Company Overview Bridgenext is a digital consulting services leader that helps clients innovate with intention and realize their digital aspirations by creating digital products, experiences, and solutions around what real people need. Our global consulting and delivery teams facilitate highly strategic digital initiatives through digital product engineering, automation, data engineering, and infrastructure modernization services, while elevating brands through digital experience, creative content, and customer data analytics services.

Don't just work, thrive. At Bridgenext, you have an opportunity to make a real difference - driving tangible business value for clients, while simultaneously propelling your own career growth. Our flexible and inclusive work culture provides you with the autonomy, resources, and opportunities to succeed.

Position Description We’re seeking a Senior, Functional Aladdin Specialist who can lead end‑to‑end implementation workstreams—from discovery and design through configuration, integration, migration, UAT, cutover and hypercare—for client's wealth/asset management use cases. The ideal candidate is an Aladdin power user/BA with deep knowledge of front‑to‑back investment lifecycle and the ability to translate business goals into practical, high‑quality solutions spanning IBOR/ABOR, Security Master, trading/OMS, risk, performance, operations, and regulatory reporting interfaces.

What you’ll deliver (Outcomes in the first 90–180 days):

• Front‑to‑back design of current‑to‑future state processes across portfolio management, trading/OMS, data control, operations, and administration; clear gap analysis with a pragmatic path to value.
• E2E Aladdin implementation leadership: requirements, configuration, data migration (Security Master, positions, transactions), integration patterns, UAT planning/execution, go‑live cutover, and hypercare stabilization.
• Data lineage & quality across Aladdin and downstream platforms (e.g., IBOR/ABOR, risk/performance), including reconciliation strategies and reference data governance.
• Stakeholder alignment with Manulife GWAM product, ops, risk, finance, and vendor teams; cadence, KPIs, and decision logs to maintain momentum and transparency.

Key Responsibilities

• Business analysis & solution design

• Run discovery workshops, author BRDs/FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria across investment, trading, operations, and reporting domains; maintain traceability through delivery

• Define current vs future state workflows; rationalize process deltas; document operating procedures and handoffs

• Aladdin configuration & integration

• Configure Aladdin to meet wealth/asset management requirements; partner with BlackRock and Client teams on solution options and deployment plan

• Lead or support integration with upstream market data (e.g., Bloomberg), and downstream middle/back‑office (IBOR/ABOR), performance and risk engines; design reconciliation and control points.

• Oversee data migration of Security Master, transactions, and positions; define mapping, validation, and cutover runbooks

• Testing, cutover & change management

• Own UAT strategy and execution (test scenarios, data, defect triage); manage dress rehearsals, cutover plans, and hypercare SLAs

• Drive change enablement: training, release notes, operating guides, and knowledge transfer to business and support teams

• Risk, controls & reporting

• Embed data quality rules and lineage, operational controls, and reconciliation thresholds; partner with risk/finance on reporting needs

• (Nice to have) Understanding of US liquidity/regulatory reporting processes (e.g., FR2052A, LCR/NSFR) to inform data and control design

Workplace: Hybrid; onsite presence in Toronto as needed by Client; collaborate with Bridgenext and client teams across onshore/offshore pods

Must Have Skills

• Hands‑on Aladdin experience delivering solutions across the investment lifecycle (portfolio management, trade execution, data control/ops, admin)
• Strong functional knowledge of order & execution management and Aladdin architecture; ability to engage credibly with traders, PMs, and operations
• Proven track record in E2E platform implementations: requirements, config, data migration, integration, UAT, and cutover/hypercare
• Expertise in IBOR/ABOR concepts, Security Master, instrument modeling (incl. derivatives), and investment operations controls
• Experience reconciling Security Master and transaction data with Bloomberg; pragmatic defect resolution with business/tech teams
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills suited for executive‑level updates and vendor collaboration

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to adjacent platforms (e.g., SimCorp, CRD, Calypso) and risk/performance tooling; familiarity with SQL/JIRA/DevOps for analysis and delivery coordination
• Experience in program governance and portfolio reporting; comfort leading steering updates and maintaining RAID logs

Professional Skills

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Strong team and individual player
• Maintains composure during all types of situations and is collaborative by nature
• High standards of professionalism, consistently producing high quality results
• Self-sufficient, independent requiring very little supervision or intervention
• Demonstrate flexibility and openness to bring creative solutions to address issues

Bridgenext is an Equal Opportunity Employer Canadian citizens and those authorized to work in Canada are encouraged to apply