Product Business Analyst - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At M&G our purpose is
to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly.

As a business, we are continuing to take steps towards a sustainable future, delivering better long-term solutions for our customers and clientsand identifying new opportunities to make a positive impact for our environment and communities.
To help us achieve our vision we're looking for exceptional people who live our values of care and integrity and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliverresults and keep it simple.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:

To work on product related projects (which could entail a fund launch, a new mandate, fund transitions or a change to an existing product).

Responsible for design and implementation of operating model impacts, working with the Design Lead through feasibility and ensuring that implementation runs according to any new operating models.

Accountable for the safe and efficient set-up of Operations according to their assigned product event.

This is a pivotal role that is able to contribute to feasibility and assessment activities and translate to implementation to ensure that their design is implementable.

Key Work Level Accountabilities:

Experienced Colleague:

Accountable for providing a quality service or product to customers and stakeholders, using skills/experience built through significant practical experience or training
For team leaders, accountable for ensuring the team the role supports is delivering a quality service or product
Works within established frameworks and procedures, with the freedom to interpret them to solve a range of problems
Delivers outputs that are clearly defined, using discretion over how to achieve them
Makes suggestions for improvements to the work of the team, based on previous experience and knowledge of similar situations

Key Responsibilities for this role:

Support the relevant Product Business Solutions team by providing an additional point of contact for key stakeholders (internal or external) for operational design and implementation through all stages of the product lifecycle. Ensures that scalability,operational risk and regulatory compliance are considered in the definition of the support model for any new mandate/fund launch
Responsible for ensuring that the client's requirements are properly understood and incorporated in the target operating model.
Facilitates and supports setup of complex configuration and requirements gathering, e.g. legal and compliance requirements as well as operational setup across other areas of the business (e.g. Tax).
Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders between their respective areas and Business Solutions.
Ensure that scalability, operational risk and regulatory compliance are considered in the definition of the support model for any new mandate/fund launch.
Owns the endtoend Operational Model analysis and impact to support the mandate/fund and responsibility for complex transition events. Ensures that scalability, operational risk and regulatory compliance are considered in the definition of the supportmodel for any new mandate/fund launch
Responsible for ensuring that the Fund Manager's requirements for running the mandate are captured, understood by the Transition Analysts and are in an implementation plan
Responsible for ensuring that the client's requirements are properly understood and incorporated in the target operating model
Facilitates and supports setup of complex configuration and requirements gather e.g. legal and compliance requirements as well as operational setup across other areas of the business (e.g. Accounting and Tax). Responsibility for ensuring appropriate handoverof new processes or operating model to Investment Operations for complex transition events. Responsibility for Client / TPA interaction around onboarding activities for complex transition events
Perform endtoend setup and complete operational readiness (configuration) activities associated with product events (e.g. product launch, product maintenance and enhancement, and closures)
Work with external parties (Custodians, Third Party Administrators) to define and implement operating models
Conduct testing of successful transition setup and any new processes
Responsibility for ensuring appropriate level of engagement with Investment Operations senior management covering status updates, capacity constraints, decisions on operating model changes.
Maintains template library and uptodate proformas, template, playbooks and blueprints, and works with Transition Analysts to keep track of new processes and codify these in the proformas / blueprints / playbooks
Develops specialist knowledge and experience of complex product management events
Ensure procedures and risk / controls frameworks are complied with and kept uptodate. Additionally, responsible for maintaining and version controlling static / referential data

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Specialist knowledge of complex transition management events (e.g. complex markets, transitions, investment solutions) desirable
Knowledge or experience of standard technology platforms and outsource services used widely in asset management
Proactive and delivery focused with excellent communication skills and organized approach to completing activities and deliverables
Able to confidently present ideas in order to inform and influence leadership decisions
Strong stakeholder management skills
Strong facilitation skills to elicit information from key stakeholders internally and externally
Proven and demonstrable analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to think laterally and generate creative solutions
Endtoend understanding of the asset management operating model, from the investor dealing process, investment portfolio activity and middle office support, through to fund accounting and NAV calculations
Knowledge of the products and instrument types, (e.g. UCITS/AIF/NURS) and legal structures (e.g. UK OEICs, Lux SICAVs, unit trusts, TTFs) and clients managed (e.g. retail, institutional, intermediaries)
Strong understanding of asset classes i.e. equities (public and private), fixed income (public and private), derivatives (ETDs and OTDs) and money marketsStrong understanding of fund accounting, including key components of the NAV calculation and theirimpact on fund performance (e.g. asset valuations, i