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Data Integrity Consultant
Springfield, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts
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Overview
A career with us means you’ll work alongside exceptional people and be empowered to reach your professional and personal goals. Our employees are at the foundation of what enables MassMutual to deliver on our purpose to help people secure their futures and protect the ones they love.
We embrace the idea that we all are stronger and better through our support for one another. We strive to create a culture where employees feel valued and are celebrated for who they are.
“Since our founding in 1851, mutuality has put our policyowners at the center of everything we do. At our core, we’re a company of people helping people in their time of need, and that spirit extends to the culture we’ve built at our company. Our employees support and rely on each other each day, collaborating to deliver the best solutions for our customers and help millions more secure their future and protect the ones they love.”
Job Description
Data Integrity Consultant
Investment Operations Data Management
Investment Management
Full-Time, Hybrid, Boston, MA or Springfield, MA
The Opportunity
As the Data Integrity Consultant, you will be responsible for the oversight of data controls and processes that ensure the availability of complete, timely, and quality investment data for users across the organization. You will partner closely with the Investment Data Quality team to ensure existing controls are effective and executed, while soliciting feedback from users on where additional controls may be required. You will gain expertise in the complex data flows across systems, serving as a subject matter expert on the investment ecosystem. You will partner with other subject matter experts to understand inflight projects, reacting to new or changing data requirements and continuously assessing and identifying new controls or process improvements. The nature of the work will require perseverance, accountability, attention to detail and the ability to react to everchanging business needs.
The Team
The Investment Operations Data Management team is part of the MassMutual Investment Operations team within the Investment Management division. The Investment Operations Data Management oversees all securities related data ingested into and extracted from the Investment Data Ecosystem for all assets in MassMutual’s General Investment Account (GIA). The team provides investment data and system subject matter expertise to projects across the organization and works to continuously improve processes impacting data flows. Investment Operations Data Management partners closely with Securities Cash Operations, Investment Controllership teams, Enterprise Risk Management, and others to address and resolve data related issues.
The Impact:
- Ensure investment data controls and processes are well documented and consistently executed
- Partner with teams in Investment Management, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Risk, and Enterprise Technology to ensure completeness and effectiveness of data controls and processes, advocating for and implementing new controls as needed
- Serve as a subject matter expert for the Investment Data Ecosystem
- Partner with internal audit and governance teams to ensure control environment is meeting requirements and design remediation plans for identified deficiencies
- Oversee Issue Management processes, driving cross-functional resolution
- Partner with Program Management Office to ensure projects are delivered in-line with existing data processes and transitioned with appropriate training and documentation
- Monitoring control deficiencies impacting the Company’s financial statements, including partnering with process/deficiency owners to determine appropriate risk ranking of known and emerging control issues, design and deployment of effective remediation plans and seeing those issues through to timely closure
- Support/oversee testing of internal controls
- Developing a comprehensive structure to oversee and evaluate the control activities within Investment Management Organization
- Managing and reporting on the control issues trends
- Supporting the broader Investment Management Organization to improve the standardization of control deficiency assessment and remediation plan development process
- Improving efficiency and effectiveness of controls and their execution by performing targeted quality review procedures with process owners
- Timely reviewing various subsidiary internal control reports and internal audit reports for evaluation of deficiencies impacting Investment Management
- Contribute to presentations focused on reporting control deficiencies for senior/executive management and the Audit Committee
The Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required
- 5+ years of securities data experience with an understanding of securities life cycle
The Ideal Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related area
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrate strong accountability and commitment
- Ability to perform independent research and serve as a key resource for the resolution of unique or complex business problems
- Customer focus, change & innovation, strategic thinking, relationship building & influencing
- Ability to proactively take ownership of assignments and drive them through to completion
- Intellectual curiosity to continue learning and adding breadth and depth to understanding the tasks at hand
- Knowledge of investment data management from ingestion of source data to end user reporting
- Experience with and knowledge of US GAAP and Statutory accounting/reporting
- Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to adapt to change
- Experience working in an Investment Operations transformational setting; driving continuous improvements and efficiencies beyond own scope of responsibility
- Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization, comfortable interacting with
vendors, business partners, external managers and internal Investment and IT - Ability to work across multiple priorities with limited guidance
- Ability to independently explore solutions to a problem and adapt quickly to changes
- Collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team-based environment
- Knowledge of Eagle PACE or like Data Management Tool
- Knowledge of Eagle STAR or like Investment Accounting platform
- Expert user of Excel, PowerPoint and proficient with SQL/Oracle query tools
- MicroStrategy or other reporting tool experience a plus
What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team
- Regular meetings with the Investment Operations Data Management Team
- Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
- Access to mentorship opportunities
- Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran, and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
- Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
- Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits
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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
MassMutual will accept applications on an ongoing basis until such time as a candidate has been offered employment. The job description includes the main duties of this position, which may evolve over time. You may be required to perform other duties not listed.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Salary Range: $90,500.00-$118,700.00
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By the numbers*
- 88% of employee respondents say they are proud to work at MassMutual
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90
% of employee respondents say they feel encouraged to bring forth new ideas - 86% of employee respondents say MassMutual cares about and supports the well-being of their employees
*Source: 2024 MassMutual employee engagement survey
Award-Winning Culture
MassMutual is guided by a single purpose: We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company operated for the benefit of our members and participating policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to provide financial well-being for all Americans. It’s more than our company structure — it’s our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources and rely on each other when it counts.
We strive to embrace diversity in every sense, focusing on building a thriving community where everyone is valued, included, and feels that they belong.
At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.
How We Work
MassMutual’s flexible workplace approach combines the importance of connecting in person and the flexibility of working remotely. Our hybrid model puts collaboration first with employees coming in at least three days per week to our spectacular campus settings and also enjoying the flexibility of remote Fridays, company-wide remote weeks, and a bank of flexible remote weeks to use throughout the year.
Benefits for the whole you (and your loved ones)
There’s more to your life than your job and there’s more to your aspirations than a paycheck. We take a holistic view of compensation and benefits that provides the flexibility to create a healthy balance in your life for work, family, and community. We offer the benefits you’d expect, like medical, dental, 401(k), and generous vacation time, but we also offer ones you might not expect, like three paid days for volunteering, a $1,250 annual Well-Being Wallet, and up to 320 hours of caregiver leave.
Explore some of our offerings below. Benefit details can be found here.
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