State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management, market research and trading. With $28.4 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.48 trillion in assets under management State Street operates in 29 countries and more than 100 geographic markets and employs over 29,000 worldwide promoting a culture of excellence.
At the moment we are looking for candidates for
Senior Financial Reporting Specialist, Senior Associate
Location: Kraków, małopolskie
JOB ID: R-625524
to join the insource organization supporting the State Street EMEA
Why State Street Bank Poland?
Operating in Europe since 1970 State Street services clients in multiple locations. State Street Bank Poland was established in 2007 in Kraków. Today State Street Bank Poland employs over 2000 staff members at three sites across the city. Our Kraków office provides investment fund accounting and related services to clients of multiple State Street locations and business units across Europe. We offer positions in a challenging, rapidly changing and international environment. There are multiple opportunities to gain experience in diverse areas of the investment fund cycle. State Street offers a significant scope for personal growth and career progression. Throughout your career at State Street you will be provided with a wide range of training opportunities and internal mobility options as well as individual development plans, attractive benefits and an excellent remuneration package. The continuous development of our employees from day one is critical as we continually seek to develop and expand the local management team and create future leaders from within.
Operating in Europe since 1970 State Street services clients in multiple locations. State Street Bank Poland was established in 2007 in Kraków. Today State Street Bank Poland employs over 2000 staff members at three sites across the city. Our Kraków office provides investment fund accounting and related services to clients of multiple State Street locations and business units across Europe. We offer positions in a challenging, rapidly changing and international environment. There are multiple opportunities to gain experience in diverse areas of the investment fund cycle. State Street offers a significant scope for personal growth and career progression. Throughout your career at State Street you will be provided with a wide range of training opportunities and internal mobility options as well as individual development plans, attractive benefits and an excellent remuneration package. The continuous development of our employees from day one is critical as we continually seek to develop and expand the local management team and create future leaders from within.
Scope of Responsibilities – principal tasks
- Training for clients (external), support only 2-3hrs each session, 2 sessions per month
- Training for internal stakeholders (EMEA FR) 2-3hrs each session, 2 sessions per month
- Training preparation, administration 8hrs per month
- Access setup – assumption is self driven per instructions for internal staff 10hrs per month
- Access setup – for external staff 12hrs per month, 3hrs each week
- Setting up clients/adding funds to existing mapping 8hrs per week
- Maintenance of funds/contacts/publicholidays 4hrs per month
- Application support, first point of contact 10hrs per week
- Escalating issues to Level 2 support 2hrs per month
- User feedback and improvements facilitating 3hrs per month
- Meeting with Product Dev team 2hrs per month
- Ad hoc queries from Product Dev team 4hrs per month
Required to support the change management process, enhance communication and training, during implementation of the changes,
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Goals:
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1) Ensure all EMEA staff queries are responded to within defined time (tbc, escalation methods)
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2) Support migration plan through dedicated training sessions
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3) Support migration plan through account setup and maintenance
- Goal tracking method: measurement of resolved IMT inquiries, training sessions delivered, completion of migration plan and client on boarding
- Introduce and train Financial Reporting teams on new technology
- Track and report the status of team’s projects to Management
- Take on ad hoc project work as required from your managers
Qualifications
Bachelor degree at minimum. Understanding of Financial Reporting would be advantageous.
Industry Knowledge
General knowledge of finance industry. Fund administration and reporting is a plus.
Core Competencies
- Highly proficient with computer
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office applications especially MS Excel
- Strong analytical skills.
- Able to learn workings of new financial software
- Demonstrate an aptitude for learning and development - identifying & addressing internal client needs
- Able work independently and to managing multiple tasks / priorities / projects
- Very good knowledge of spoken and written English. Must be able to communicate effectively with employees in other departments, at all levels and be able to describe and explain processes
- Focused and committed to deliver quality results in a given timeframe
- Ability to manage under pressure, work under deadlines
- Ability to think creatively, solve problems, promote solutions and identify opportunities to improve
- Understanding of financial reporting would be advantageous
Disposition
- Strong willingness to learn new tools/software/processes
- Displays technical skills
- Able to work on multiple projects at the same time
- Self-motivated
- Professional
- Enthusiastic
- Takes Ownership and Initiative
- Adaptable – ability to develop new approaches to solving problems
- Team player
- Approachable and supportive with high integrity
- Able to work well independently and as part of a team
- Very good time-management skills
We offer
- Flexible working hours (restricted to the current business need)
- No intra-day deadlines
- Interesting, non-repetitive process
- Possibility to Work From Home
- Employee savings plan
- Premium life insurance package
- VIP medical package
- International operating environment
- Language classes
- Soft skills trainings
- Technical workshops
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As a first step we ask all candidates to fill out our online application form. Please enclose the CV in English and remember to save this document without any Polish characteristics also in file name.
As a first step we ask all candidates to fill out our online application form. Please enclose the CV in English and remember to save this document without any Polish characteristics also in file name.
