Senior Business Analyst - Asset Management

Ss&C Technologies Holdings; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Development reimbursement

Holiday allowance

Wellbeing benefits

Diversity & Inclusion

Hands-on training

Job summary

SS&C Technologies Holdings seeks a high-performing Senior Business Analyst to join our Asset Management change portfolio. You will lead analysis across initiatives, shaping outcomes to meet regulatory and client expectations within a fast-paced transformation team.

You will mentor junior analysts, facilitate discovery workshops, and collaborate with product, architecture and delivery leads to ensure quality delivery and client delight in a hybrid Essex/London setting.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Business Analyst in complex transformation programs.
• Strong Asset Management domain knowledge is essential.
• Proficiency in BA methodologies across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead all analysis activities for assigned initiatives across the project lifecycle, with emphasis on Asset Management delivery and transformation.
• Support discovery and due diligence phases with internal and external stakeholders to define scope and outcomes.
• Elicit, document and validate detailed requirements and user stories with traceability to objectives.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings; articulate business needs and solution approaches.
• Act as liaison between business stakeholders, product teams, architects, and delivery leads.
• Identify impacts (operational, customer, regulatory) and support readiness activities.
• Produce high-quality deliverables (process maps, current/future state models, use cases) aligned to timelines.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to BA Practice evolution.

Skills

Asset Management domain knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

Transformation programs

BA methodologies (Agile/Waterfall)

Job description

Job Description

Senior Business Analyst (Asset Management)

Locations: Essex/London

Get To Know Us

Our EMEA Change Delivery organisation is growing in line with business demand and is at the heart of SS&C client delivery & organisational transformation. We are currently recruiting within our EMEA Enterprise Analysis Practice for a Senior Business Analyst to work & lead on projects within our Asset Management Change Portfolio.

Our initiatives range from new client onboarding, corporate transformation, regulatory change, existing client change, and operational excellence, always with a focus on ensuring quality delivery & client delight. We are looking for a dynamic individual who is a self-starter; expert communicator & facilitator of discovery workshops; well experienced in all realms of Business Analysis tools & techniques; and is an expert within the Asset Management sector. This role provides the right person with a real opportunity to help shape the future of change within the organization.

Why You Will Love It Here

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

The Opportunity

We are looking for a high-performing Senior Business Analyst to join our fast-paced transformation team, with a specific focus on Asset Management initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to shape high-impact change initiatives, influence product and service evolution, and ensure we deliver outcomes that meet both regulatory and client expectations.

What You Will Get To Do

• Lead all analysis activities for assigned initiatives across the project lifecycle, with an emphasis on Asset Management client delivery and transformation.
• Support the discovery and due diligence phases of new initiatives, working with internal and external stakeholders to define scope and business outcomes.
• Elicit, document, and validate detailed requirements and user stories, ensuring traceability to business objectives.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings, clearly articulating business needs and solution approaches.
• Act as the key liaison between business stakeholders, product teams, architects, and delivery leads.
• Identify operational, customer, and regulatory impacts, and support readiness activities to ensure smooth implementation.;
• Produce high-quality deliverables (e.g., process maps, current/future state models, use cases) aligned to project timelines and program governance.
• (For Senior BAs) Mentor junior team members and contribute to the evolution of the BA Practice through knowledge sharing and support.

What You Will Bring

• Significant Experience in a Business Analyst role, ideally within complex transformation programs.
• Strong Asset Management domain knowledge is essential.
• Experience across these areas within Asset Management is beneficial; Trade Processing & Settlement Cycles, Cash & Stock Reconciliation, Corporate Actions, Custody & Settlement Interfaces, Investor Servicing, AML/KYC, CASS, Distributions, etc.
• Proficiency in BA methodologies across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across business, technical, and client-facing environments.
• Confident facilitator and communicator - able to lead workshops, document clear outputs, and influence decision-making. Strong written and oral communication is a must.
• Self-starter with strong organisational skills, able to manage priorities in fast-paced, change-heavy environments.
• Passion for continuous improvement, quality outcomes, and business value.
• Comfortable adapting to evolving business needs and managing ambiguity.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.