Principal Business Analyst, Investment Technology
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Job description
We're seeking a Principal Business Analyst to join a fast-paced, high performing global team tasked with envisioning, designing, and deploying scalable technology solutions that will help support and enhance Invesco's Equity Investments business.
You'll be a part of a dynamic, collaborative team that wants to hear your input because you have a sound foundation in technology and business processes in the investments space. The ideal candidate is passionate about speed, quality, automation, and continuous delivery. We're actively cultivating a culture of innovation and excellence, and while not for everyone, this environment will be challenging and rewarding for the right individual who welcomes dynamism and solving complex problems. Our team is sensitive to an ever-evolving technological landscape where thirst for knowledge and learning is mandatory, and the mastery of new skills and best practices is essential.
Investments Technology - EMEA Investments is a diverse, Agile squad responsible for the provision of both in-house and third party applications and services for use by the global Fundamental Equity Front Office investment community. The range of capabilities that we serve reaches across functions such as Research, Order Management and Execution, Trading and the facilitation of data flows for all post trade functions.
What you will be doing:
- Liaise with Business Partners in the Front Office to solicit in-depth requirements that contribute to the design, build and implementation of solutions and enhancements that align with strategic business goals
- Prepare, review and maintain documented requirements for enhancements to systems and/or business processes, optimizing efficiency and consistency
- Taking ownership for the project management of smaller initiatives, including the provision of delivery status updates and the management of risks and issues
- Challenging yourself and our business partners to think to the future, asking can things be done differently
- Collaborate with other Investment related functional areas - i.e. Capital Markets, Investment Compliance, Investment Services - as well as external vendors in the execution of project delivery
- Partner with colleagues across Technology to collaborate on cross-functional deliverables
- Assisting the squad in providing consultative assistance to the Engineering Run/Support teams on an ad-hoc basis
- Develop and maintain close business relationships to forge strong partnerships. Help identify opportunities where technology can be an enabler or productivity tool and relay them to other technology teams for possible follow up actions through projects/BAU.
- The role will have a particular focus on leveraging our data capabilities to elicit insights and build solutions to serve the investment and trading communities.
- The role will include the utilization of AI skills and tools as deemed appropriate to deliver on business requirements, and will in some instances involve the build/maintenance of full AI solutions.
Requirements
- Proven experience in Asset Management ideally, or Investment Banking as an alternative
- Exposure to equity, fixed income and derivative instruments
- You will ideally have a good understanding of the function of Order Management Systems, preferably with Charles River or a comparable platform
- Strong analytical skills and will engage with partners and colleagues to understand their challenges
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable compiling and delivering presentations and solution design documents
- An active participant in Agile squad ceremonies, and will work with the Scrum Master and Product Owners to ensure backlog prioritization is correctly focused
- Comfortable partnering with partner BA's and Engineers to derive suitable solutions for business problems
- Passionate about technologies, continually learning and refining your craft; have an appetite of taking on challenges and using new technologies
- Possess a strong background / education in the techniques and tools of data science and deep data analysis
- Have knowledge of the capabilities of AWS services, Microservices (Kubernetes, Docker), API Development and DevOps, or a willingness to undertake training in these areas
- Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems or Computer Science is preferred or commensurate relevant work experience
- Excellent verbal skills (must be capable of communicating clearly and effectively to senior business users, IT management and internal team members)
- Excellent written skills (including ability to produce process flowcharting, requirements, project plans, and formal business solution documents)
- Able to work in a global, multicultural environment
- Able to influence and build relationships at all levels of staff
- Must demonstrate a proactive, customer-focused attitude and understand the fundamentals of customer service
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, i.e., root-cause analysis
- Ability to manage conflict well
- Structured, disciplined approach to work, with keen attention to detail and quality
- Good inter-personal skills combined with willingness to listen and learn
- Ability to analyze requirements and problems and to propose innovative but workable solutions
- Ability to multi-task and work on more than one initiative at a time
- Flexible - able to meet changing requirements and priorities
- Self-motivated. Capable of working with little or no supervision
- Ability to react positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- Able to work independently or as a team player
- Maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in the appropriate technical areas
- Enjoy challenging and thought-provoking work and have a strong desire to learn and progress
Benefits & conditions
Pulled from the full job description
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
- Company pension
- Paid volunteer time, We have an outstanding benefits package which includes:
- Company-provided healthcare
- A competitive annual leave allowance
- Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements
- Generous pension provisions
- Income protection
- Health and wellness benefits
- Volunteering days
- Enhanced parental leave
- Life insurance