Business Analyst (Calypso)

AustralianSuper; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AustralianSuper in London is seeking a Business Analyst specialising in Calypso to join our Investment Services team. You will partner with stakeholders across investments, operations, technology and delivery to enhance Calypso platforms and related processes in a hybrid King’s Cross setting.

You should bring hands-on Calypso experience within capital markets, strong requirements translation skills and excellence in stakeholder engagement to deliver impactful technology-enabled business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst, Calypso Specialist or similar within capital markets.
• Strong understanding of front, middle and back-office investment operations.
• Experience across collateral, trade support, settlements, reconciliations, payments, regulatory reporting, securities finance and performance attribution.
• Proven ability translating business requirements into functional solutions and managing requirements end-to-end.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis and process improvement.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Ability to work effectively within complex environments with multiple stakeholders and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a subject matter expert across Calypso, Capital Markets and associated execution management systems.
• Translating front, middle and back-office business requirements into effective Calypso solutions and functional requirements.
• Supporting the full project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and solution design through testing, deployment and transition into business operations.
• Analysing current-state processes and identifying opportunities to improve business performance through technology and process enhancements.
• Designing future-state processes that maximise the capabilities of the Calypso platform.
• Configuring and supporting Front, Middle and Back Office capabilities within Calypso to meet Treasury, Portfolio Compliance and Risk requirements.
• Facilitating workshops, managing stakeholder engagement and working closely with vendors and strategic partners.
• Supporting data analysis, transformation and migration activities across investment systems and platforms.
• Driving evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement initiatives across investment services.

Skills

Calypso

Capital markets

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Analytical thinking

Communication

End-to-end delivery

Problem solving

Tools

Calypso

Aladdin

Murex

Bloomberg

Tradeweb

Refinitiv

SWIFT

MarkitWire

Job description

Business Analyst, Calypso

Location: King's Cross, London

Hybrid

Shape the future of our investment platforms and services

At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That's why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure the wellbeing of our people is central to our culture and the way we work.

The opportunity

As a Business Analyst specialising in Calypso, you will play a key role in delivering strategic initiatives that support AustralianSuper's global investment business. Working within Investment Services, you'll partner with stakeholders across investments, operations, technology and delivery teams to enhance the platforms, processes and capabilities that underpin our investment operating model.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine your capital markets expertise with strong business analysis skills to drive meaningful business and technology outcomes in a complex and evolving investment environment.

Key duties include:

• Acting as a subject matter expert across Calypso, Capital Markets and associated execution management systems.
• Translating front, middle and back-office business requirements into effective Calypso solutions and functional requirements.
• Supporting the full project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and solution design through to testing, deployment and transition into business operations.
• Analysing current-state processes and identifying opportunities to improve business performance through technology and process enhancements.
• Designing future-state processes that maximise the capabilities of the Calypso platform.
• Configuring and supporting Front, Middle and Back Office capabilities within Calypso to meet Treasury, Portfolio Compliance and Risk requirements.
• Facilitating workshops, managing stakeholder engagement and working closely with vendors and strategic partners.
• Supporting data analysis, transformation and migration activities across investment systems and platforms.
• Driving evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement initiatives across investment services.

What you'll bring

We'll be looking for experienced Business Analysts with a strong background in capital markets and investment platforms, ideally with extensive hands-on Calypso experience.

You'll bring:

• Experience as a Business Analyst, Calypso Specialist or similar professional within capital markets, implementation or support environments.
• Strong understanding of front, middle and back-office investment operations.
• Experience across areas such as collateral, trade support, settlements, reconciliations, payments, regulatory reporting, securities finance and performance attribution.
• Proven experience translating business requirements into functional solutions and managing requirements throughout the end-to-end project lifecycle.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis and process improvement.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• The ability to work effectively within complex environments and manage multiple stakeholders and priorities.

Experience with financial products such as fixed income, money markets, foreign exchange, derivatives, repos, structured products and asset-backed securities will be highly regarded.

Exposure to platforms including Calypso, Aladdin, Murex, Bloomberg, Tradeweb, Refinitiv, SWIFT and MarkitWire would also be advantageous.

Life at AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper is committed to supporting our people, helping them grow their careers and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. You'll join a collaborative global investment platform and have the opportunity to work alongside talented professionals across investments, technology and operations.

We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

What’s next?

If you're passionate about capital markets, investment technology and delivering business outcomes through innovative solutions, we'd love to hear from you.