Job Title: Senior Technical Business Analyst – Corporate Actions
Location: Moorgate, London (5 days onsite)
Contract: 6-month rolling
Rate: £600-£700 per day (Inside IR35)
We are partnering with a global investment bank on a strategic transformation programme within their Corporate Actions function. They are seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst to support the onboarding and integration of a new cloud-based Corporate Actions platform, working across middleware, data transformation, and vendor systems. This is a highly technical role requiring strong experience across both business analysis and systems integration within financial services.
Key Responsibilities
* Gather, analyse, and document detailed business and functional requirements across the corporate actions landscape
* Support the onboarding and integration of third-party/vendor systems
* Collaborate with business, operations, architecture, and engineering teams to define target processes and workflows
* Map as-is and to-be processes across corporate actions operations and supporting technology
* Produce high-quality documentation including BRDs, functional specifications, process maps, data mapping, and gap analysis
* Work closely with technical teams on middleware integration, interfaces, and system dependencies
* Analyse and define data transformation requirements across multiple systems and data feeds
* Support delivery within a cloud-based environment
* Assist with UAT planning and execution, including test scenario definition
* Act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams
Required Experience
* Extensive experience as a Business Analyst within financial services
* Strong background in Corporate Actions projects and systems
* Proven experience with third-party/vendor system onboarding and integration
* Solid understanding of middleware, APIs, messaging, and systems integration
* Experience in data mapping, data transformation, and process analysis
* Exposure to cloud-based platforms or transformation programmes
* Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and documentation skills
* Experience supporting testing phases, including UAT
Desirable Skills
* Experience within asset servicing, custody, post-trade, or securities operations
* Knowledge of corporate actions lifecycle (events, entitlements, elections, income processing)
* Experience delivering system migration or transformation programmes
* Familiarity with vendor platforms in the corporate actions space
* Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments