Business Analyst - Fund Administration (Contract, Remote, Outside IR35)

Business Analyst - Fund Administration (Contract, Remote, Outside IR35)

Posted 2 days ago by Strike IT Services

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£450 Per day
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Remote, UK
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Summary: We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in fund administration and financial services for a key role supporting regulatory, operational, and data-focused initiatives. This fully remote opportunity involves working with a leading technology and operations partner within the investment management space. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance fund administration processes, data quality, and workflow automation, with a preference for familiarity with cloud data platforms like AWS.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Engage with stakeholders to gather, document, and prioritise business and technical requirements.
  • Analyse and map current vs. future-state fund administration processes to identify gaps and optimisation opportunities.
  • Collaborate with data engineers and product teams to translate business needs into actionable technical specifications.
  • Support solution development and testing to ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and data investigations to support operational and reporting requirements.
  • Ensure regulatory and audit standards are considered throughout all analysis and documentation work.
  • Contribute to the development of business cases, solution evaluations, and process improvement initiatives.

Key Skills:

  • 4+ years' experience as a Business Analyst within financial services, ideally with direct exposure to fund administration.
  • Strong understanding of fund operations, accounting workflows, client reporting, and regulatory compliance.
  • Strong domain knowledge of fund administration processes: NAV, reconciliations, investor services, compliance reporting.
  • Familiarity with fund structures (eg, UCITS, hedge funds, private equity).
  • Understanding of regulatory requirements such as AIFMD, MiFID II, SFDR, GDPR.
  • Experience working with custodians, fund administrators, or asset managers.

Salary (Rate): £450 daily

City: undetermined

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in fund administration and financial services for a key role supporting regulatory, operational, and data-focused initiatives. This is a fully remote opportunity, working with a leading technology and operations partner within the investment management space.

The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders across operations, technology, compliance, and data to drive improvements in fund administration processes, data quality, and workflow automation. Familiarity with cloud data platforms (AWS preferred) is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with stakeholders to gather, document, and prioritise business and technical requirements.

  • Analyse and map current vs. future-state fund administration processes to identify gaps and optimisation opportunities.

  • Collaborate with data engineers and product teams to translate business needs into actionable technical specifications.

  • Support solution development and testing to ensure alignment with business goals.

  • Conduct root cause analysis and data investigations to support operational and reporting requirements.

  • Ensure regulatory and audit standards are considered throughout all analysis and documentation work.

  • Contribute to the development of business cases, solution evaluations, and process improvement initiatives.

Experience:

  • 4+ years' experience as a Business Analyst within financial services, ideally with direct exposure to fund administration.

  • Strong understanding of fund operations, accounting workflows, client reporting, and regulatory compliance.

  • Strong domain knowledge of fund administration processes: NAV, reconciliations, investor services, compliance reporting.

  • Familiarity with fund structures (eg, UCITS, hedge funds, private equity).

  • Understanding of regulatory requirements such as AIFMD, MiFID II, SFDR, GDPR.

  • Experience working with custodians, fund administrators, or asset managers.

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