Senior Business Analyst (Investment Management)

Location: London

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time, Hybrid (2 days a week in London)

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Business Analyst with a thorough understanding of Investments 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 and the experience to lead others. 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.

What You'll Spend Your Time Doing

• Lead and mentor a team of Business Analysts, providing guidance on best practices, documentation standards, and analytical techniques.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of consistent, high-quality documentation, including business requirements, process flows, and user stories, ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
• Define and manage test strategies, including the creation of test plans and scripts, coordinating UAT activities, and ensuring comprehensive requirements traceability.
• Collaborate with Investment Operations, Investment Management, DevOps, and Client teams to deliver changes within our governance framework.
• Document the current state, propose outcomes, and design target operating models that support new platforms and processes.
• Define and design simple, automated, and resilient solutions where possible.
• Provide strategic input into business transformation and automation initiatives, influencing stakeholder decisions and ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.
• Plan, prepare, and oversee testing, transition, and implementation phases for key initiatives.
• Act as a senior point of contact for complex stakeholder engagements, supporting escalation management and resolution.

You're Going To Enjoy This Job If You...

• Like working closely with senior leaders and decision-makers, contributing to strategic change across the business.
• Want to develop, lead and mentor high performing teams.
• Have strong analytical skills and enjoy working with data.
• Enjoy target operating model for teams adopting new technology.
• Want to influence and improve how we do things - whether that’s improving processes, refining reporting, or introducing new tools to make life easier to drive automation and straight through processing.
• Have a positive, optimistic outlook and creative problem solving skills.
• Like to work in an agile and flexible way.

What We Need From You

• Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst or equivalent leadership role within investment management or investment operations.
• Strong knowledge of investment products and operations, including fixed income, derivatives, equities, and ETFs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team, establish and maintain documentation and analysis standards, and drive continuous improvement across the BA function.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Strong analytical skills, particularly with IBOR (Investment Book of Record) and ABOR (Accounting Book of Record).
• Solid understanding of test management, including designing test plans, scripts, and coordinating UAT.
• Good knowledge of Excel and ability to query SQL Server using SSMS.
• A positive, proactive approach to problem-solving, with the flexibility to work in agile environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and influence skills, capable of driving alignment and securing buy-in across multiple teams.

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

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!

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.