Business Analyst

SAM International; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking a Business Analyst for its expanding Private Markets platform team. This role involves defining and implementing operating models, conducting requirements analysis, and collaborating with IT. Ideal candidates will have a university degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience, with strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in wealth management, private credit or private debt.
• Experience as Business Analyst in financial services or consulting firm.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the target operating model for the private credit platform.
• Conduct requirement analysis and write test cases.
• Collaborate with IT and train business users on new tools.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication

Collaboration

Education

University degree in Business Economics, Business Informatics or Information Technology

Tools

LoanIQ

WSOWeb

Allvue

Job description

For our client, we are looking for Business Analyst in our fast-growing Private Markets platform team. The team consists of specialists in Business Analysis, Business Architecture and Project Management working in the Private Markets Operations department.

The team's focus is the execution of strategic initiatives, replacement and introduction of new tools and platforms and design of new scalable solutions to serve our clients’ needs:

• Play an active part in the definition and implementation of the target operating model for our growing private credit platform;
• Design, re-engineer and document key business processes with different stakeholders on business and IT side;
• Conduct requirement analysis and detailed gap assessments on a wide range of topics across the company;
• Write test cases, organize and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT);
• Support in project management activities, such as organizing workshops with SMEs, overseeing IT delivery, preparing status reports and resource & work planning;
• Define and present conceptual approaches (orally and in writing), prepare solution options and required decisions, and document results;
• Closely work with IT counterparts to bridge between business and technology teams;
• Train business users on rolled-out tools, push for adoption and support the entire change management process.

Requirements

• You have a university degree or equivalent in Business Economics, Business Informatics or Information Technology or similar;
• You have minimum 3 years of experience in wealth management, private credit or private debt;
• You have in-depth knowledge of systems such as LoanIQ, WSOWeb, Allvue or similar;
• You have already worked for 3+ years as Business Analyst in a financial services company or with a leading consulting firm in a similar hands-on role at the interface between Business and IT;
• You like working on your own initiative, but also as a team in collaboration with various stakeholders. You have the ability to deliver on time with a high level of integrity and accuracy;
• In the past you proved strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand business and technical functions as well as process information quickly;
• You get satisfaction by constructively challenging the status quo and looking for new ways to improve processes and results;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in written and verbal English, German is a plus.

Please do not hesitate to contact us of you have questions.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.