Buyside Middle Office Solutions Specialist, Australia and New Zealand

Buy-side Middle Office Product Specialist – Australia and New Zealand  
 
The Buyside Middle Office Product Specialist will drive sustainable ASV growth and client satisfaction by building strong relationships, providing subject matter expertise, and excellent MO product knowledge.  As the primary focus is growth of products and services, which inherently will drive ASV, it also means echoing a consistent message of partnering across FactSet teams to explore new and creative ways we can service our clients. The ideal candidate will be able to drive deployment where growth exists and solidify our existing user base by partnering with sales and client solution generalists. 
 

This role reflects FactSet’s conviction in approaching our clients with a good understanding of their business models and workflows to accelerate the growth of our middle office Portfolio analytic solutions including Risk, Performance & Attribution, and Reporting.  
 

The Product Specialist will work closely with the RCS team to establish plans and strategies to maximize Annual Subscription Value (ASV) growth in assigned accounts with a specific emphasis on middle office workflows for different types of firms. The role will be to execute a client-centric approach and exhibit enterprise solution selling techniques. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with generalist sales and other specialists to generate sales leads for middle office products. 

• Product Specialists will be expected to facilitate both retention and expansion within their assigned clients. 

• Maintain a high level of sales activities, tracking sales efforts and client intelligence in Salesforce. 

• Develop subject matter expertise in middle office solutions and workflows, including Portfolio Analysis, Performance, Reporting, Risk Models and Analytics Production solutions. Become an internal resource as a subject-matter expert. 

• Increase client awareness about FactSet’s middle office solutions. 

• Create tailored product demonstrations to highlight value add of analytics products to meet specific investment management needs. 

• Manage and run effective trials to ensure our best chance at a successful opportunity win. 

• Organize and prioritize feedback for enhancements to Product Management that will help FactSet to maintain its competitive advantage. 

• Build expertise in FactSet’s competitor landscape (BlackRock Aladdin, Bloomberg, MSCI, Morningstar, etc). 

• Organize and prioritize feedback for Product Development, suggesting enhancements that will maintain FactSet's competitive advantage. 

Required Skills: 

• 3+ years in client facing role, preferably with prior experiences in a pre-sales or comparable role.

• Strong technical skills & deep knowledge of Middle Office product, workflows, and challenges. 

• Ability to interact effectively with senior level in both the sales and SBU teams.

• Enthusiasm, desire, and a strong sense of initiative.

• Desire to set the benchmark high for what is expected from an individual contributor on the pre sales team 

• Demonstrate knowledge around portfolio applications, the underlying calculations and related theories. 

• Independent worker who will take initiative in all aspects of the role. 

• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize responsibilities. 

• Excellent communication skills; confidence in presenting to groups and to senior client stakeholders. 

• Strategic thinker, strong analytical skills. 

• Excellent Finance knowledge is necessary. Candidates working towards or open to the CFA designation or other professional accreditation (e.g. CIPM, FRM, CAIA, etc.) is a plus.