Markets Capital Optimization Analyst

Overview

State Street Markets ("SSM") is looking for an Officer to join the SSM Risk and FRM team in Boston. The team manages Credit, Market, and Model Risk as the First Line of Defense across SSM’s business units, including Financing Solutions, FX Sales & Trading, Portfolio Solutions, and Global Link. Additionally, the team performs Financial Resource Management, covering allocation, monitoring, and optimization of capital, funding, and liquidity.

Why This Role Is Important

The Capital and Liquidity Optimization team is responsible for managing and optimizing the first line risk and regulatory exposures across the Markets products. The team facilitates continued business and revenue growth by optimizing programs under Basel III capital and liquidity regulations along with other firm‑wide resource constraints. This Officer role will support management in developing, producing, and monitoring regulatory exposures, resource forecasting and communicating regulatory impacts to senior management. The role is located in Boston, with a minimum of four days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Corporate and SSBI Finance teams (Capital Planning, Balance Sheet Strategy, Stress Testing, BU Finance, and Liquidity Management) to enhance analysis, forecasts and minimize capital, balance sheet and liquidity exposures

• Work with senior analysts to develop and produce Basel III, Capital and Liquidity Stress Tests and other regulatory exposures

• Create and update senior management reporting and forecasting to communicate capital and liquidity internal targets/requirements and help optimize resources to clients

• Coordinate with the Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP) teams to streamline and enhance annual RRP assumptions, deliverables and playbooks for all Markets business lines

• Work closely with Global Treasury and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to ensure regulatory exposures accurately reflect the Financing Solutions and Foreign Exchange business models

• Lead ad‑hoc projects including creation of new reporting, data analysis and Python code

• Provide and present written analyses, commentary, reports and slides to management to communicate the business units’ resource impact on State Street’s short‑term and long‑term revenue, ROE and EPS goals

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, computer science, or a related field

• 1–3 years of relevant experience in risk, capital, liquidity or regulatory analysis

• High level of competency in Excel; experience in Python preferred

• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills; experience in data mining and reporting highly useful

• Ability to multi‑task and work in a fast‑paced trading environment

• Ability to drive collaboration and influence teams to achieve effective outcomes

Benefits

Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; retirement savings plan (401(k) with company match); paid time off; employee assistance program; incentive compensation and performance‑based awards; flexible work programs and employee networks.

Salary Range

$70,000 – $118,750 Annual (primary location)

EEO Statement

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Job Application Disclosure

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Job ID: R-788670