Business Analyst - Fund Performance Analytics & Investment Data - 12-month contract

Melbourne
Asset Management
Contract or Temporary

Our client is a leading fund management asset owner based in Melbourne. They are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with extensive funds management performance & attribution experience as well as Investment data analysis to join their firm for an initial 12-month contract.  You will be responsible for providing the business and technical analysis, research and information collation, and documentation capabilities. 

The ideal applicant would also have strong data analysis experience, specifically in analysing large datasets within an asset management environment.

This position is based in the Melbourne office working closely with the broader P&A team including the Investment Data Management team to ensure requirements and solutions are effectively analysed, documented and tested to meet the business needs.  

Responsibilities:

• The Business Analyst, Performance & Analytics is responsible for the business and technical analysis they will draw on domain expertise in investment performance measurement and ex-post reporting and analytics in performance analysis. As a skilled analytical professional who will support the organisation by executing creation of test strategy, and ensuring the test plan is aligned to the overall test strategy and regular monitoring. 
• This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with the Manager, P&A, and the broader P&A team—including the Investment Data Management team to deliver precise performance measurement and insightful analysis, driving investment decision-making and enhancing our investment outcomes.
• Successful candidates demonstrate the ability to understand complex requirements to define and execute business and testing activities as well as ability to work collaboratively with the team, and internal/external service providers.

Key Tasks:

• Collaboration and Strategy.
• Investment Performance Intelligence and Analytics.
• Managing Complexity.
• Meaningful Internal / External Stakeholder Relationships.
• Data Enhancement.

Qualifications / Experience:

• Extensive experience in funds management performance & analytics across all investment sectors coupled with data analyse and business analysis / projects experience required.
• Tertiary qualification in finance, economics, business, IT related, quantitative disciplines.
• Experience extracting data from excel, Microsoft access, SQL Database, Python.
• In-depth knowledge of the software delivery lifecycle with demonstrated experience across test planning, user acceptance testing and quality assurance, in an agile and continuous delivery environment.
• Demonstrated ability as a pro-active team player, with tasks and issues assigned followed through to completion.