The Senior Technical Business Analyst requires a deep understanding of both the technical and business aspects of investment management, with a strong emphasis on technical expertise. The candidate will have a proven track record in analysing complex systems, developing technical solutions, understanding CCLA data and ensuring seamless integration within our investment management processes.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support to the Head of Projects and Project Manager(s) assisting with realising team objectives.
  • Lead system integration projects, ensuring seamless connectivity between various platforms.
  • Understand, design and implement data management strategies to optimise data flow and storage.
  • Accountable for managing change at all stages: proposal, acceptance, work in progress, testing, operational readiness, go-live, review and closure.
  • Elicit business requirements, initiating improvements in the current processes and producing project deliverables.
  • Conduct data analysis and modelling to support decision-making processes.
  • Work with the vendors to ensure that business requirements are met.
  • Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to design, implement, and test technical solutions that meet business needs.
  • Utilise business analyst skills to translate information from subject matter experts across the business to capture processes, analyse requirements and implement changes.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, including technical specifications, process flows, and user guides.
  • Support the business to understand the systems and how they work.
  • Communicate change objectives and updates through written documentation and oral presentations.
  • Provide support and guidance and act as a mentor to Business Analysts within the Projects Team.
  • Manage engagement with third parties assisting CCLA with change.
  • Use own judgement for overall tasks, with the support from Project Manager(s).
  • Ad-hoc duties as required.

Competencies

  • Act with integrity at all times and retain the strictest confidentiality.
  • Act as a role model to the Project team, consistently demonstrating strong values and work ethics in everyday interactions.
  • Work effectively and collaboratively with other colleagues, customers and counterparties to nurture a positive work environment.
  • Resilient, robust personality with the confidence to hold strong views and present them clearly.
  • Results focused with a positive outlook and can-do attitude.
  • Collegiate, co-operative, constructive and a good fit with CCLA’s culture.

Skills

  • Able to engage and present effectively orally and in writing to senior colleagues, Executive Directors and stakeholders both across the business and at third party service providers.
  • Capable of ensuring deliverables are achieved to deadline.
  • Ability to manage relationships with all areas of the business
  • Possess excellent organizational skills; strong attention to detail; ability and flexibility to handle new tasks and shifting deadlines; and effective multi-tasking abilities.

Experience / qualification

  • Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a relevant role at a UK based Asset Management company
  • Demonstrable experience in a business analyst role
  • Experience on implementing business systems (i.e. CRM/Client Portal)
  • Experience implementing a Data Warehouse (i.e. Finbourne, Rimes, GoldenSource, SnowFlake etc) would be helpful, but not essential
  • Business Analyst qualification (e.g. BCS/Agile)

Interested?

If you would like to see the full job description, please email recruitment@ccla.co.uk.

If you are interested in applying please send a copy of your up to date CV to recruitment@ccla.co.uk stating your current salary and notice period.

Please note, CCLA does not accept CVs from recruitment agencies unless we have actively engaged on a specific position. Any CVs submitted in this manner will be disregarded.