business analyst London, England
T. Rowe Price
Full Time
London, England
91404 - 70200 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
There is a place for you at T. Rowe Price to grow, contribute, learn, and make a difference. We are a premier asset manager focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on today and in the future. The work we do matters. We invite you to explore the opportunity to join us and grow your career with us.
The Front Office Investments Technology Group is looking for a hands-on Business Analyst to join in an individual contributor capacity to support the global growth of our Portfolio Management Platform and User Interface strategy.
This will include (but not be limited to) providing input to the ongoing development of the current portfolio management platform, including portfolio/benchmark analysis, performance and risk analysis, portfolio modeling and order entry, as well as other tools used by Portfolio Managers to help them make better investment decisions on behalf of our clients.
The role will work closely with senior leaders in TRP business and technology groups to understand current and future service needs and work with engineers across the PM Platforms organization to serve those needs using an agile, test-learn-optimize approach that generates real impact. Product growth will be along several dimensions: deepening the existing Equity portfolio management capability, extending the functionality to other asset classes, and broadening the scope of the product’s user interface to incorporate functionality from other applications.
The successful candidate will have recent (ideally current) experience working in the front office and delivering world-class Portfolio Management solutions, a lean-in mindset, be confident facing off to non-technical (business) as well as technology audiences, and leading, communicating and championing at senior levels.
Strong communication skills are key, as the successful applicant will liaise with both technology, management and the investments business stakeholders. Incumbents help to define business requirements, contribute to the product strategy and roadmap, create application, process and data specifications and ensure business value is understood in governance and prioritization processes. They also ensure our work lands smoothly, working to educate end users directly and by producing training materials, and troubleshooting discrepancies and setting users’ expectations.
Core Competencies
- Outstanding written and verbal communication
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving: demonstrated ability to employ fact-based decision-making to resolve complex problems, by applying logic analysis, experience and business knowledge
- Solid data analysis: SQL database queries, Excel, python/pandas
- Planning and organization: ability to set priorities, work to deadlines using available resources, cope with changing conditions and unforeseen events
- Systems analysis or experience working with and analyzing data for Front Office functions, particularly Portfolio Management platforms
Responsibilities
- Collaboration with stakeholders and agile engineering teams to understand and develop complex business requirements (acting as ongoing SME within the team for these features).
- Documenting and socializing current state and creating/presenting a compelling vision of target state.
- Responding directly to end user queries and challenges, providing education/training on current capabilities, identifying discrepancies in data and user expectations, proposing solutions.
- Promoting and marketing the product, ensuring clients are kept up-to-date of new features and are engaged with developments (for example using release notes and newsletters)
- Supporting Engineering with design decisions using both empirical data analysis and compiled user feedback.
- Escalating and coordinating risk, issues and dependencies in a timely manner.
- Contributing to the product roadmap.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
We strive for equity, equality, and opportunity for all associates. When we embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work, our firm is stronger, and we create greater value for our clients. Our commitment and inclusive programming aim to lift the experience for each associate and builds allies for our global associate community. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at the firm, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.
T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.
About T. Rowe Price
CEO: Robert W. Sharps
Revenue: $5 to $10 billion (USD)
Size: 5001 to 10000 Employees
Type: Company - Public
Website: www.troweprice.com
Year Founded: 1937
