Lead/Senior Business Analyst- Asset Management

EPAM Systems; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems in India seeks a Lead/Senior Business Analyst for an Asset Management finance/IT transformation, turning complex data and process needs into actionable requirements and verified outcomes, collaborating with Finance SMEs, IT delivery teams and architecture.

Responsibilities include documenting lineage, maintaining catalogs, eliciting upstream data requirements, and producing BRDs, user stories and decision logs; strong SQL and Agile skills are required.

Qualifications

• 7-15 years IT experience with proven business analysis and BRD/FRD documentation.
• Knowledge of VaR calculations and risk models.
• Experience in data and interface analysis, including data flows, source-to-target mappings, data quality issues and reconciliation logic.
• Experience developing and maintaining interface catalogs and data dictionaries.
• Understanding asset management Finance data and reporting concepts (AUM, flows and revenue components) and controls.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies and SQL.
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Decompose upstream landscape, define data definitions and clarify key data terms.
• Document lineage from upstream sources to outputs and maintain an interface/data catalog.
• Analyze feeds from Salesforce, SIMCORP, Global Product Master, and GDH/LDH.
• Elicit and structure requirements across upstream data domains (static data, AUM, flows, revenues, etc.).
• Define data schedules and snapshot needs for daily/weekly/monthly reporting windows.
• Establish business processes, approvals, and control design; redesign as needed.
• Support subsystem transitions and dependency management.
• Define acceptance criteria and align business rules with solution design.
• Facilitate workshops and decision-making; maintain logs and RACI.
• Make cross-workstream dependencies visible through RAID logs and ensure traceability.
• Produce BRDs, user stories, process maps, decision logs and sign-off packs.
• Facilitate workshops, align teams and manage conflicting priorities.

Skills

Business analysis

BRD/FRD documentation

Requirements elicitation

Agile

SQL

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Data quality

RAID logs

Tools

Salesforce

SIMCORP

Global Product Master

GDH/LDH

Job description

We are seeking a Lead/Senior Business Analyst to join our Asset Management team, driving a Finance/IT transformation program with a strong emphasis on upstream data quality, interface standardization and end-to-end consistency of reporting outputs. This role sits at the intersection of Finance SMEs, multiple IT delivery teams and architecture and is accountable for turning complex data and process needs into implementable requirements and verified outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Decompose the upstream landscape, including sources, formats, frequency and controls, and clarify key data definitions
• Document lineage from upstream sources to program outputs and maintain an interface catalog and data catalog
• Analyze key feeds and data sources, such as Salesforce, SIMCORP, Global Product Master, and GDH/LDH, along with additional product and custodian feeds
• Elicit and structure requirements across upstream data domains, including static data, AUM, flows, fund/transaction/holding data, prices, trailer fees, revenues and client data
• Define data schedules and snapshot needs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, with attention to month-end flash versus actual reporting windows
• Establish business process definitions, approval/sign-off workflows and associated control design, including redesign of processes where needed
• Support subsystem transition strategy for platforms such as GVOR and IPR, including dependency management
• Define acceptance criteria, align business rules and support solution design by clarifying intent and edge cases
• Facilitate workshops and decision-making sessions to resolve ambiguity in data definitions and ownership, maintaining decision logs and RACI documentation
• Make cross-workstream dependencies visible early through RAID logs, confirm assumptions and maintain traceability across teams
• Produce high-quality analysis artifacts, including BRDs, user stories, process maps, decision logs and sign-off packs
• Facilitate workshops, align multiple teams and manage conflicting priorities among stakeholders

Requirements

• 7-15 years of experience in IT, with proven experience in business analysis, requirement gathering, and BRD/FRD documentation
• Knowledge of VaR calculations and risk models
• Expertise in data and interface analysis, including data flows, source-to-target mappings, data quality issues and reconciliation logic
• Background in developing and maintaining interface catalogs and data dictionaries
• Understanding of asset management Finance data and reporting concepts, such as AUM, flows and revenue components, along with the associated needs for controls, evidence and auditability
• Skills in structured requirements elicitation, decomposition, prioritization and sign-off management, with the ability to write unambiguous requirements
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies and SQL
• Competency in stakeholder management, including facilitating workshops, aligning multiple teams and managing conflicting priorities
• Capability to work independently and drive analysis activities with strong ownership and a self-driven working style