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The ideal candidate will bring deep domain expertise in financial asset management, a strong analytical mindset, and a collaborative spirit to drive continuous improvement across our investment operations capabilities.
The Business Analyst plays a pivotal role in advancing investment operations by developing a deep understanding of existing tools and products, with emphasis on business capabilities and risk-oriented workflows. This role requires balancing short-term operational demands with long-term strategic objectives focused on modernization, growth, and sustainability. It involves translating complex business insights into clear, engineering-focused documentation that drives alignment and value. A strong emphasis is placed on critical and creative thinking to foster innovation and challenge conventional approaches.
This is a hybrid work environment opportunity located in Boston, Massachusetts with a weekly in-office schedule of Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.
Responsibilities:
As part of the company s Investment Operations squad, you will:
- Serve as a strategic liaison between engineering teams and business stakeholders to extract, analyze, document, and validate requirements, ensuring alignment between business needs and technical solutions
- Facilitate the development and refinement of product requirements, support backlog grooming, and collaborate closely with the Product Manager to deliver continuous enhancements
- Key contributor to the design and delivery of scalable, forward-looking investment operations solutions, effectively managing the product work pipeline
- Champion the evolution of investment operations platforms and capabilities, driving modernization and operational excellence
Skills You Bring:
- 5 10 years of experience in financial asset management, with a focus on systems/business analysis in Investment/Trade Operations or Middle Office Analyst roles
- Hands-on experience with SimCorp Dimension IBOR functionality, including inputs, processing, and exports
- Knowledge of portfolio management support in Passive Index Management and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
- Proficiency in Jira, SQL, and agile SDLC methodologies
- Skilled in conveying business process and requirements using diagrams and other collaboration tools like Miro
- Proven collaboration with operations and investment professionals, with a strong understanding of Investment Book of Records (IBOR) and investment workflows working with financial data sets, including data query, analysis, and management
- Ability to quickly assimilate modern technology, technical concepts, and evaluate product options as part of a rapid modernization.
- Demonstrated success working with cross-functional teams including engineers, investment professionals, trade, and investment operations staff with significant contributions to product data architecture
- Strong communication skills, capable of conveying complex concepts to diverse audiences