Senior Lead Business Analyst – Asset Management
We are looking for a Senior / Lead Business Analyst – Asset Management with strong experience in Asset / Investment Management. The ideal candidate will be responsible for independently leading complex business analysis across Business, Operations, Data, and Technology, translating business needs into clear and implementable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end business analysis for complex Asset / Investment Management initiatives.
- Elicit, analyze, document, validate, and manage business and functional requirements.
- Analyze business processes, data, systems, and workflows to identify gaps, dependencies, and improvement opportunities.
- Define business rules, validations, controls, exception scenarios, and acceptance criteria.
- Gather and analyze data requirements, including data mapping and system/integration requirements.
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops and manage communication across business and technology teams.
- Support UAT, business validation, and solution sign-off.
- Work closely with business stakeholders, architects, developers, vendors, and delivery teams.
- Provide domain expertise across portfolio management, investment operations, trade lifecycle, performance, reporting, valuation/NAV, reconciliation, and investment data.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience in Business Analysis, with significant hands-on experience in Asset / Investment Management.
- Strong understanding of Portfolio Management, Portfolio Accounting, Investment Operations, Order & Trade Lifecycle, Performance Measurement, Reporting, Valuation/NAV, and Reconciliation.
- Experience with Mutual Funds and/or Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM) is preferred.
- Strong expertise in requirements elicitation, analysis, management, traceability, and change management.
- Strong data analysis and data mapping skills; SQL experience is highly desirable.
- Ability to conduct impact, dependency, and gap analysis and translate business problems into implementable solutions.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with platforms such as Advent APX, SimCorp, Charles River, Aladdin, Bloomberg AIM, FactSet, or similar platforms is an advantage.
- Ability to challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and independently drive analysis from problem definition through solution implementation.
