Senior Product Specialist – Life and Pension Illustrations

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

SS&C GIDS – Senior Product Specialist – Life and Pension Illustrations

About SS&C Technologies

SS&C is a global provider of investment, financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor,

Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries.

Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description
SS&C GIDS

SS&C is the largest global investor service provider, servicing more than 55 million investors. Continually investing in global technology and services across the spectrum of distribution channels including: Asset Managers, Financial Advisors, Wealth Managers and large financial institutions such as Banks and Insurers. Investor servicing is offered in many different countries, including the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Luxembourg, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. SS&C also services mutual fund structures in many other fund domiciles. 

Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) is the business unit offering this role. GIDS delivers global omni-channel investor servicing, including contact centre, using digital services.

About the Role

This is an opportunity for a Senior Product Specialist to drive the product development of our highly regarded calculations and illustrations software.  
The role is to support all aspects of the software development working primarily within the pensions industry. 

This includes identifying new opportunities, working closely with our clients to elicit and specify requirements, drafting technical specifications for the Actuarial development team as well testing, deploying and supporting our solutions once live.

The role combines the analytical skills of an actuary with the business understanding of a business analyst, applying them to the design and development of software used for product calculations within the insurance industry.
The role requires deep Life and Pensions product knowledge, a good understanding of actuarial principles and financial modelling combined with excellent communication, planning and relationship management skills.

This is a Hybrid working position with required travel to one of our UK offices (ideally Surbiton/London but other SS&C Office locations in the UK will be considered).

Your Responsibilities

Working as part of a small, experienced team, your responsibilities will include: 

• Develop and maintain the Calculations/Illustrations Product Roadmap. 
• Proactively seek new market and client opportunities. 
• Lead allocated client driven projects and initiatives working to specify requirements, drafting technical specifications for the development team as well testing, deploying and supporting our solutions and clients once live.
• Ensure robust estimation process in place for new projects and ensure robust process in place for managing projects and resource from inception to successful completion.
• Oversee best practice and maintain methodology for specification and testing of the actuarial software.
• Keep up to date with all forthcoming regulatory changes to ensure products continue to meet client needs.
• Own the relationship with relevant industry bodies and be a thought leader within the industry.
• Coach and support wider team members.

Your Experience

• Comprehensive Life & Pensions/FS relevant industry experience.
• Deep technical UK Pensions and Regulatory knowledge.
• Financial modelling and testing experience, ideally on Pension Product Projections/Illustrations. An actuarial background is desirable. 
• Experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary change projects.
• Client Relationship Management (desirable).
• Resource Planning & People Management (desirable). 

EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Background Checks

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.
 

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.