Business Data Analyst Investment Domain

Introduction:

We are looking for an experienced Business Data Analyst with expertise in the investment domain to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial and investment data, familiarity with data quality tools (ICEDQ), and experience working with investment systems such as Aladdin. This role will involve interpreting and prioritizing data quality issues and acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and the data support team.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with business users to understand data issues and impact
• Interpret investment data discrepancies (trades, securities, portfolios)
• Support prioritization and SLA alignment
• Translate business problems into technical investigation inputs
• Validate outputs and ensure business acceptance
• Provide domain guidance to data analysts
• Support complex issue resolution and escalation discussions
• Work closely with L3 teams (Data Engineering, Platform)
• Identify patterns and recurring issues
• Mentor junior analysts
• Perform triage and categorization of incoming tickets
• Conduct data validation and analysis across systems (Snowflake, Aladdin, EDM and reporting platforms)

Requirements:

Required Skills:

• 12+ years of overall Business Analyst experience with a strong investment domain focus
• 5-7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within the investment domain
• Strong understanding of trade lifecycle (trade processing, reporting)
• Knowledge of securities & identifiers (CUSIP, ISIN, ratings, attributes)
• Familiarity with portfolio/position concepts and aggregation logic
• Understanding of key financial metrics (yield, spread, duration, price, market value, performance, Profit/Loss)
• Ability to perform data reconciliation across systems (Aladdin, Snowflake, reports)
• Awareness of investment data flows and reporting impact on business users

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Aladdin or similar investment systems
• Experience in data quality tools (ICEDQ)
• Experience with Snowflake and reporting platforms
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working with data teams/analytics teams