Trading and Compliance Project Manager

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Our investment personnel manage US $222.4 billion across a wide range of global, regional, and country-specific strategies - both traditional and alternative - in listed equity and fixed income. At Lazard Asset Management, we pride ourselves in balancing the feel of a small firm with the scale of a large global organization. Our entrepreneurial culture and flat management structure foster an environment in which good ideas can take flight, no matter where they come from. <br /></div><div class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><br /></div><div class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The Trading Technology team is looking for a PM/BA to drive Lazard’s implementation of the State Street Alpha platform as well as other initiatives across the Trading &amp; Compliance ecosystem.&nbsp; First and foremost, the project manager will be responsible for stepping into the role of PM for the industry’s first State Street Alpha Implementation – connecting our Front Office via Charles River Investment Management System and integrating the entire book of business fully to State Street for Middle and Back Office.&nbsp; This initiative involves transformation of the operating model for Lazard, streamlining the trading life cycle starting at implementation of the trade idea to settlement and back.&nbsp; Later this year, Lazard will go-live with the core businesses of order implementation, equity/fx trading, and compliance after a 2-year implementation.&nbsp; Focus will then turn to bringing Equity and Alternative Investment PMs onto the system, for a true front-to-back transformation, and this new role will own delivery of Phase 2 including new BRDs where needed, project planning, and timelines/budget.<br /></div><div class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><br /></div><div class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\">This role will report directly to the Global Head of Trading &amp; Compliance Technology.&nbsp; It requires working closely with the development team and business stakeholders across Investments, Trading, and Compliance – including Equity/Fixed Income/FX/Alternatives trading, Compliance/Regulatory Reporting, and Analytics – to help align, clarify, and define the team’s initiatives. Projects span vendor implementations, proprietary development, and modernization of legacy systems.&nbsp; This role will challenge the candidate to crystalize requirements, plan roadmaps, define best practices, and work with business units and stakeholders to meet project deliverables.<br /></div><div style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"align-justify\"><br /></div><div style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"align-justify\"><b>Key Responsibilities:</b> <br /></div><ul><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Primary:&nbsp; PM for Phase 2 of Lazard’s State Street Alpha implementation (Charles River Front-to-Back integration with State Street) <br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><span><span>PM/BA and support across the portfolio of Front Office initiatives</span></span></span><br /></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><span>Preparing for and facilitating key meetings, ensuring minutes and actions are documented and tracked</span></span><br /></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><span>Creation of reports and documentation including status updates, and senior management presentations as needed to support the Head of Trading &amp; Compliance Technology</span></span><br /></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><span>Creation of team roadmaps, helping the development team to align to business priorities and to manage competing business requirements</span></span><br /></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><span>Work with work-stream leads to update and maintain project plans and status reporting</span></span><br /></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span><span>Update project materials, including project presentations and analysis documents<br /></span></span></li></ul><div style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"align-justify\"><b>Key Skills:</b><br /></div><ul><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Expertise in stakeholder management - the ability to influence and work closely with stakeholders and drive toward solutions/get buy-in <br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Eagerness, ambition, excitement about Lazard/industry<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Proficiency in Microsoft office specifically Excel and PowerPoint is required.&nbsp; Experience with project management software tools (Jira, Confluence) a plus.<br /></span></li></ul><div style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"align-justify\"><b>Desired Profile:</b><br /></div><ul><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>BA/BS or equivalent is required <br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>5+ year’s project management experience in financial services or asset management technology<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>PMO experience, ideally including 2-3 years in management consulting<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Understanding of trade lifecycle and investment management operating model<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Experience working in Agile and waterfall project environments<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle multiple projects and timelines while being detail-oriented<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Ability to work independently, knowing when to escalate issues as appropriate<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Strong verbal and written communication skills<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Ability to collaborate as part of a team and take on additional responsibilities as required<br /></span></li><li class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Accountability and willingness to be pro-active in learning and improving the quality of deliverables and efficiency of processes<br /></span></li></ul><div class=\"align-justify\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><br /></div></span><br />","isHybridJob":false,"isRemoteJob":true,"noOfOpenings":1,"maxExperience":"10","minExperience":"8","isOnPremiseJob":false,"onBehalfOfName":"Lazard Asset Management","otherlocations":[],"zohoCurrencyIn":"USD","experienceLevel":"Mid / Senior","zohoNoOfOpenings":{"noOfOpenings":1,"fulfillmentIds":["557706000011932009-1"]},"otherJobReference":null,"sharpenedJobTitle":"Trading and Compliance Project Manager","job_category_group":3,"portalLocationDisplay":"New York NY","expertise_coreskill_or_product":["Other"],"job_id":"2257"}