LoanIQ Systems Analyst in London

ROLE CONTEXT

This role focuses specifically on LoanIQ—the servicing platform for loans and guarantees/SBLCs—to ensure accurate, complete and timely data flow into Finance and other downstream consumers. The role will be managed by Finance Technology, however the candidate will sit within the LoanIQ team, to have hands on access to LoanIQ and support from the team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify, extract, and govern the data required from LoanIQ for reliable consumption by downstream systems such as the sub-ledger/GL, data warehouse, and reporting platforms.
• Engage stakeholders (Operations, Finance, Data, Technology) to elicit and document detailed data and interface requirements from LoanIQ.
• Understand end to end accounting entries for Loans, Guarantees and SBLCs (issuance, amendments, cancellations, claims).
• Perform source-system analysis in LoanIQ to understand data structures, usage, and lineage; define robust source-to-target mappings for each downstream consumer.
• Develop and optimise SQL queries for data extraction, validation, and analysis.
• Support accounting and regulatory requirements (e.g., EIR, IFRS 9 inputs).
• Specify and validate data extracts/feeds from LoanIQ (files, APIs, messages), including completeness checks, transformation logic, enrichment rules, and reconciliation approach.
• Design and document interface controls including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, exception handling, and operational procedures.
• Map as-is / to-be lending processes (drawdowns, rollovers, repricing, fees, trading).
• Build and maintain datasets leveraging LoanIQ entities (deals, facilities, loans, events, cashflows).
• Champion best practices across analysis, documentation standards, data governance, and interface design.
• Contribute to historical backfill and migration activity, including profiling, cleansing, and cutover readiness.
• Identify future operating model changes that can be factored into earlier release cycles.
• Plan and execute SIT/UAT for interfaces and migrations; author test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria; capture evidence for governance and sign-off.
• Provide regular status updates, RAID management, and support handover/training to BAU team.

Qualifications / Skills and Experience

• Hands-on experience as a Business/Systems Analyst on LoanIQ including loan servicing, guarantees/SBLCs and interface design.
• Strong understanding of loans, guarantees, upfront/ongoing fees, and collateral accounting.
• Familiarity with syndicated lending and participation structures.
• Strong data analysis and SQL capability including complex mappings, reconciliations, DQ rule validation, and remediation.
• Experience within finance transformation programmes (IFRS, sub-ledger, alignment of reporting periods).
• Experience producing BRDs, functional specifications, mapping documentation, and test artefacts.
• Ability to work in Agile and Waterfall delivery environments including running workshops, backlog management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Understanding of loan products including corporate, syndicated and project lending, and downstream finance/reporting needs.
• Experience of collaborating across different groups, such as Technology, Operations, Finance, Product Control and external vendors.
• Experience of providing input into key artefacts such as BRDs/FRDs/TDOs, interface specifications, mapping documents, test packs, runbooks, requirements traceability and sign-off documentation.