processes into clear requirements.
- Company: Join a leading financial services firm with a commitment to excellence.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, generous leave, and a strong focus on wellbeing.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for continuous improvement and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving innovation in business technology solutions.
- Qualifications: 10-15 years in data management with expertise in security master data.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Located in Manchester, this role serves as the primary interface between Operations and Engineering teams, translating complex operational processes into clear business and system requirements, ensuring alignment between product design and real-world operational workflows, and owning security master data across asset classes.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary interface between Operations and Engineering teams.
- Translate complex operational processes into clear business and system requirements.
- Ensure alignment between product design and real-world operational workflows.
- Own security master and static data setup across asset classes (fixed income, equities, derivatives, structured products, private placements).
- Define and standardize critical attributes including coupon terms, PIK features, identifiers, pricing conventions, and lifecycle events.
- Drive consistency across systems, ensuring clean data flow into downstream processes (NAV, trading, reporting).
- Partner closely with Product Owners to shape backlog, prioritize use cases, and define acceptance criteria.
- Provide deep SME input into design decisions, validation rules, and exception handling logic.
- Work within agile pod structures to deliver incremental, high-impact enhancements.
- Identify and drive opportunities to convert manual security setup into automated workflows (AI extraction, rules engines, Digital Employees).
- Drive end-to-end solutioning—from problem definition to design, build, and deployment.
- Focus on improving STP rates, reducing exceptions, and accelerating onboarding timelines.
- Take independent ownership of deliverables and outcomes.
- Ensure solutions are embedded effectively within BAU processes.
- Monitor performance post-implementation and drive continuous improvements.
Qualifications
- 10–15+ years of experience in Reference Data, Security Setup, or Static Data management.
- Strong expertise in security master data and complex instrument structures (fixed income, convertibles, structured notes, private placements).
- Experience in Instruction Capture, onboarding, or data intake processes.
- Proven ability to translate business workflows into system logic, data models, and validation rules.
- Strong understanding of downstream impacts (NAV, accruals, trading, reporting).
- Experience working within product-led or platform operating models.
- Exposure to automation / AI-led solutions is a plus.
- Ability to operate independently and influence without direct authority.
Benefits and Rewards
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and pay-for-performance philosophy. Generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, are provided to support you and your family.
Equal Employment Opportunity
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
