Job Description
Senior Business Analyst – Asset Management
Full-time Permanent
London – 3 days per week in office
Up to £100,000+ 5 % annual performance related bonus
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst to join Robert Walters as a Consultant. As an employed Consultant, you will benefit from permanent employment with Robert Walters and will be deployed on an interim or project basis into our clients' organisations, in return we will provide you with the opportunity to develop your skills with ongoing training and professional accreditations.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a proactive and delivery-focused Business Analyst to join our Public Markets Transformation team. The role focuses on supporting the Public Markets business with the triage, definition, and delivery of business and technology change initiatives in support of our ambitious end-to-end transformation. It will be necessary to work directly with investors, traders and other key stakeholders across the business and in many cases also with partners in Global Operations, Global Technology and/or Client Group.
While primarily focused on business analysis, the role also includes light project management responsibilities, such as owning the end-to-end delivery of smaller initiatives or workstreams, ensuring timely execution and coordination across stakeholders.
We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
Key Responsibilities:
Initiative Assessment & Triage
* Lead early-stage assessment of change proposals to define scope, objectives, benefits, and delivery approach
* Assess high-level effort, complexity, dependencies, and impact across the investment value chain
* Support governance, prioritisation, and preparation of business cases
Business Analysis
* Gather, document, and validate business requirements across Public Markets through leading workshops and small sessions
* Work closely with Global Operations and Global Technology colleagues to understand the end-to-end impact of proposals and develop joined up solutions
* Document high-level and detailed future state designs
* Ensure that key documents are well understood and signed off by key stakeholders
* Successfully navigate a complex stakeholder environment
Project Delivery (Secondary Responsibility)
* Manage small sized initiatives or discrete workstreams from initiation through to implementation
* Develop and maintain project plans, track milestones, and coordinate stakeholders to meet delivery timelines
* Support change management, including comms, training, and post-implementation review
Essential skills and experience:
* Deep experience as a business analyst within investment management, with strong exposure to Front Office functions
* Strong understanding of portfolio management, research and trading
* Proven ability to shape and triage change initiatives, with experience in estimating size and impact
* Ability to manage delivery of small-scale projects or workstreams, ensuring progress through to completion
* Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working with operations and technology teams
* Familiarity with key Front Office platforms (in particular, Aladdin and Bloomberg)
* Strong documentation, communication, and problem-solving abilities
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking project to transform public markets, don’t hesitate to apply!