Business Analyst (Investment Management)

*** Experience within technology and Investment Management is essential for this role ***

Location: London

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time and Hybrid

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst with a thorough understanding of Investment Operations and the ability to interrogate and understand data to join our expanding Investment Management Change Team.

This is a hands-on role and the ideal candidate will have a technical background that they are able to apply to solving business problems. They are expected to provide the analysis that will define the scope, requirements and success criteria for a variety of initiatives, primarily to support the Investment Operations function within AIML.

MS AIML is managing a large programme of change work. Candidates with the right skillset will be able to get involved in other strategic projects such as a business transformation, performance and automation across support teams.

MS Amlin is part of a global top-10 insurance group, MS&AD. We’re made up of four distinct businesses covering Global Reinsurance, Lloyds Franchise, Local Specialty Insurer, and Business Services.

This role sits within MS AIML, the regulated investment management company of the MS Amlin brand (MSA). MSA is wholly owned by the MS&AD Group.  The investment clients of MS AIML include MSA companies and others in the wider MS&AD group. 

What You’ll Spend Your Time Doing

• Work with the Investment Operations, DevOps and Client Change teams to manage client changes within our framework
• Document the current state, proposed outcome and design target operating models that support new platforms and processes
• Define detailed business and systems requirements in conjunction with users and developers, using Agile tools and techniques where appropriate
• Define and design simple, automated and resilient solutions where possible
• Assess implementation options, influencing stakeholders to select most appropriate solution
• Planning, preparation, participation in and oversight of testing, transition and implementation

You’re Going To Enjoy This Job If You…

• Have strong analytical skills – especially with IBOR and ABOR
• Enjoying target operating model for teams adopting new technology
• Drive automation and straight through processing
• Enjoy working with data
• Have a positive, optimistic outlook and creative problem solving skills
• Like to work in an agile and flexible way

What We Need From You        

• Experience of investment and or investment operations
• Good experience across fixed income, derivatives, equites and ETFs
• Strong experience of communicating between investment management operations and technology teams
• Good Excel knowledge
• Ability to query SQL server using SQL queries in SSMS
• Strong stakeholder management skills

We are stronger together because of our common interests and rich differences. You may be the strength we didn’t know we needed. Believe in yourself, and click apply today!

What Can You Expect From Us?

• Competitive Base Salary
• Performance Related Discretionary Bonus
• Holiday: 28 days core annual leave, and you can buy up to 5 days
• Pension: A minimum 2% employee contribution plus 7% MS Amlin contribution (9%) up to a maximum of 5% employee contribution plus 13% MS Amlin contribution (18%)
• Private Medical: cover for yourself. Family members/dependants can be added
• Flex Fund: £1,000 (pro-rated based on start date) to spend on flexible benefits
• Life Assurance: 5x annualised base salary

Each one of us is unique because of our backgrounds, what we have learned so far and how we express that. Establishing an inclusive attitude helps us, organisationally, to ‘think outside the box’ because it calls on that diverse range of ideas, perspectives and lived experiences.
We commit to continuing our work towards a more diverse and inclusive future by recognising that our business, our teams and every colleague has a part to play in driving the positive change we all want to see.
Our values demonstrate our commitment to providing an environment in which each and every colleague is respected for who they are and what they can contribute to the business, regardless of nationality, race, ethnicity, religion/faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, socio-economic background, sex or age.

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