Junior Business Analyst – Private Markets Platform in London

We are looking for a highly motivated Junior Business Analyst in our fast-growing Private Markets Platform team. The team brings together expertise in Business Analysis, Business Architecture, and Project Management, and plays a central role in shaping how the firm operates at scale. Our focus is on driving large-scale transformations, improving end-to-end processes, and designing scalable, future-ready solutions that support our clients and investment teams.

What you will do:

• Designing, re-engineering and documenting key business processes with different stakeholders on business and IT side;
• Conducting requirement analysis and detailed gap assessments on a wide range of topics across the company;
• Writing test cases, organise and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT);
• Supporting in project management activities, such as organising workshops with SMEs, overseeing IT delivery, preparing status reports and resource & work planning;
• Defining and presenting conceptual approaches (orally and in writing), target operating models, preparing solution options and required decisions, and documenting results;
• Closely working with IT counterparts to bridge between business and technology teams;
• Training business users on rolled-out tools, push for adoption and support the entire change management process.

We are looking for individuals who:

• Are curious and intellectually engaged, with a genuine interest in understanding complex and evolving business models;
• Naturally ask 'why', challenge assumptions, and seek to understand root causes rather than symptoms;
• Are comfortable challenging the status quo in a constructive and thoughtful way;
• Have a strong desire to learn quickly, especially in new and unfamiliar domains and take ownership.

Requirements:

• University degree or equivalent, qualifying experience in Business Economics, Business Informatics or Information Technology;
• First working experience of business analysis in a financial services company or with a leading consulting firm in a similar hands-on role at the interface between Business and IT;
• Motivation to work on own initiative and in collaboration with various stakeholders, ability to deliver on time with a high level of integrity;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand business and technical functions as well as process information quickly;
• Must be comfortable with constructively challenging the status quo and looking for new ways to improve processes and results;
• Great team player and ability to work collaboratively at various levels of the organization;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in written and verbal English, German is a plus.

If you are interested in becoming an integral part of a successful alternative investment management team in an international, multicultural working environment we will be pleased to get to know you soon.