About the role

Alpha Data Services is seeking a highly motivated Senior Business Analyst to support the growth and strategic evolution of the Account & Reference Data Management practice. 

The role will work closely with Product, Architecture, Technology, Operations, EDM and Client Implementation teams to define, document, govern, and enhance account and reference data capabilities across the Alpha platform. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for analysing business requirements, documenting target operating models, defining governance controls, identifying data quality improvements, and supporting the delivery of strategic initiatives including Account Resolution, Automated Account Creation, Account Governance, Benchmark Governance, Entity Mastering, Account Health Monitoring, and Reference Data Services.  

This role requires strong business analysis skills, a detailed understanding of asset management operating models, and experience working with account, security, benchmark, portfolio, and reference data domains 

This role requires hybrid work model - at least 4 days in the office per week.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements Management 

• Elicit, analyse and document business, operational and data requirements. 

• Facilitate workshops across clients, operations, product, technology and implementation teams. 

• Produce business requirements documents, functional specifications and user stories. 

• Document current-state and target-state operating models. 

• Translate strategic objectives into detailed business and data requirements. 

• Support prioritisation activities aligned to the Account & Reference Data roadmap.  

Account & Reference Data Governance 

• Support governance and control frameworks across account master data and others
• The analyst will identify control gaps, define standards and support implementation of governance processes across the data lifecycle.  

Account Resolution & Automated Account Creation 

• Support the ongoing development of account resolution, creation and governance and lifecycle management
• Documenting business rules, control requirements, exception scenarios and operational procedures.