Business Analyst

G-Research is a leading quantitative research and technology firm, with offices in London and Dallas. We are proud to employ some of the best people in their field and to nurture their talent in a dynamic, flexible and highly stimulating culture where world-beating ideas are cultivated and rewarded.This is a hybrid role based in our new Soho Place office - opened in 2023 - in the heart of Central London and home to our Research Lab.The roleThe Financial Market Operations (FMO) team at G-Research is a customer-focused team, responsible for providing services to all middle and back office functions. These functions include trade affirmation and confirmation (including trade break resolution), clearing and settlement, reconciliation and control, market event (such as corp. actions and stock splits) and other post-trade event processing, treasury operations, and project management services.This role is mainly focused on managing small and large-scale projects cross-functionally; as such, it comes with significant exposure to all aspects of the research, trading and operational processes.Reporting directly to the Head of Operations, the Business Analyst will be integral to the delivery of a multi-year reshaping of our Operations platform.Key responsibilities of the role include:Helping to drive value from the middle and back office operations function, including collaborating across teams within the G-Research ecosystem to understand business requirements and help build business cases for the most commercial solution, for example, refactoring workflows, build vs. buy and in-house vs. outsource analysisOwning the project management and delivery function including:Evaluating and capturing business requirements across all stakeholders, ensuring requirements are complete and accurately captured in project planningProducing process flow diagrams and documentation for deliverables, as well as mapping current and future statesMaintaining Issue Logs, meeting notes, project specifications and updatesContributing to and producing quality test strategies and plans, and managing the testing lifecycleWorking closely with the Head of Operations, key stakeholders, and the wider operational team to ensure that deliverables and timelines are met and that reporting of progress is clear and conciseWho are we looking for?The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:Experience working across middle and back office operations, preferably at a systematic equity hedge fund, with a focus on upgrading existing capabilities and delivering new functionalityExperience delivering large-scale cross functional operational projects, such as OMS / PMS upgrades, affirmation platform implementation, and reconciliation platform onboardingGood understanding of equity, TRS, futures workflows, including the ownership of responsibilities and handoffs between an Operations team and all of its stakeholders, such as execution, treasury, risk and legalGood at problem solving and critical analysis with the ability to communicate effectively and confidence to challenge assumptions with a broad range of stakeholders including trading teams, technologists and Operations professionalsThe ability to work under pressure and effectively prioritise across concurrent projects, whilst moving all elements towards deliveryExperience evaluating and documenting operational workflows and business processA willingness to get involved in subject matter details to help resolve issues support project deliveryExpert in the use of JIRA (or similar) as a project management toolProficient with Visio or a similar flow-charting application to document workflows, business process and supporting technologyWhy should you apply?Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonusLunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar30 days' annual leave9% company pension contributionsInformal dress code and excellent work/life balanceComprehensive healthcare and life assuranceCycle-to-work schemeMonthly company eventsG-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment. We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions.We want to ensure that applicants receive a recruitment experience that enables them to perform at their best. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know in the relevant section
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