Senior Business Analyst – Asset Management

Systems Arabia; India; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Arabia seeks a Senior Lead Business Analyst for Asset Management in India. The role requires leading complex analyses across business, operations, data, and technology; translating business needs into implementable solutions.

The candidate will drive end-to-end analysis, document requirements, define controls, perform data mapping, and facilitate workshops with stakeholders. Strong communication and domain expertise across portfolio management are essential.

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of experience in Business Analysis, with asset/investment management focus.
• Strong understanding of portfolio management, portfolio accounting, and investment operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis for Asset/Investment Management initiatives.
• Elicit, analyze, document, validate, and manage business and functional requirements.
• Define rules, validations, controls, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate data mapping and integration requirements; support UAT and sign-off.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements elicitation

Data analysis

SQL experience

Portfolio management

Job description

Senior Lead Business Analyst - Asset Management

We are looking for a Senior / Lead Business Analyst - Asset Management with strong experience in Asset / Investment Management. The ideal candidate will be responsible for independently leading complex business analysis across Business, Operations, Data, and Technology, translating business needs into clear and implementable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business analysis for complex Asset / Investment Management initiatives.
• Elicit, analyze, document, validate, and manage business and functional requirements.
• Analyze business processes, data, systems, and workflows to identify gaps, dependencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Define business rules, validations, controls, exception scenarios, and acceptance criteria.
• Gather and analyze data requirements, including data mapping and system/integration requirements.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and manage communication across business and technology teams.
• Support UAT, business validation, and solution sign-off.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, architects, developers, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Provide domain expertise across portfolio management, investment operations, trade lifecycle, performance, reporting, valuation/NAV, reconciliation, and investment data.

Requirements

• 8-12+ years of experience in Business Analysis, with significant hands-on experience in Asset / Investment Management.
• Strong understanding of Portfolio Management, Portfolio Accounting, Investment Operations, Order & Trade Lifecycle, Performance Measurement, Reporting, Valuation/NAV, and Reconciliation.
• Experience with Mutual Funds and/or Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM) is preferred.
• Strong expertise in requirements elicitation, analysis, management, traceability, and change management.
• Strong data analysis and data mapping skills; SQL experience is highly desirable.
• Ability to conduct impact, dependency, and gap analysis and translate business problems into implementable solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with platforms such as Advent APX, SimCorp, Charles River, Aladdin, Bloomberg AIM, FactSet, or similar platforms is an advantage.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and independently drive analysis from problem definition through solution implementation.