Business Analyst-Business Change (Investment Risk)

Business Area: Operations

Place of Work: London

Contract Type: Contractor

When you join USS, the size and scale of our pension scheme means you will have numerous opportunities to learn and develop your career. Given our size you'll have real autonomy and influence as you collaborate closely with a wide-ranging team of experts.

About the role

In your role as Business Analyst-Business Change (Investment Risk), you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset.

​This role will provide a great opportunity to define the scope of projects in conjunction with business sponsors, analyse requirements and specify operational and technical change across USSIM.

As Business Analyst, you will take responsibility for providing business analysis across various projects and BAU initiatives, with involvement in activities throughout the full project lifecycle including process definition, system requirements, testing (functional and technical) and implementation.

What you will be doing

As a trusted part of the Operations you will be responsible for:

• Define the scope of the project, agreeing high level aims with stakeholders
• Define detailed business and systems requirements in conjunction with users and developers.
• Prepare a range of documents and project artefacts as required to suit the task at hand
• Assess implementation options, influencing stakeholders to select the most appropriate solution
• Highlight the implications of each solution not only in terms of project delivery but also business value and on-going support or effort levels
• Document the current state, proposed outcome and target operating model
• Provision of updates to the enterprise model (ArchiMate / BPMN 2.0)

About you

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box, if you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, then please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the requirements outlined in this profile.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Extensive business analysis experience (essential)
• Technical familiarity and experience writing systems documentation (essential)
• Strong background in financial services, with specific asset management and pensions sector experience
• Close involvement with investment risk (essential) and performance (preferred) teams and systems
• Understanding of common systems testing methodologies and knowing when to apply them (desirable)
• Prior experience with the following systems and methodologies is preferred:
• MSCI Risk Manager and/or MSCI BarraOne or equivalent systems (MARS, PORT, APT)
• Understand how a variety of asset types are priced and constructed
• Solid SQL experience (Joins, Subqueries, Set Operations, Agg Functions, Window Functions).
• Intermediate Python skills with focus on Pandas, Numpy and DB connections
• Know how API’s work as well as the ability to Parse JSON Files to flatten the nested structure
• The ability to create clear and comprehensive Entity-relationship Diagrams (ERDs) to represent database schemas
• Atlassian products, specifically Jira and Confluence

Why join us?

How we will reward you

• Great starting salary
• Generous annual leave package
• Access to a high quality pension scheme provided through Universities Superannuation Scheme
• Supportive people policies (including enhanced occupational sickness pay and family friendly pay)
• Financial contributions towards your personal development to help you maintain your physical and mental wellbeing
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing services i.e., private healthcare, discounted gym membership
• Learning and development opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and talent
• Employee Volunteer Day’s to support the communities where you work and live
• Cycle to Work Scheme
   

Our culture and values

Our people are what makes us different. We work together to create a diverse and inclusive culture that embraces individuality, where people are welcomed and feel comfortable in the knowledge that they can be themselves. Our purpose firmly states the importance of members, putting them ‘front and centre’ of what we do. This is embedded through our values:

- Integrity

- Collaboration

- Excellence

About us

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) was established in 1974 as the principal pension scheme for universities and higher education institutions in the UK. We work with around 330 employers to help build a secure financial future for more than 528,000 members and their families. We are one of the largest pension schemes in the UK, with total assets of around £75.5bn (at 31 March 2023). To find out more, please visit the USS wesbite.

USSIM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strive to ensure our recruitment process is as flexible and inclusive as possible so we can attract diverse candidates and recruit the best talent.