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Business Analyst – Private Markets / Alternative Investments (Data Programme)
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Business Analyst – Private Markets / Alternative Investments (Data Programme)
Location: London (Hybrid – 2-3 days per week)
Contract: Initial 6 Months (Likely Extension)
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Business Analyst to join a leading global asset manager on a major data transformation programme within its Alternative Investments (Private Markets) business.
Working as part of a high-profile data initiative, you will support the Private Markets team by helping to capture, analyse and document business requirements, working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams and data specialists to deliver high-quality change.
This role would suit a Business Analyst with solid core BA experience and some exposure to Private Markets or Alternative Investments. You do not need to be a deep subject matter expert, but an understanding of the asset class and investment lifecycle is important.
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Responsibilities
- Gather, document and validate business requirements from stakeholders.
- Produce clear business requirements, functional specifications and user stories.
- Work closely with business, data and technology teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support data analysis, process mapping and gap analysis.
- Assist with workshops, stakeholder meetings and requirement walkthroughs.
- Help define target processes and support solution design.
- Work within Agile delivery teams and contribute to sprint planning and backlog refinement.
- Support UAT planning, execution and defect management where required.
- Ensure requirements are fully traceable through delivery.
Experience
- Proven experience working as a Business Analyst within Financial Services.
- Previous experience supporting Asset Management or Investment Management programmes.
- Exposure to Private Markets / Alternative Investments is essential.
- Experience working on data-focused projects or data transformation programmes.
- Strong requirements gathering and documentation skills.
- Experience producing user stories, process maps and functional documentation.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working within Agile environments.
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Desirable Experience
- Understanding of Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate, Infrastructure or other Alternative Investment products.
- Knowledge of investment data, reference data or data governance.
- Experience working alongside data engineering or data architecture teams.
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira or Confluence.
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