Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:
- Investment industry experience preferred
- Performance measurement and attribution system experience - BI-SAM, SS&C Sylvan, Wilshire iQuantum, Eagle Performance, StatPro and Portia Perform
- Typically 6+ years experience leading to successful demonstration of competencies as presented above
- Broad knowledge of Investment Management industry operations, investing strategies, distribution channels and business control and support functions - with specific, in-depth knowledge of the business model and its Business Segments
- Broad knowledge of IT, including experience in Change Management, Business Systems Analysis
- Solid technology background, including an understanding of technology-governance frameworks, and applications used in financial services
- Broad experience managing IT projects and mentoring/leading technical staff
- Ability to work in a disciplined development environment, including the use of a project management methodologies and system development life cycles
- Exceptional communication skills, written and oral, with demonstrated ability to create free-flowing information environment
- Able to move shift back and forth between facts/details and conceptual frameworks
- Effectively adapts to change; comfortable with complexity, ambiguity and change; models the behaviors and coaches others to embrace change
- Seeks input, drives for consensus and obtains closure; excellent collaboration and team building skills
- Capability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and make decisions in a timely manner sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure
- Effective mediation skills to facilitate a constructive approach to dealing with conflict.