Charles River Investment Management System Business Analyst/Product Analyst

Salary: £45,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant experience working on Charles River Investment Management System (CRIMS) in a Business Analyst, Change Delivery, or Front Office Support capacity.
• Hands‑on experience configuring and maintaining CRIMS, including building and implementing changes directly within the system, such as Manager Workbench updates, workspace views, user group configuration, and permission changes.
• Demonstrable experience delivering system or technology change within a regulated financial services or asset management environment.
• Strong understanding of investment management workflows and operating models across Front, Middle, and Back Office functions.
• Ability to operate independently and manage change through the full delivery lifecycle, from analysis and design through to implementation and release.
• Strong data analysis skills, including working knowledge of SQL.
• Experience working with technology architecture teams and external vendors on system or infrastructure‑related change, with an understanding of integrations, data flows, and downstream impacts.
• Solution‑oriented mindset, with the ability to analyse problems and identify practical, effective change solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, business‑focused outcomes.
• Understanding of outsourced service models and how to deliver system and process change in conjunction with third‑party providers.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively deliver system enhancements, configuration changes, workflow improvements, and defect‑related change that improve system effectiveness and support business objectives.
• Operate independently and manage change through the full delivery lifecycle, from analysis and design through to implementation and release.
• Provide dedicated business and system expertise within our Asset Management team to enable effective change delivery across the CRIMS platform.
• Use SQL to interrogate data sets, validate outputs, and support change delivery.
• Work with technology architecture teams and external vendors on system or infrastructure‑related change, including integrations, data flows, and downstream impacts.
• Support testing and release activities, including test planning, execution, defect management, and post‑implementation support.
• Confidently manage stakeholders and translate complex technical concepts into clear, business‑focused outcomes.

Technologies:

• Support Network SQL

More:

We are Rathbones, one of the UKs leading wealth managers with over £109bn in assets under management and 20 offices across the UK and Channel Islands. We help people invest their money well so they can live well, guiding them through life's big moments with confidence and support. This is a permanent, hybrid role based in London within our Rathbones Asset Management division and Business Delivery Change team. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including pension, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, share scheme, flexible holiday purchase, discretionary bonus, family‑friendly policies, study support, travel loans, volunteering days, gym discounts, and other voluntary benefits. We also support employee wellbeing and development through social groups, inclusion networks, and our NextGen IM Network, and we are committed to building a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace where people feel they belong.