eFront Business Analyst - 4.5 month contract

Who we're looking for

Schroders Capital is the private assets division of Schroders, providing investors with access to a broad range of private asset investment opportunities, portfolio building blocks and customised private asset strategies. To support continuing growth of Schroders Capital, we are looking for a Principal Business Analyst, capable of supporting diverse and time bound projects.

We require an individual with an excellent track record of delivering change across Technology and Business disciplines, with lean thinking and continuous improvement in mind, dedicated to moving organisations and cultures forward.

About Schroders

We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

Technology at Schroders

There's a huge amount of change going on at Schroders. Technology's shaping our business more and more, so there are many opportunities waiting to be grabbed.  And because we're a big financial player, we can put hefty backing behind good ideas.

We're a serious business – we have enormous responsibilities to our clients and shareholders. But just because we're suited and booted, that doesn't make us stuffy; our tech teams are friendlier and more informal than you might expect.

The base

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We're close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

The team

Group Operations Technology is a combination of several teams who are responsible for delivering and supporting critical systems for our business users. There is a strong concerted effort to move our technology estate to the cloud and, in the process, re-architect the technology stack.

The team work very closely with the Group Operations business and internal Technology stakeholders to create a Technology platform with an emphasis on a stable & scalable operating environment.

Private Assets Technology supports the following business pillars: Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Debt & Credit Alternatives. The application stack includes both bespoke and vendor systems, enabling shared functions and business pillar specific capabilities.

This role focuses on our eFront Platform.

Our primary goal is to deliver value through Technology domain expertise and robust solutions to our customers.

Our success has been down to the strong inclusive culture that has been developed over numerous years and supported by senior management.

 Collaborating, sharing knowledge and being supportive of our colleagues helps us achieve our goals.

What you'll do

•    Analysis of functional, business and technical requirements into flexible, strategic solutions
•    Deliver configuration changes on our eFront Platform
•    Lead by example through setting analysis standards and project approaches
•    Facilitate Agile delivery
•    Work with business SMEs to write and enrich user stories/features for the delivery team to work on
•    Support the delivery lead through ad-hoc analysis requests and planning exercises
•    Produce MI and artefacts for senior stakeholders
•    Support the delivery team to increase efficiency and effectiveness through self organisation
•    Propose new ideas/ways of working to elicit change requests from the business
•    Support business users with ad-hoc queries
•    Support the full project & delivery lifecycle through to implementation
•    Practice, develop and promote the use of standards for change.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

•    5+ years experience of working in Private Assets and Change/Technology
•    5+ years experience with eFront across the core workflow (both analysis & configuration)
•    Solid experience in business analysis or similar change role
•    Good understanding & experience of agile working practices
•    Logical, structured thought processes and good problem-solving skills
•    Strong relationship management and ability to engage both Business and Technology stakeholders
•    Track-record of delivery within large programmes
•    Detailed and logical approach with full traceability of analysis
•    Pro-active and delivery-focused.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help

•    International Diploma in Business Analysis
•    Basic professional qualifications relating to the asset management industry (IMC, FAI).

What you'll be like

•    A team oriented individual
•    Flexible, self-motivated, enthusiastic and willing to learn
•    A critical thinker who's able to look at things from different angles
•    Great at unpicking a problem, from start to end, own and deliver the solution 
•    Able to work under pressure, on several priorities at once
•    Great at working with other people, sharing and communicating decisions
•    Keen to improve what we do for our clients.

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.