Business Analyst

Overview 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 Investment, Trading & Compliance Technology team Evaluate and capture the needs and wants of our global front office business partners (portfolio managers, traders, compliance analysts and their respective support functions) 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 Keep up to date with changes reflected in internal and vendor software. Identify where new functionality could be usefully implemented and offer efficiencies in the Front Office 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 security master, trading, execution, commission, position and lot level data 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 lead all aspects of system and user acceptance testing Your role may require you to interact with other JHI offices, employees and third parties based in different time zones, outside of core business hours, such as the UK, USA and Asia Carry out other duties as assigned What to expect when you join our firm Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations 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 Maternal/paternal leave benefits Complimentary subscription to Headspace - the mindfulness app Corporate membership to ClassPass and other health and well-being benefits All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities Must have skills Blackrock Aladdin experience A strong working history with Equity Traders, PM's, compliance, and operations, understanding the full lifecycle of trades Ensure effective coverage of the day to day needs of the business, through effective deployment of resources, management of support Incident queue and phone support coverage. Ensure pro-active application monitoring is conducted at all key times during the day. Ensure support calls raised by users are allocated and resolved, effectively Experience working with Manager and Trading Dashboards, Modelling, Portfolio Management, Compliance, Order Management, Trading and Execution Management systems including expertise with multiple modules of the Blackrock Aladdin System SQL proficiency sufficient to analyse data and investigate stored procedures written in Transact SQL 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 Experience of Flextrade, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, TSOX, EMSX Nice to have skills IMC certification advantageous but not essential Agile experience is highly favorable Knowledge of ServiceNow, 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 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 At Janus Henderson Investors we're committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Don't worry if you don't think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we're happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at 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). All applicants must be willing to comply with the provisions of Janus Henderson 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. Janus Henderson 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. All applications are subject to background checks. #J-18808-Ljbffr