Summary: The Senior Business Analyst role focuses on supporting a front office team in systematic equities through a significant system migration. The position requires collaboration with Portfolio Managers, Quant Researchers, and Developers to enhance investment technology. The analyst will gather requirements, analyze processes, and ensure effective communication of changes to stakeholders. This role is critical in bridging the gap between investment teams and technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a bridge between investment teams and technology, gathering and refining requirements for the ongoing migration of investment systems.
• Analyse current-state processes and systems, identifying gaps, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with quants and developers to define data structures, workflows, and integration points across front-office platforms.
• Support the testing and implementation of new tools, ensuring business requirements are met and changes are clearly communicated to stakeholders.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in investment management or investment banking - must have exposure to quantitative or systematic strategies.
• Strong technical background — able to engage with developers and understand system architecture, data models, and APIs.
• Familiarity with front-office investment systems (e.g. order management, portfolio construction, risk and analytics platforms).
• Hands-on skills with SQL or Python for data analysis and validation.
• Experience working on system migrations or greenfield platform builds in a front-office context.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into structured deliverables.

Salary (Rate): 900

City: London

Country: England

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Finance