Collateral Business Analyst / SME

G MASS Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6‑month contract

Possible extension

September start

Job summary

G MASS Consulting is partnering with a leading Tier 1 Investment Bank on a significant collateral management re-platforming programme. The role provides hands-on Business Analysis and SME support to translate business requirements into functional design.

You will lead requirements gathering, gap analysis and testing for collateral workflows, with close collaboration to Technology, Operations and Compliance. A 6‑month contract with September start and potential extension is anticipated.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' collateral management experience at a Tier 1 bank.
• Proven business analysis skills with written requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Deep knowledge of collateral workflows including margin calls and dispute handling.
• Hands-on experience with engineering teams on platform implementations.
• Strong data lineage, reconciliations and control design.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into clear IT specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering for collateral workflows across the re-platforming programme.
• Conduct gap analysis between new platform and current processes.
• Define expected collateral processing logic and validate outputs.
• Support design reviews and contribute to future collateral architecture.
• Develop test scenarios for collateral workflows and margin calls.
• Interpret regulatory obligations and translate into data model changes.
• Provide milestone-driven delivery plans for senior reporting.
• Support BAU collateral queries as needed.
• Produce documentation covering control ownership and readiness.

Skills

Requirements writing

Stakeholder mgmt

BA testing

Data lineage

Platform onboarding

Regulatory knowledge

Translating requirements

Documentation

Tools

Colleen

Vermeg

Colline

Job description

G MASS is partnered with a leading Tier 1 Investment Bank, currently undertaking a significant re-platforming of its collateral management infrastructure. The programme involves replacing a legacy vendor solution with a new in-house platform, with a strong focus on controls, exception management and operational workflow redesign. This role will provide hands‑on Business Analysis and subject matter expertise to support the platform change, working closely with Technology, Operations and Compliance stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional design.

Responsibilities

• Lead business requirements gathering for collateral workflows, controls, exception management and platform onboarding across the re-platforming programme
• Conduct gap analysis between the new platform build and current production processes, identifying and resolving operational and control breaks
• Define expected collateral processing logic and validate outputs independently, providing sign‑off before Technology implements
• Support design reviews and contribute to the future‑state collateral architecture in partnership with Technology, Operations and Compliance
• Develop and execute test scenarios covering key collateral workflows, margin call processing, dispute handling and exception management
• Interpret and apply collateral‑related regulatory and operational obligations to the firm’s data model and system design
• Produce structured status updates and maintain clear, milestone‑driven delivery plans for senior stakeholder reporting
• Support BAU collateral queries and issue resolution as required, on a secondary basis to programme delivery
• Produce documentation covering control ownership, business requirements and implementation readiness

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience in collateral management at a Tier 1 Investment Bank, with direct involvement in platform change or system onboarding (e.g. Colleen, Vermeg or equivalent)
• Proven Business Analysis skills — requirements writing, acceptance criteria, structured documentation and delivery tracking
• Deep knowledge of collateral workflows including margin call processing, dispute management, exception handling and control frameworks
• Hands‑on experience working alongside Engineering / Technology teams on collateral platform implementations
• Strong understanding of data lineage, reconciliations and operational control design
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear functional specifications for IT delivery
• Experience managing and communicating milestone‑driven delivery plans to senior stakeholders
• Strong documentation and stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Familiarity with collateral platforms such as Colline, Vermeg, Acadiasoft or similar
• Experience with data querying tools (e.g. BigQuery, SQL) for validation and testing purposes
• Understanding of regulatory margin requirements (e.g. UMR, EMIR, Dodd‑Frank) as they apply to collateral operations
• Prior experience working in a programme management or structured delivery environment

Benefits

6‑month initial contract with likelihood of extension.

September estimated start.

Salary to be discussed.