Senior Implementation Specialist

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6 Locations
In-Office or Remote
92K-110K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace • Big Data • Fintech • Software • Analytics
The Role
Deploys and optimizes FactSet solutions for sophisticated investment clients through project-based implementations. Responsibilities include configuring products, integrating and validating data, creating workflow and report specifications, providing technical and functional guidance, training users, supporting implementation, identifying growth opportunities, and transitioning clients to support. The specialist partners with Product Development and Engineering, manages scope and estimates, communicates with clients, and mentors junior team members.
Summary Generated by Built In

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.  


At FactSet, our values are the foundation of everything we do. They express how we act and operate, serve as a compass in our decision-making, and play a big role in how we treat each other, our clients, and our communities. We believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and that curiosity is the key to anticipating our clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations.  


Your Team's Impact 

The Senior Implementation Specialist is a subject matter expert in FactSet’s products, tasked with deploying FactSet’s products by delivering on high-value projects and engagements. Senior Implementation Specialist’s primary focus is on ensuring that FactSet’s clients are properly set up to get the most value out of their FactSet subscriptions. They are responsible for ensuring data integration and quality, configuring modules within FactSet, building end-user reports and interfaces, training our clients, and supporting users during the implementation process.

All work done by Senior Implementation Specialists is project-based and may include implementations, solutions optimization, and other time and knowledge-intensive projects.  Senior Implementation Specialists may be utilized on larger and more complex engagements and may serve as mentors for more junior members of the team.

What You'll Do 

  • Produce client-facing communication in coordination with the implementation project manager 

  • Build and manage implementation scope and effort estimates.

  • Providing product (functional and technical) guidance on the solutioning of processes based on customer needs 

  • Create user workflow specifications, custom report specifications, establish priority and direction to technical integration staff on client requirements 

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the technical aspects of the Analytics suite 

  • Implement new and enhance existing deployments to create a better user experience and further enable sales opportunities 

  • Effectively communicate with our most sophisticated users via a strong understanding of investment principles and their application in the industry 

  • Identify growth strategies by outlining client organizational structures and uncovering additional opportunities during the implementation process 

  • Share emerging trends, what is working well, and areas for improvement

  • Study client workflows and partner with Product Development and Engineering to enhance FactSet’s products 

  • Provide user training and support the development of training programs 

  • Facilitate the transition from the implementation phase to support 

What We're Looking For 

Required Skills 

  • At least 4 years of experience working with FactSet’s Analytics tools 

  • Strong technical background 

  • Proven technical proficiency particularly in writing complex screening codes 

  • Understanding of how clients use FactSet Analytics and Performance Solutions products 

  • CFA, CIPM, CAPM, FRM, MBA, or other industry certifications preferred 

  • Extremely detail-oriented with the ability to see the big picture 

  • Enthusiastic with a keen sense of initiative and a desire to take ownership 

  • Willingness to travel

Job location:  Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Norwalk, San Francisco, Toronto, CAD

Working Environment: Hybrid

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

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:

  • The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.

  • 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 company-wide 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 and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.

  • Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development.

  • Business Resource Groups open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging.

Learn more about our benefits here .

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.

The budgeted range for this position in New York City, Connecticut, and California is $92,000-$110,000.

The budgeted range for this position in Toronto is $92,000- $110,000 CAD

Please note: the salary range may differ in other locations or countries

Company Overview: 

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn. 

At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. FactSet participates in E-Verify 

Skills Required

  • At least 4 years of experience working with FactSet Analytics tools
  • Strong technical background
  • Proven technical proficiency writing complex screening codes
  • Understanding of client use of FactSet Analytics and Performance Solutions products
  • CFA, CIPM, CAPM, FRM, MBA, or another relevant industry certification
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to see the big picture
  • Initiative, enthusiasm, and willingness to take ownership
  • Willingness to travel
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship

Factset Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Factset and has not been reviewed or approved by Factset.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental/vision in some descriptions, and life and disability insurance. Company-wide wellness days and region-specific add-ons (e.g., Vitality PMI, Bupa dental, Health Shield cashback) further reinforce a strong health-and-wellbeing offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement savings support is consistently included as part of the core package through retirement savings plans. The presence of these programs is framed as a meaningful component of total rewards beyond base salary.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility An employee stock purchase program is highlighted as a standard part of the total rewards package. This provides a pathway to share ownership alongside cash compensation.

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The Company
HQ: Norwalk, CT
10,310 Employees
Year Founded: 1978

What We Do

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions. For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 23 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients, and we’re proud that 95% of asset managers who use FactSet continue to use FactSet, year after year. As big as we grow, as far as we reach, and as successful as we become, we stay connected to our clients and to each other.

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