Business Analyst (Product - Financial Services)

SUMMARY:
Exciting opportunity with established and successful investment management company. They seek a dynamic Business Analyst to work with the Head of Product and the Development team.

POSITION INFO:
Completed BCom Honours / BSc Honours with 3-5 years relevant working experience as a Business Analyst.

Exposure to BA and product development within an investment management / asset management / wealth management environment is highly advantageous.

Candidate must have strong academic results at school and university.

Duties will include

• Analyse (quantitative and qualitative) business needs, processes, and system behaviour across the range of products.
• Support discovery activities and problem definition.
• Translate business and regulatory needs into structured requirements and backlog inputs.
• Use the company’s approved AI tools to support analysis, documentation, and insight generation to enhance quality and speed of output.
• Create user interface mock-ups that are consistent with existing product and will guide the development effort on the front-end.
• Prepare product artefacts to support governance and decision making.
• Support product committee submissions and evidence packs.
• Shadow the Head of Product Office in prioritisation, trade-off, and governance decisions.
• Where applicable, take ownership of defined technology features, products or components.
• Provide input into prioritisation of product backlogs within agreed parameters.
• Assist with day-to-day product decisions aligned to governance standards.
• Engage stakeholders across Technology, Operations, Compliance, Proposition and Distribution.
• Ensure delivery outcomes align to product intent and business value.
• Assist with demos and rollout of new features and products.
• Assist with the definition and measurement of success for chosen product