Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join the Agile delivery team to contribute to all aspects of the analysis, design, development, building and testing of solutions within a sprint cadence.

You will be responsible for managing your own work, estimating its complexity and size, determining technical design (within architectural guidelines) and contributing to the continuous improvement of the agile team.

The team members rely heavily on collaboration and communication and must place great emphasis on Agile Values and Principles to achieve a sustainable high performing status.

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 6,000 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.

The team

Schroders Global Technology (GT) function is organised into a number of teams, distributed across Schroders' global offices, with technology hubs in London, Luxembourg, Singapore and New York.

Our application estate is comprised mainly of commercially available off-the-shelf software packages best suited to Schroders' operational needs, complimented by a number of internally developed proprietary systems to service the specific needs of the clients and products that our colleagues support.

We are a leading light in innovation and change, delivering business benefits as effectively and efficiently as possible. As well as assessing and implementing the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation. Through these approaches and a comprehensive suite of development and delivery tools we continually deliver the highest quality output time and again to help the business achieve their goals.

What you’ll do 

·         Support Business Owners and Product Leads to define and structure features and stories to be delivered by the Delivery team.

·         Work with Business Owners, Product lead and Delivery lead to deliver on strategic roadmap for Finance applications.

·         Lead analysis tasks which contribute to the delivery of working software required by the Business/Product Owner.

·         Perform data analysis to support the requirement and evaluate the viability of the solution.

·         Offer data consultancy to business and technology stakeholders.

·         Contribute to the analysis, development, build and testing of working software required by the Business/Product Owner

·         Participate enthusiastically and effectively in Agile ceremonies

·         Ensure continued improvement through conducting regular retrospective reviews and executing high priority actions that emerge.

·         Responsible for contributing to agile planning, including sizing stories, parsing feature to user stories etc.

·         Work with colleagues from other delivery teams and shared service teams to both communicate dependencies

·         Commit to increasing their skills and experience in non-core specialisms (e.g. Development , Testing, Business knowledge)

·         Support other team members to improve their analysis skills where it is their non-core specialism

·         Perform the role of Scrum Master for the agile team if required to do so 

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

·         Good Experience working in Asset Management Industry and good understanding of the AUM, Revenue and Rebates data.

·         Knowledge and experience of using business analysis techniques, methodologies and artefacts to support agile software development.

·         Knowledge and experience of development or testing tools and SQL is preferred.

·         Experience of working with global colleagues and stakeholders and sensitivity to cultural differences, time zones etc.

·         Knowledge and experience of contributing to the development of technology solutions, both in house developed bespoke applications and commercially available off the shelf solutions.

·         Excellent ability to understand the business context of the Delivery.

·         Excellent ability to communicate how the work [features and stories] delivered by the Delivery teams contributes to Business values.

·         Knowledge of Azure Cloud and Microsoft development stack is a plus.

·         Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken. 

What you’ll be like

·         Highly motivated and self-starter with ability to prioritise and manage own activities in the best interests of the organisation

·         Capable of remaining positive when under pressure

·         Friendly, approachable and collaborative team player who enjoys working with people from across the firm

·         Continuous improvement mind-set, challenges the status quo and seeks self-improvement

·         Problem solver, comfortable taking the initiative in challenging and ambiguous circumstances

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.