Job Number: 17187

External Description:

Business Analyst(Contract) 

Contract length: 6 months 

Location: London/hybrid working 

Rate: £530-£618 /day PAYE

This is an opportunity to build your technical expertise in a welcoming and supportive environment. Here, you’ll enjoy real flexibility around when and where you work – at home, the office or a combination of the two. It’s called ‘dynamic working’. 

 

ISS Tech team provides systems development, implementation, and support services for the company’s International’s Global Investment Management division. 

We support Fund Managers, Research Analysts and Traders in all the International locations. You will be joining a global technology delivery team spanned across China, Hong Kong, India, and the United Kingdom, providing fit for purpose and scalable technology solutions to the Global Investment Research and Portfolio Management team across all asset classes.

 

About your role
Investment Services and Solutions (ISS) is one of the main business pillars and investment areas for our client. It is going through a phase of the rapid and substantial transformation of its business model as well as the Technology estate.

A key component of the transformation is our front office tooling. We are partnering with a fintech company to co-develop their Investment Management System for our next generation cross asset portfolio construction and order generation toolkit. 

As a Business Analyst within the ISS Technology team, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of this tool together with the Investment team, Architects, Engineers, and the vendor.

 

About you

You will be leading a number of analysis tasks within the portfolio management lifecycle with the vision to complete the end-to-end delivery for our ISS’s multi year Programme. You will be responsible for gathering, understanding, and documenting current state business processes, and partnering with business to define future state requirements, collaborating with the vendor and/or internal development team to drive the delivery. You will be expected to lead both functional and technical discussion across various levels of stakeholders and support the Programme in delivering the transformation.

 

Essential Skills

• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong experience on portfolio construction and management technology product development of all key asset classes
• Proven track record of delivering portfolio management systems leveraging both internal build and vendor solution
• Highly experienced in asset management experience dealing with front office (Portfolio Managers, be able to hold C-level conversation)
• Experienced in implementing order management system (CRD, Thinkfolio, Aladdin etc)
• Familiar with portfolio construction and order generation workflow
• Exposure in risk analytics, performance, attribution calculation and their usage/impact in the investment management lifecycle
• Ability and aids in investor constraints, risk budgets, allocation policies, strategies overlays, trading cost optimisation
• Ability to explain complex technical and functional requirement in a clear and concise way
• Familiar with Agile development methodology, experienced with sportify model is a plus
• Sound knowledge working with offshore multi-cultural development team

 

Rewards and benefits 

As well as the prestige of working for a global financial services player, you’ll work with some of the smartest tech, expanding your  skills and building your experience. 

Also, as a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s  enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance  Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. 

Inclusion and diversity 

Our client is proud of its achievements as an equal opportunities employer. They care deeply about creating a supportive place  where all people feel valued and free to be themselves. A commitment to Diversity and Inclusion is not only right, it’s critical  for a healthy culture and leads to better business outcomes.

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