Job Overview
As a Associate Business Analyst – Due Diligence, you will be an integral part of the Multi-Asset Portfolio Solutions team, supporting Due Diligence function through supporting the future of product innovation as a core leader, driving value for customers, guiding successful launches, and exceeding expectations. The team is uniquely positioned working directly with the business and in many cases as an extension of the business. As a Business Analyst, you are responsible for supporting the direction of the platform, a Product Cabinet, and prioritizing the decisions made for the platform. The Product work has substantial impact across the business / firm and is geared towards revenue enhancement, cost reduction, risk mitigation, process improvement, increasing reach for insights or other priorities as defined by management.
- Support the Product Owner or working independently to drive the product’s vision and execute strategy to realize it, while rigorously applying product best practices to stay abreast of the latest market and technology opportunities.
- Complement a strong product intuition with data-informed evidence to actively manage the product backlog in an agile development environment. Critically evaluate data, information, ideas, and arguments when determining what should be built, and describe what is needed with well-written stories.
- Drive data quality testing, proof of concepts, and improvement efforts across the Due Diligence platform. Distill insights from data across diverse users, business, and industry sources.
- Support setting motivating objectives for the business and team with well-designed OKRs that measure success by the business outcomes your product achieves.
- Drive committed partnerships with your business stakeholders, Engineering, Design, and Product peers.
- Graduate / Post-Graduate, with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in Banking / Financial Services / Technology of which at least 5 years are as a hands-on Business Analyst with demonstrable experience in agile product practices throughout the product lifecycle.
- Ability to code in python, execute SQL, manage large data sets, perform calculations, and synthesize results.
- Familiarity with Product ownership model / Agile Development including project planning, Jira story writing, resource management, requirements management (elicitation, documentation, prioritization, etc.), process mapping, process design, procedure authoring, org design, capacity sizing, etc.
- High data literacy including data collection, synthesis, and translation of results into concrete actionable solutions.
- Organized and effective execution – work independently, set, and manage expectations, model work ethic, proactively manage efforts across multiple teams, rigorously communicate.
- Excellent documentation, analytical, and reasoning skills (e.g., adheres to best practices in meeting management, regularly completes tasks and conducts business with minimal supervision)
- Applies innovation and design thinking techniques to continually challenge and improve the efficiency, scale, and resilience of our platform.
- Ability to thrive and drive change in fast paced, complex agenda.
- Subject matter expert within Multi-Asset Portfolio Solutions, Private Investments, and/or Due Diligence
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification preferred.
