Systems Analyst at QS Investors in Pasadena, TX

Systems Analyst Location: Pasadena, California, United States of America At Franklin Templeton, we’re advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs. Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world! Role Overview Franklin Templeton is seeking a Systems Analyst to lead strategic solutions and drive business outcomes. You will be the key technology liaison to business groups as well as stakeholders, collaborate with departments across the organization and work in an Agile team to deliver progressive solutions. This role will specifically support Western Asset, which is a global asset management firm owned by Franklin Templeton renowned for its expertise in fixed-income investments. You will identify business needs, analyze and define complex business requirements, evaluate latest vendor solutions, and support the implementation of solutions for business partners. You are results-oriented with strong analytical skills, user-focused, detail-oriented, and aware of the needs of each unique stakeholder group.  As a scrum team member, you have an innovative forward-thinking design approach and ensure high-quality delivery of our products through our Agile development process. You are versatile, creative, display leadership qualities and are enthusiastic about taking on new challenges. How you will add value: Partner effectively with business stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements and document business needs for Investment Management and Investment Operations. Distill complex business processes into clear and actionable user stories with acceptance criteria. Develop strong understanding of the business needs to identify opportunities for enhancements and new features, assess and document risks of various solutions and prioritize client requirements. Collaborate with business partners to perform data validation and ensure data integrity. Perform data analysis and data integration across multiple systems to provide business user a comprehensive view of clients, portfolios and prospects. Provide functional expertise to agile teams during development, implementation, testing of complex projects. Define and execute test cases on the supported systems. What will help you be successful in this role: Experience 1+ years’ experience with market data trading floor such as Bloomberg, market data management, and reference data. Strong understanding of index constituents, pricing, ratings, and security analytics. Financial Asset Management knowledge and experience preferred Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Finance or related degree and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant development or combination of education, training and experience. Technical Skills Strong influencing skills to elicit requirements, write user stories as well as business and functional specifications. Strong analytical ability to work with market data to create insights and make recommendations to business users. Experience with any relational database including Oracle, MS SQL, Snowflake, Azure SQL for data analysis and exploration. Experience with data analysis and reporting using Python and Excel VBA. Familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau and Power BI is a plus [expand acronym: BI, VBA, SQL] Soft Skills Excellent communication skills to create meaningful and compelling stories to convey complex requirements and solutions to clients. Energy, enthusiasm, motivation, and a results-oriented attitude. This is a hybrid role requiring individuals to work out of our Pasadena, CA office 4 days per week and 1 day virtual. Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards—monetary and non-monetary — designed to support their well-being and recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, a 401(k) plan with a generous match, and recognition rewards. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a range of competitive healthcare options, insurance, and disability benefits, employee stock investment program, learning resources, career development programs, reimbursement for certain education expenses, paid time off (vacation / holidays / sick / leave / parental & caregiving leave / bereavement / volunteering / floating holidays) and a motivational wellbeing program. We expect the annual salary for this position to range between $86,000 - $97,000, depending on location and level of relevant experience, plus discretionary bonus. Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential! Our culture is shaped by the variety of perspectives and experiences brought by talent from around the world. Regardless of your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life. By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have your needs covered. Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton. Highlights of our benefits include: Three weeks paid time off the first year Medical, dental and vision insurance 401(k) Retirement Plan with 85% company match on your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to the IRS limits Employee Stock Investment Program Tuition Assistance Program Purchase of company funds with no sales charge Onsite fitness center and recreation center* Onsite cafeteria* *Only applicable at certain locations Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation. If you believe that you need an accommodation or adjustment to search for or apply for one of our positions, please send an email to accommodations@franklintempleton.com. In your email, please include the accommodation or adjustment you are requesting, the job title, and the job number you are applying for. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only accommodation requests will receive a response.