Business Analyst
About the job
About the Business Analyst (RMD) role
The Business Analyst (RMD) works closely with portfolio managers and front-office teams to translate business needs into effective system, process, and workflow solutions within the asset management domain. This role partners with in-house IT, risk, and finance teams, as well as external vendors, to design, test, and implement tools that support front-office investment workflows. The Business Analyst leads requirements analysis, testing and UAT, documentation, change management, and issue resolution, while ensuring data integrity, security, and auditability. With strong stakeholder engagement and project coordination skills, the role supports system enhancements, vendor implementations, and continuous improvement in a complex, regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with portfolio managers to understand their business requirements, and translating these business requirements to technical requirements, and vice versa
- Design, test and implement processes/tools/systems in partnership with in-house IT, risk, and finance teams as well as external software vendors and service providers to support the front-office investment workflow
- Develop and write test plans for system, process and product upgrades, as well as participate in the User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Develop and maintain user guides and documentations relating to processes/tools/systems implemented for front-office investment workflow
- Plan and work with clients’ multiple departments – on implementing road maps of desired front-office workflow, including feature development and upgrades
- Ensure front-office processes and procedures meet internal standards for data integrity, security and auditability
- Monitor, analyse and troubleshoot front-office processes to ensure their smooth functioning. This includes liaising with the in-house IT department as well as external service provider in the troubleshooting and resolution of production issue
- Manage project implementations with vendors and service providers, covering procurement and related administrative issues
- Oversee change management to facilitate new product and/or system adoption, including possible re-engineering of workflow and processes
Requirements:
- Singaporean citizens only
- An undergraduate degree in business-related or IT-related fields
- At least 4 years relevant working experience, including business analysis/product management of system used in similar functions, in asset management domain
- Strong sense of ownership and growth mindset
- Strong analytical skills and critical thinking with good problem-solving skills
- Good understanding of user-centric principles and/or service design
- Adept communicator (both written and verbal) with the ability to effectively convey complex information to stakeholders across all levels
- Experience working in cross-functional groups, representing views of different stakeholders and influencing teams towards achieving shared goal
- Ability to manage a number of projects at the same time, with varying technical requirements, level of stakeholder engagement and completion timeline
- Ability to adapt to changing business requirements due to unforeseen restrictions / constraints in the existing system.
- Experience in developing test plan and managing testing for project implementation / enhancements
- Experience in developing and maintaining user guide and system documentations
- Experience in managing project scheduling and timelines for prompt completion of work tasks
Preferred qualifications:
- Knowledge and/or experience in risk management and/or trade processing domain / system, including but not limited to Murex, SimCorp Dimension, Blackrock Aladdin, Charles River, etc
