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Business Analyst Asset Management

Employer
Zed Recruitment
Location
Edinburgh City Centre, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jan 21, 2019

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Job Role
Business Analyst
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
The Role This is an excellent career opportunity to join a small asset manager in central Edinburgh and work closely with the Head of the team. This is a permanent position. You will part of a collaborative, professional and experienced team and as the only BA, you will provide business analysis support to the company in order to assist the business users implement a range of projects covering IT development, business and regulatory change. This position will support the Head of the department with your work load being determined on business priority however you may also be involved in assisting with the analysis of BAU issues as they affect the business too. You will operate autonomously and as such, your main responsibilities will include: Analysis including the investigation, assessment and specification of issues and changes affecting the business Pre-project analysis feeding into cost-benefit analysis Produce pre-project documentation for each project or task providing a clear statement of requirements Testing which will include liaison with IT to agree which test environments are required and how data for these test environments can be populated Documentation and presentation to key stakeholders Systems & Process documentation involving creation of data flow etc. Project reporting and progress tracking About You The Business Analyst should have the following: Hold a related business degree At least 5 years' experience within a similar type role in financial services and ideally within asset management Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office - MS Excel and MS Word essential Ideally, Prince 2 or similar qualification The ability to handle, manage and test large amounts of data Ideally asset management experience The ability to continually work on a large number of projects - all of which are IT related Ability to work with minimal supervision The Company Centrally based asset manager continuing to grow their AUM. They offer an excellent working environment with the opportunity to increase BA skills across the whole company and experience the full life cycle of the business process. Career development will benefit from working closely with the head of the team on a daily basis. In addition, this organisation offers an excellent range of benefits, a great working environment and a positive work life balance. At Zed Recruitment, we're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and we'll always treat your personal data with respect. Our privacy policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how it's used, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how it's kept secure. This privacy policy may change from time to time, so please check this occasionally to ensure that you're happy with any changes. By engaging with us either through applying to a job we're advertising, registering through our website or getting in touch with our business, you're agreeing to be bound by this policy. For further details, please refer to our full Privacy Policy available on Zed Recruitment's website

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