Middle / Back Office Business Analyst - Contract
Rate: £750-850pd umbrella - flex for the right experience
Location: London
Longevity: 12 month
My client is seeking an experienced Business Analyst with strong asset management middle and back-office expertise to support a business change integration initiative. The successful candidate will act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring operational requirements are clearly defined and delivered effectively.
Business Analysis & Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with middle and back office stakeholders (Operations, Fund Accounting, Risk, Compliance, Treasury, Data, IT)
- Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements for system enhancements, regulatory initiatives, and operational improvements
- Translate business needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements
- Facilitate workshops, interviews, and walkthroughs with business and technical teams
Middle & Back Office Domain Focus
- Fund accounting and NAV calculation
- Corporate actions and income processing
- Reconciliations (cash, positions, securities)
- Pricing and valuation
- Performance and reporting
- Risk and regulatory reporting
- Understand data flows across front, middle, and back office systems
Change Delivery & Systems
- Support system implementations, upgrades, and vendor platforms (e.g., OMS, PMS, accounting platforms, data warehouses)
- Work closely with developers, QA, and vendors to ensure accurate delivery
- Assist with test strategy, test case creation, UAT coordination, and defect management
- Support data migration and integration initiatives
Process Improvement & Documentation
- Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and control issues in existing processes
- Propose and document improved workflows and operating models
- Maintain high-quality documentation (BRDs, FRDs, user stories, process flows)
- Support operational readiness, training, and post-implementation reviews
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst within asset management
- Strong knowledge of middle and back office operations
- Solid understanding of the investment management lifecycle
- Experience working with both business users and technical teams
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Experience with Agile and/or Waterfall delivery methodologies
- Proficiency in requirements documentation and process modeling tools
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
- Consulting
- IT Services and IT Consulting and Financial Services
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