Job Responsibilities:
- Define end to end business operating models, conducting gap analysis and partnering with stakeholders to deliver risk adverse business solutions
- Lead client due-diligence workshops
- Liaise with internal teams and clients to define and monitor service delivery objectives and deadlines
- Determine infrastructure recommendations based on business requirements for new and existing operations initiatives
- Ensure all changes to products, best practice and operating models are clearly understood by all stakeholders and implemented in a controlled manner
- Ensure solutions are in alignment with dependent processes and applications
- Deliver business readiness sign off for assigned projects prior to implementation
- Oversee Business Readiness Governance, ensuring change is completed successfully across operations
- Review of BI procedures, identifying and implementing efficiencies and improved controls allowing team to engage with the business and deliver projects utilising best practice
Required qualifications, skills and capabilities:
- Minimum10 years global financial industry experience within top tier investment management or financial services firm
- Proven business analysis skills with detailed knowledge across a financial operational environment
- Strong understanding of mutual fund accounting operations and associated assets, including experience in NAV calculations, unit pricing and financial reporting processes as opposed to Technology analysis
- A business analysis accredited qualification i.e. ISEB (or studying towards completion)
- Ability to identify and analyse problems and propose effective corrective solutions to meet term business, financial and/or system requirements
- Demonstrated ability to deliver on operational and/or project objectives to tight deadlines and high expectations
- Ability to handle multiple in-flight projects and deliver within given timeframes
- Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills
Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities:
- A Project management accredited qualification is desirable i.e. PRINCE2 (or studying towards completion)
- A Process review/improvement accredited qualification is desirable i.e. Six Sigma (or studying towards completion)