Asset Management Business Analyst (Aladdin experience)

Phoenix; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to join their Asset Management team in Telford. This exciting role offers the chance to contribute to a world-class asset management function, focusing on the trade lifecycle and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in business analysis, particularly within the UK asset management sector, and a strong understanding of regulatory environments. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization values unique experiences and perspectives, encouraging all qualified individuals to apply and bring their whole selves to work.

Benefits

Bonus

Excellent Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Electric Vehicle Scheme

38 Days Holiday

12x Salary Life Assurance

Career Breaks

Income Protection

3x Volunteering Days

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business analysis for medium to large-scale projects.
• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle in asset management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to manage fund operations and deliver project outputs.
• Develop requirements for fund changes and support business solutions.

Skills

Business Analysis

Asset Management

Trade Lifecycle Knowledge

Requirements Gathering

Aladdin System

Stakeholder Engagement

Documentation Skills

Education

Experience in Business Analysis

Experience in Regulated Environments

Tools

Business Analysis Tools

Job description

Job Description

We have an incredible opportunity to support us here at Phoenix Group as a Business Analyst in our Asset Management function.

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role will be based in our Telford office, offering flexible and hybrid working, with time spent between the office and working from home. There will be some travel between our London and Edinburgh offices required.

We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Salary and Benefits: £45,000 – £70,000 (subject to experience) + bonus, excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance, electric vehicle scheme, 38 days holiday incl. Bank Holidays, plus 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more!

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

The role

This role is key to sustain the continued growth within in the function and will contribute to the successful development of the Phoenix Group Asset Management vision, particularly in delivering a world-class Asset Management function.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of working with Front office teams and have a good understanding of the trade lifecycle from both an investment and operational perspective. You will have an unwavering attention to detail as you collaborate with internal and external teams involved in managing and supporting the fund’s operation to deliver agreed outputs as part of the project.

You will also be responsible for developing the requirements to make changes to the funds or the operating model that support them subsequently working with the business areas to develop solutions to satisfy those requirements.

What are we looking for?

Essential

1. Highly experienced business analyst, applying business analysis tools / methods / techniques across a range of medium and large-scale projects and programmes
2. Previous UK market experience in asset management, pensions and highly regulated environments
3. Direct experience of the trade lifecycle and working in a direct investing environment, processes, ways of working
4. Experience working with the Aladdin system and gathering and interpreting business process and technical requirements
5. Understanding of the different types of collective investment vehicles and an appreciation of the differences that exist between them and how those differences can affect fund change
6. Experience working as part of a project team, eliciting requirements, engaging with third party vendors and developing and agreeing operating models to support business activity
7. Ability to document operating models, decision trees and other organisation design templates.
8. Ability to present findings, gain consensus and support for recommendations and next steps to senior internal stakeholders

We Want To Hire The Whole Version Of You.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove adverts earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

Find out more about

• Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
• Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us