Lead Business Analyst

Job Description

Position Summary The ideal candidate will play a role in the development of multiple parts of the business by analyzing past, current, and future business trends. This individual will establish strategies and solutions to achieve desired outcomes and implement these solutions. He / She will often work cross-functionally with internal business units in order to understand the challenges that these teams are facing and provide solutions to these groups. Essential Job Functions Candidate will responsible for leading a BA team ensuring that project deliverables are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards • Engages with prospective and current clients and business partners to understand workflows and client needs. • Work along with the Subject Matter Experts in the Alternative Assets, Private Credit Market to carry out business transformation assessments. • Conduct Current State vs Future State Assessments of business systems. • Be able to define and leverage technology to develop and enhance business applications and processes. • Be able to document business requirements through journey and story mapping and epic and story writing. • Designs with actionable acceptance criteria. • Breaks down complex business problems by understanding business needs and crafting an understanding of how digital solutions meet those needs. • Influences and understands the priority of components to complete a program. • Maintains backlogs to understand expected outcomes for products. • Analyzes and details current business and system interrelation workflows. • Identifies opportunities to meet project objectives and makes recommendations for future approaches to achieve business outcomes. • Works with Scrum Master to organize and prioritize steps to be taken to remedy issues. • Develops user definitions, use cases, and workflow diagrams to illustrate business problems. • Participates in business acceptance testing and works with developers to triage pre and post code release defects. • Works with key business partners - performance delivery, operations, and client implementations - to ensure product implementation and readiness. • Supports activities of other team members when required. • Diagnose the complexities of Alternative Asset Operations related to the conclusion of projects. • Bring Techno-Functional expertise to combine functional knowledge in brainstorming solutions with the technical team. Mandatory Requirement on Domain Understanding: • Private Equity Fund Operations: Private Equity fund accounting cycle, including Position, Cash, reconciliations, pricing, valuations, Accruals, GAV, NAV, fee calculations, P&L allocations, and investor reporting. Understanding of compliance and regulations governing Private Equity fund accounting. • Alternative Investment Management : Private Credit, Alternative investment strategies, Understanding of Asset Classes • End-to-End Fund Accounting : End-to-End Fund Accounting processes, • Capital Markets Expertise: Demonstrate a deep understanding of Capital Markets, specifically in Private Credit and Private Equity. Required Education, Skills and Experience • 15+ years of Experience. • Masters degree in Business, Finance, or a related field. • Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • This role requires good client-facing skills. • Proven experience as a Business Analyst in the alternative asset and capital market with a focus on Private Credit and Private Equity Fund Operations. • Proficient in the basics of SQL for data analysis. • Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams. • Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy in fund accounting and reporting. • A good knowledge of any ALM tool like JIRA, Rally, Azure Boards etc. • Should be able to work with distributed teams in Agile development environment. Preferred Education, Skills and Experience • A relevant certification from a reputed institute or agency • A good knowledge of any ALM tool like JIRA, Rally, Azure Boards etc. • Should be able to work with distributed teams in Agile development environment. What’s on offer • Competitive and above market salary. • Hybrid work schedule. • Standard equipment in the office Including equipment for your home office. • Opportunity to get exposure and technology experience in global financial markets. • Direct interaction with client teams in New York and London