Business Analyst

Business Analyst – £700 p/d (inside IR35) – Hybrid (3x days p/w office) – Initial 6 months

My client, a leading global investment management firm, is seeking a technical Business Analyst to join a cross-functional team supporting a strategic Fund Accounting Workstream. In this role, you’ll lead critical change initiatives and take ownership of stakeholder engagement across business and technology teams. It’s an excellent opportunity for a Business Analyst with a strong mix of business and technical expertise to play a key role in shaping the delivery of a major, high-impact programme.

The Business Analyst is expected to:

• Lead requirements gathering using methods such as interviews, workshops, workflow analysis, and documentation reviews.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define project scope and translate business needs into clear requirements.
• Partner closely with Project Managers, or operate in a hybrid BA/PM capacity, to report progress and maintain stakeholder alignment.
• Use tools such as SQL and Power Apps to analyse data and translate findings into actionable specifications for data engineers.
• Contribute to Agile delivery practices within cross-functional teams.
• Document and model current- and target-state data architecture and data flows, particularly around fund static data, ABOR, and trade data.
• Identify technical requirements and interface specs, and document them via the SDLC using tools like Azure DevOps.
• Support development and testing efforts, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations and technical feasibility.

The successful Business Analyst will possess:

• Strong SQL and data modelling skills is a must; experience Excel with Python is a bonus.
• Solid understanding of asset management is essential, particularly Fund Static, ABOR and trades data.
• Experience working with data warehouses (ideally Snowflake), and tools such as LucidCharts, MS Teams, Power Apps, and Azure DevOps.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage across all levels.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery environments.