Senior Architect II, Global Client Group Systems

Acadian Asset Management is a global systematic investment manager at the forefront of data-driven investing since 1986. Headquartered in Boston with locations in Singapore London and Sydney we manage over $232 billion on behalf of leading institutions worldwideincluding pension funds endowments foundations and sovereign wealth funds. We harness advanced technology rich datasets and multidisciplinary expertise to help clients navigate complex markets and uncover insights that may be overlooked by traditional approaches.

What sets Acadian apart is our people. We foster a collaborative intellectually curious environment where ideas are tested diverse perspectives are welcomed and innovation thrives. Were united by a shared purpose: delivering effective client outcomes and supporting one another in work thats both challenging and rewarding. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment strong benefits and a casual but focused office cultureall designed to support the meaningful collaborative work that defines Acadian.

Position Overview:

The Senior Architect is a key member of an IT Delivery Team supporting Acadians Global Client Group including Business Development Client Service Client Reporting Marketing Production RFP writing and other business functions. Serving as a liaison between business stakeholders and Technology the Senior Architect analyzes business processes systems and data to deliver scalable technology solutions and improve existing applications. The role partners closely with business users to understand objectives streamline workflows improve data quality and reduce operational risk.

Responsibilities span strategic initiatives application enhancements systems integration and production support across business entity mastering client reporting client relationship and marketing technology business intelligence AI initiatives and enterprise data platforms. The ideal candidate is a collaborative analytical problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment can manage competing priorities and communicates effectively with both business and technical teams. This position reports to the Principal Business Analyst.

Acadian supports a hybrid work environment; employees are on-site in the Boston office 3 days a week.

What Youll Do:

• Serve as a primary liaison between business stakeholders and Technology to define and deliver effective solutions.
• Build trusted partnerships with business users to understand objectives identify improvement opportunities and translate requirements into actionable user stories and functional specifications.
• Analyze business processes systems and data to improve efficiency data quality controls and user experience.
• Document business workflows functional requirements acceptance criteria business rules and data governance requirements.
• Participate in solution design testing implementation and post-production validation.
• Develop test scenarios coordinate user acceptance testing and validate production releases.
• Investigate prioritize and coordinate resolution of production issues.
• Produce clear documentation knowledge articles and user training materials.
• Partner with other IT delivery teams on cross-functional initiatives.
• Contribute to product roadmaps and longer-term technology planning.
• Conduct meetings and drive collaboration between business and technical teams.

Were Looking for Teammates With:

• Bachelors degree required. MBA or CFA preferred
• 10 years of experience as a Business Analyst Business Systems Analyst or Business Architect in the investment management or investment software industry
• Strong knowledge of investment management concepts including clients accounts securities cash flows performance measurement and client reporting
• Proven knowledge in two or more of the following domains: Client Reporting Investment Operations Performance Measurement Fund Accounting CRM Market Data Trading
• Strong business systems and data analysis skills.
• Experience gathering documenting and validating business and functional requirements in Agile environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders set priorities and manage expectations.
• Strong analytical organizational problem-solving written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with SQL Python or other data analysis tools.
• Familiarity with relational databases APIs JSON/XML web services and modern application architectures.
• Experience with data modeling and business intelligence tools (Tableau preferred).
• Experience with Salesforce Seismic SimCorp Coric or similar CRM and client reporting platforms preferred.
• Experience supporting enterprise master data platforms (account security position master) preferred.
• Exposure to AWS AI technologies and modern software development practices preferred.

The base salary range for this role is $175000 $200000 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on a candidates skills qualifications and relevant addition to base pay this position may be eligible for discretionary incentive compensation and includes participation in Acadians comprehensive benefits program which includes health retirement and wellness offerings.

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Acadian Asset Management LLC is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants. No employee or applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of gender race creed color sex age national origin marital status pregnancy or parenthood veteran status citizenship status disability gender identity or sexual orientation.