Business Analyst – Investment Operations (SimCorp Dimension Experience)

Sim; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in London is seeking a Business Analyst to enhance and implement operational processes. The role requires experience in investment operations, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication abilities. You will work in a hybrid environment, balancing remote work with office presence. An attractive salary and benefits package will be offered, alongside support for your professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Hybrid workplace model

Attractive salary and bonus scheme

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience as a Business Analyst within asset management or financial services.
• Good understanding of investment operations across the trade lifecycle.
• Proven ability to write clear and concise business and functional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Analyze existing investment operations processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Gather and document detailed business and functional requirements from stakeholders.
• Act as a liaison between business teams and technology.

Skills

Business analysis

Data analysis (Excel, SQL, Power BI)

Agile methodologies

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Technology, or related field

Tools

SimCorp's operational platform

Job description

Overview

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn, and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

As a Business Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in analyzing, improving, and implementing operational processes and systems. You will work cross-functionally within Operations to deliver business change initiatives, enhance automation, and support strategic projects across the investment lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze existing investment operations processes and identify areas for improvement and automation.
• Gather and document detailed business and functional requirements from stakeholders.
• Act as a liaison between business teams and technology to ensure clear communication and solution alignment.
• Support the implementation of new systems, workflows, or operational controls.
• Assist in user acceptance testing (UAT), process documentation, and training.
• Lead or contribute to change initiatives such as system upgrades, data migration, and new asset class onboarding.
• Produce high-quality business analysis deliverables, user stories, process maps, and reporting specifications.
• Track and report on project milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Maintain knowledge of operational systems

What We Value

• 2–5 years of experience as a Business Analyst within asset management, investment operations, or financial services.
• Good understanding of investment operations across the trade lifecycle (trade capture, settlement, cash & position reconciliation, corporate actions).
• Experience working with SimCorp’s operational platform is required
• Proven ability to write clear and concise business and functional requirements.
• Experience delivering projects using Agile methodologies.
• Strong data analysis skills (e.g., Excel, SQL, Power BI) and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Technology, or related field

Benefits

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, at SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. In addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work-life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid workplace model. SimCorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.

There is never just one route — we practice a personalized approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

Next Steps

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, as we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you in discovering the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

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