Senior Business Analyst

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 Collaborate with stakeholders (business sponsor, SMEs, development teams and IT departments) to ensure goals are clear and aligned to business objectives Plan, prioritize, and maintain a healthy product backlog that delivers maximum value for the business while adhering to company strategy Translate business and technical requirements into clear user stories for agile teams to implement Facilitate backlog refinement and sprint planning in partnership with the ScrumMaster Communicate with stakeholders so they understand when key features will be available 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 Work with data teams to ensure investment professionals are presented with accurate security master, trading, execution, commission, position and lot level data Contribute to the maintenance of issue logs, meeting minutes, meeting schedules, project summaries and updates Produce quality test strategies and plans and leads all aspects of system and user acceptance testing Carry out other duties as assigned What to expect when you join our firm Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations Generous Holiday policies Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass 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 All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen Must have skills Possess CRD CRIMS 20r experience Experience working with Manager Workbench, Trade Blotters, with Modelling, Portfolio Management, Compliance, Order Management, Trading and Execution Management systems including expertise with multiple modules of the Charles River Investment Management System Have a working history with Traders, PM’s, compliance, and operations, understanding the full lifecycle of trades. Possess sensitivity to the traders / PM’s time and ensure that this sensitivity is in mind for all interactions Experience of the analysis process: from requirements gathering in the form of user stories, writing acceptance criteria / test cases, implementation, capturing sign offs and presenting demos to business Ability to analyze high-level requirements and translate these into overall detailed system-level designs to be used for architectural design, cost / benefit analysis, and solution development Understand and document Process Maps using tools such as Visio or LucidCharts A good knowledge of financial products used in Asset Management including Equity and complex Derivative instruments. Have experience of implementing change across these instrument types SQL proficiency sufficient to analyze data and investigate stored procedures written in Transact SQL Understanding of messaging technologies used for the communication of transactional data to 3rd parties Understand change delivery within the asset management sector Nice to have skills Fixed income and derivatives (Listed & OTC) asset class experience Agile Experience Experience of Flextrade EMS, Bloomberg EMSX, FXConnect FIX Protocol experience Knowledge of Jira and confluence 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 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 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 recruiterjanushenderson.com . LI-BM1, LI-Hybrid