Implementation Specialist – Reporting

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 180,000 investment professionals around the globe. We stay ahead of global market trends, power robust company and industry research, and provide comprehensive data with our market-leading solutions.

We believe today’s talent powers tomorrow’s innovations. As a globally inclusive community, we bring our whole selves to work, and encourage employees to join in, be heard, contribute, and grow. Our work environment fosters diversity, engagement, and productivity because we know that great ideas can come from anyone, at any time.

Your Team's Impact

In this team you will be working with our sophisticated Reporting solutions. You will be the essential link between investment professionals and FactSet’s software. Combining a thorough understanding of finance and technology with specific expertise in FactSet software, consultants help clients streamline their reporting process. As part of this fantastic team, you will offer an unparalleled level of service along with insight into the intricacies and functionality of FactSet applications.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for automating a client environment, designing complex workflows, covering the full flow of financial data in our software – data loads, data checks, calculations, data extracts and reporting.
• Become an expert in our Reporting solutions, learn all the functionalities of the product, including the different modules and methodologies with focus on its technical aspects such as: System Architecture, Application Server setup, Database and SQL tuning, Web Services.
• Partner with clients and colleagues to gather business requirements.
• Translate requirements into solutions.
• Partner with our data integration teams to extract, transform, and load client and third-party data for use in FactSet.
• Develop high-quality workflows for our clients that are scalable, supportable, and exceed our clients’ expectations.
• Communicate progress to clients and provide transparency on progress to your colleagues
• Perform QA checks on your outputs to ensure we provide solutions that are of high quality
• Document solutions to ensure supportability.
• Partner with Product Development to turn client feedback into product features, where feasible.
• Analyze and solve complex technical issues related to a client’s technical architecture, processing data, conducting specific investigations, including software testing.
• Help integrate our different systems within a common platform using APIs, Web Services and different automation, scheduling and monitoring tools. This can involve the use of programming, scripting, database languages.

What We're Looking For

Required Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or Mathematics.
• 2+ years of professional experience in a relevant field
• SQL and Database experience
• Sysadmin, experience in programming or scripting languages e.g. shell, Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, VBA, etc.
• Good communication skills in client-facing situations

Desired Skills

• Any experience in Financial Reporting or Reporting or Business Intelligence Systems
• Technical skills with financial software applications
• Understanding of relational databases, systems design and data management is plus
• Experience of working on UNIX and/or Windows server is an advantage is a plus
• Knowledge of ETLs is a plus
• Linux/Windows System Administration, Networking, Virtual Machines and shell scripting
• Application server setup (e.g. Tomcat, JBoss/WildFly)
• Enthusiastic with a keen sense of initiative and a desire to take ownership

What's In It For You

At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means:

• Contributing to a firm with over 40 years of consecutive growth, named a 2023 Best Place to Work by Glassdoor and led by a top-rated CEO Talent Champion.
• Support for your total well-being. This includes health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, family leave, and companywide wellness days.
• Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives.
• A global community dedicated to volunteerism, sustainability, and inclusivity, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.
• Career progression plans with dedicated time each month for learning and development.
• Employee-led Business Resource Groups that align with our DE&I strategy and are wholly supported by Executive Management.

Learn more about our benefits here.

Returning from a break?

We are here to support you! If you have taken time out of the workforce and are looking to return, we encourage you to apply and chat with our recruiters about our available support to help you relaunch your career.

At FactSet, we celebrate diversity of thought, experience, and perspective. We are committed to disrupting bias and a transparent hiring process. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, family status or veteran status. FactSet participates in E-Verify.

Salary is just one component of our compensation package and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and certifications.