Business Analyst

Business Analyst Front Office SolutionsBusiness AnalystBoston, MAAsset Management Financial ServicesJO-1612-316We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support our front-office implementations. This is an exceptional opportunity to help build our future state business architecture to support and expand the capabilities of our Long/Short strategies. The Senior Business Analyst reports to a Project Manager and is a member of the Information Technology team.Responsibilities:Function as a liaison between multiple groups: Portfolio Management, Trading, Operations, and Information TechnologyAssist with defining the future state business models to strategically enable the long/short portfolio management team to gain efficienciesDefine business workflows to support asset classes such as Equities, ETFs, Futures, Options, Structured Notes, FX, Total Return Swaps, Interest Rates Swaps, and Volatility SwapsManage the delivery of order management systems and integrate the system master and position dataWork with the project team to perform bi-directional integration with security master, trading, and accounting systemsWork with the team to design appropriate data models for strategic data stores in the area of Account Master, Broker/Custodian Master, and Position MasterPerform data analysis, define data governance and quality checks, and define process controlsQualifications:Bachelor of Science degree in economics, finance, statistics, mathematics, computer science or a related field; master's degree or CFA preferredAt least 5+ years of experience in the asset management business, ideally with a buy-side multi-asset focusRecent experience managing and implementing multi-asset class front office solutions with the following security types: Equities, ETFs, Futures, Options, Structured Notes, FX, Total Return Swaps, Interest Rates Swaps, and Volatility SwapsExperience implementing and integrating middle and back office functions with Accounting systems/providers (SS&C GlobeOp / Advent Geneva preferred) and Performance systems for Total Return Performance and GIPS Composite information (BiSam preferred)Experience delivering software as part of an Agile delivery teamStrong knowledge of enterprise data management and business process modelingOutstanding analytical and quantitative skills; Strong written and verbal communications skills