Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

Contract length: 6 Months

Location: Cannon Street, London

Department: Investment Solutions and Services

Job type: Contract

Your role:

Investment Services and Solutions (ISS) is one of the main business pillars and investment areas within Fidelity. It is going through a phase of the rapid and substantial transformation of its business model as well as the Technology estate.

A key component of the transformation is our front office tooling. We are partnering with a fintech company to co-develop their Investment Management System for our next generation cross asset portfolio construction and order generation toolkit. As a Business Analyst within the ISS Delivery team, you will play a key role working with senior Business leaders, Architects and engineers within Fidelity International to facilitate and lead the definition of viable business outcomes and solution requirements to support Fidelity’s Investment management aspirations.

About you

• You will be leading a number of analysis tasks within the portfolio management lifecycle with the vision to complete the end-to-end delivery for our ISS’s mutli year Programme.

• You will define and develop key user stories, PM workflows, operating models and data flows through the investment management and operational lifecycle. You may also be required to lead and develop other business analysts on the delivery providing leadership, coaching and mentoring when needed. You will display exemplary leadership behaviours aligned to the Fidelity values.

• You will ensure the core business goals are understood and will help shape large, high risk and complex initiatives. You will work collaboratively with solution architects, UX designers, product owners and the delivery teams in order to ensure that solutions address the requirements of the business.

• The successful candidate will have experience of working in an Agile environment using Agile tools and techniques, behaviour driven development (BDD) as well as business analysis tools and techniques. You will have experience working with full scale Scrum or Kanban, and be a competent user of Jira and Confluence.

Key accountabilities

• Lead the detailed analysis into the target state outcomes identifying key requirements, new functional and non-functional requirements to support Fidelity’s Investment Management aspirations.

• Provide conceptual solutions to often complicated business problems / needs and make recommendations for preferred solutions, with consideration of associated risks, cost and timescales

• Lead requirements gathering and solutions through workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement

• To write effective user stories that detail changes to the product/solution

• To work with design, development and testing teams on the release of the product

• To ensure that regulatory criteria is met through the design process

• Detail the business benefits and ensure these are traced through and tracked and realised by the business

• Work with senior management and executives to facilitate the sign off / agreement of solutions and recommendations via presentations/demos and workshops/meetings

• Liaise with the business and external stakeholders to ensure clear understanding of dependencies, deliverables and issues

• Undertake detailed analysis and re-engineering of processes related to the Investment management asset class processes

• Share knowledge and experience of the Investment Management processes and procedures

Why Fidelity

Fidelity International offers investment solutions and services, and retirement expertise to more than 2.56 million customers around the world. As global leaders, operating in more than 25 locations and with $783.6 billion in total assets, they continually push the boundaries of technology to build an even stronger business.

Rewards and benefits

As well as the prestige of working for a global financial services player, you’ll work with some of the smartest tech, expanding your skills and building your experience. Also, as a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life.

Inclusion and diversity

Fidelity is proud of its achievements as an equal opportunities employer. They care deeply about creating a supportive place where all people feel valued and free to be themselves. A commitment to Diversity and Inclusion is not only right, it's critical for a healthy culture and leads to better business outcomes. That’s why Fidelity has an environment where all differences are welcomed and celebrated.

The Randstad companies are responsible for finding and contracting talent for project roles at Fidelity International. If you are selected for a role, you will be employed by a Randstad company, and will not be an employee of Fidelity International