Business Development Analyst in City of London

Maven is a market-leading, employee-owned proprietary trading firm deploying internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. We differentiate ourselves by exclusively managing our own capital, delivering exceptional returns on equity since inception, and preserving an entrepreneurial, highly collaborative culture.

We are looking for a Business Development Analyst. This individual will play a critical role in supporting the sourcing, evaluation, and onboarding of new Portfolio Managers (PMs), as well as contributing to platform-wide strategic initiatives. This position sits at the core of the firm’s growth engine—interfacing with senior leadership, PM candidates, and cross-functional teams including risk, technology, data and operations.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Manager Sourcing & Evaluation
  • Map the landscape across major strategy verticals and continuously build a pipeline of high-quality prospects.
  • Analyse track records, risk profiles, drawdowns, capacity and style to assess commercial viability.
  • Prepare structured memos for internal use (fit, economics, platform requirements).
  • Coordinate due diligence across a variety of internal functions.
• Market & Competitor Intelligence
  • Maintain a current view of competitor platform models, compensation norms, strategy expansions and talent movements.
  • Produce concise internal memos summarising market developments and opportunities.
  • Identify emerging PMs, strategies or market dislocations worth exploring.
• Lifecycle Management & Onboarding
  • Own the CRM process, from sourcing to due diligence, approval, and onboarding.
  • Support cross-functional onboarding to reduce friction and shorten timelines.
  • Maintain and refine internal processes, documentation, and approval flows.
• Strategic Projects
  • Support new strategy vertical exploration and geographic expansion.
  • Contribute to firm-wide strategic planning, cost analysis and infrastructure improvement.
  • Analyse platform-level PM returns to identify portfolio risks, gaps and opportunities.

Candidate Specifications

• 2–3 years in an Asset Manager, Investment Bank, Allocator, or top-tier strategy consulting firm.
• Exposure to financial products and buy-side approaches.
• Experience working with financial data or performance analysis advantageous.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills.
• Able to synthesise qualitative and quantitative information into clear commercial insights.
• Excellent organisational skills, capable of managing multiple workstreams.

What We Offer

• A great environment whereby technology is key to our success
• The upside of a start-up without the associated risks
• Friendly, informal and highly rewarding culture
• A fast-growing global firm with plenty of opportunities where you will have a significant impact

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Equal Opportunity Maven is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture for our employees. It is crucial for us to understand the demographics of our candidate pool to measure our recruitment practices. There is no requirement for any candidate to answer our demographic questions. For candidates who complete the questionnaire, their data will be anonymised and used only in the aggregate to inform our attraction strategy. Maven is an equal opportunity employer and this data will be used for opportunity monitoring purposes.