Senior Business Analyst (Performance)

Primary functions and essential responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

· Liaise closely with Risk and other Quant teams, Fund Accounting, and Investment Operations teams to gather and analyze requirements.

· Work with Portfolio/Investment datasets and reports.

· Work with developers to drive implementation of business requirements, taking ownership of requirements gathering and setting user expectations.

· Work on organization data warehouse integrations with external/internal systems

· Identify opportunities to improve business processes and operational efficiency; recommending solutions and build as necessary

· Analyze user requirements and issues; provide the best fit solution, while maintaining the integrity of existing applications

· Perform QA and UAT testing throughout all future systems iterations

· Ad-hoc data analysis and debugging of data issues

· Form strong working relationships with internal users – both business and technical – across locations to facilitate application support and adoption

Qualifications

Education:

· Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting or Computer Science

· MBA in Finance and / or CFA are a plus

Experience Required:

· 7+ years of total experience with at least 2 years as a Business Analyst

· Familiarity with Investment Analytics and Risk

· Prior experience in an investment management firm

· Good understanding of alternative securities (Bank Loans, CLOs, ABS, non-agency MBS, Derivatives, etc.)

· Familiarity with institutional investment lifecycle, business workflows, and associated systems and data

· Ability to synthesize business challenges and clearly present a business case, able to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner

· Strong SQL skills to work with large volumes of data

· Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly Azure, preferred

· Knowledge of Python a plus