Svp, Io Strategy Management - Boston, United States - Global Atlantic Financial Group

Global Atlantic Financial Group

Verified Company

Boston, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

COMPANY OVERVIEW
Global Atlantic Financial Group is a leader in the U.S. life insurance and annuity industry, serving the needs of individuals and institutions.

Global Atlantic is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KKR, a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management across multiple strategies and capital markets solutions.

We are looking for a diverse team of talented individuals who reinforce our culture of collaboration and innovation.

We are dedicated to the career development of our people because we know they are critical to our long-term success.

Join our team and come grow with us.

The KKR-Global Atlantic partnership - The Global Atlantic Story

Position Overview:

This position can be based in Global Atlantic's
New York or
Boston office location.

The Investment Operations strategy management is a critical new responsibility that partners with leadership across the Investments organization as well as Accounting and Finance, Technology and other teams to solve our Investment organization's most critical strategic issues.

The team's remit spans Three core pillars

Data ownership and Liaison.
Strategic implementation of Front2Back cross asset architecture.
Ownership of the program management function across the division.

As part of Data ownership, this role will partner closely with and on behalf of Investments stakeholders including portfolio managers, asset allocation, structuring and Investment analytics functions.

This individual will understand core business concepts, identify and oversee data assets, develop business glossaries, and coordinate across the entire Global Atlantic organization (including IT, Operations, Accounting / Finance, Analytics, and Regulatory teams) to help centralize and drive our Investments data strategy forward.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for driving design and implementation of Strategic Infrastructure with Technology and Investment teams, for a complex set of asset classes including hard assets and derivatives.
Oversee the Program Management team dedicated towards executing Operational transformation programs.
Primary responsibility for Investments data and information strategy and control, including owning the Investments data life cycle and closely coordinating with key stakeholders within the Investments Office and across the organization including IT, Operations, Accounting / Finance, Analytics, and Regulatory teams on components of data use and maintenance
Quickly develop the business and product knowledge required to support the Investment function and related governance activities of GA's $150bn+ portfolio with a strategy primarily focused on high quality fixed income assets; manage datarelated reporting considerations such as STAT and GAAP
Work crossfunctionally to ensure data best practices are designed and implemented proactively and that Investments data is accessible with appropriate channels of access controls; support data dictionary & definition cataloguing, including incorporating enterprise data domains and elements as required and providing security and trade activity support
Act as primary business owner of reference data on behalf of Investments including ratings and asset hierarchies (both internal and external) associated with the assets that GA holds; facilitate how ratings are fed for Investments use
Establish control guidelines and protocols that govern the proliferation of data to ensure that data controls are enforced
Develop a deep understanding and alignment to GA's existing data governance framework and policy requirements
Oversee handson development of data assets in GA's proprietary enterprise data catalog

Qualifications:

Minimum 15 years' experience in Strategy implementation, Operations transformation, project management, asset management / investments, reinsurance or related area
Experience with data analysis, data documentation, data quality monitoring and improvement
Familiar with data governance concepts and have been involved in data governance rollouts in the past
Experience working within investment teams and understanding how value and projections are generated within the applicable asset classes
Demonstrated track record and handson experience in data management/data stewardship areas, including use of Collibra or other data profiling and curation tools
Strong understanding of the organization's needs in a highgrowth and complex environment and ability to drive change
Strong leadership and communication skills as well as the ability to influence key decisionmakers and understand their points of view
Must be able to work effectively both on teams as well as be selfmotivated, task oriented, and organized
Understanding of data concepts, including data design and modelling, as well as SQL, BI tools (Excel, Tableau, Looker, or Power BI) and Big data.
Familiarity with insurance industry and related regulatory considera