Business Analyst – IBOR
Job Description
Job title: Business Analyst – IBOR
Company: Janus Henderson Investors
Job description: This position will be posted for a minimum of five calendar days internally. All internal applicants are required to inform your current supervisor/manager prior to applying. Internal applicants are required to be in “good standing” in your current role, which is defined as a performance rating of Good Performance or higher. You cannot be on a current performance improvement plan or written warning for any reason and must have been in your current role for a minimum of 6 months, unless otherwise approved for an early transfer by your current leader and Human Resources.
Why work for us?
A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.
Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.
Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:
Clients Come First – Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust
If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you
Your opportunity
- Be a business analyst in the IBOR Technology Team
- Primarily supporting changes in Eagle Access to enable IBOR reconciliation within CRD CRIMS
- Support requirements and design to migrate IBOR onto CRD’s NextGen platform
- Evaluate and capture the needs and wants of our global business partners
- Implement these needs within the technical/systems ecosystem at JHI in a forward-thinking manner that balances near term concerns / tactical solutions with the longer term / strategic direction
- Produce process flow diagrams and documentation for the specified deliverables.
- Keep up to date with changes reflected in internal and vendor software. Identify where new functionality could be usefully implemented and offer efficiencies in operations
- Always work with the big picture in mind. Liaise with wider technology teams to coordinate inter dependencies and resolve issues.
- Work with data teams to ensure investment professionals are presented with accurate SOD IBOR positions and valuations
- Participate fully in all scrum ceremonies. Take full responsibility for solution delivery. This includes facilitating meetings, running white board sessions, obtaining signoff of acceptance criteria and managing implementation through the guarantee period.
- Contribute to the maintenance of issue logs, meeting minutes, meeting schedules, project summaries and updates.
- Produce quality test strategies and plans and manage all aspects of system and user acceptance testing
- Support end to end testing for any changes that impact IBOR
- You will work closely with Product Owners to ensure any risks or issues are highlighted and mitigation options are worked through and that reporting of progress is clear and concise, ensuring deliverables and timelines are adhered to.
- Carry out other duties as assigned
What to expect when you join our firm
- Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
- Generous Holiday policies
- Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
- Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
- All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
- Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app
- Corporate membership to ClassPass and other health and well-being benefits
- Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
- Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours
Must have skills
- Eagle Access experience
- A strong working history with front office and operations, understanding the full lifecycle of trades
- Experience with maintaining an IBOR and reconciliation activities
- Experience of the analysis process: from requirements gathering in the form of user stories, writing acceptance criteria / test cases, implementation, capturing sign offs and presenting demos to business
- SQL proficiency sufficient to analyse data and investigate stored procedures written in Transact SQL
- Ability to analyse high-level requirements and translate these into overall detailed system-level designs to be used for architectural design, cost / benefit analysis, and solution development.
- Understand and document Process Maps using tools such as Visio.
- A good knowledge of financial products used in Asset Management including, Equities, Cash, Fixed Income and complex Swap instruments. Have experience of implementing change across these instrument types.
Nice to have skills
- CRD CRIMS experience
- IMC certification advantageous but not essential
- Agile experience is highly favorable
- Knowledge of Jira and confluence
- Understanding of messaging technologies used for the communication of transactional data to 3rd parties vendor applications
- Understand change delivery within the asset management sector
- Ability to communicate, present, influence, reason and demonstrate the ability to articulate information technology concepts to non-technology personnel in a clear and compelling manner.
- Ability to deliver on heavy workloads and exceed high expectations while remaining focused and organized in a fast-paced environment
Supervisory responsibilities
- No
Potential for growth
- Mentoring
- Leadership development programs
- Regular training
- Career development services
- Continuing education courses
Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position is eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.
Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page .
Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).
You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may impact applicants’ eligibility for this position.
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
Expected salary:
Location: London