Business Analyst and Reporting Analyst â?” Officer (Based in London) recruitment

Department DescriptionJPM IOS (Investment Operations Services) is the business division responsible for implementing outsourcing arrangements with investment management clients.
Implementations span the whole spectrum from full outsourcing to lift-outs and modular offerings.Aviva Group represents a large client for IOS London.
The Accounting Reporting department (Reporting into JPM FSO - Funds Services Operations) provides accounting and reporting information for a number of clients within the Aviva Group.The department comprises of six main areas: Fund Accounting, Client Accounting, Unit Pricing, Insurance Accounting, Real Estate Accounting and Technical Accounting.

Key ResponsibilitiesSummary:To support Accounting Reporting, NAV pricing and Investment Operations Services (IOS) by assisting with systems and business analysis and improvements.
This role focuses on project planning and delivery which encompasses internal Departmental/IOS improvements as well as strategic projects and client driven change.
It also involves working closely with the Business Projects team and JPM Technology contributing towards Client change.
Work as part of a team of approximately 4 people supporting:'
Hiport General Ledger oversight and maintenance'
Systems and Business analysis'
To analyse existing business processes to gain an in-depth understanding of these and recommend where efficiencies can be made'
Definition and preparation of business requirements'
Assisting with the design, testing and implementation of system and business process changes'
Communication and co-ordination of activities towards delivery of projects.
Detailed responsibilitiesHiport General Ledger oversight and maintenance. Expert knowledge of the Hiport GL and the underlying posting rules in order to support ongoing reporting deliveries as well as change implementation and testing.
To assist the team with projects that arise in order to:(i)
Improve efficiencies within the Department and IOS.(ii)
Execute market and regulatory changes(iii)
Deliver client change within set timeframes
Pro-actively undertake in-depth analysis of our core system functionality in order to assist with the resolution of issues and to enable efficiencies and more robust controls.
To become wholly proficient in User Acceptance Testing within Hiport and core systems in order to thoroughly test software changes within strict timescales.
Identify system bugs and anomalies and escalate these through to resolution in a timely manner.
To analyse and critically examine system and process issues in order to identify and raise possible methods for resolution or areas of risk to Manager.
Liaise with other teams in Accounting Reporting, NAV pricing and IOS as a whole in order to work towards improvements in processes.
Define and prepare Business Requirement Documents.
Liaise with other IOS teams, primarily Hiport Support, Business Projects and externally with Clients.
The role will also focus on technical support for the NAV pricing function as follows:
Technical support for bespoke Pricing Application (pControl)Writing and testing of new rules required in applicationDevelopment of new functionality as requiredEnsure project deliverables are successfully met (fund launches, new distributions etc)Enhance existing HiPort processes (reports, cost sheets etc) and develop new.Provide technical skills to other pricing related projects

Qualifications
Person SpecificationKey Skills:- Good understanding of investment products and operations.- Ability to work to tight deadlines deal with client queries.- Excellent communication skills ability to work with others.- Self Motivated pro-active.- Ability to plan prioritise workload.- Strong PC Skills (VBA, Excel etc)- Analytical, mathematical and logical with good investigative and issue resolution skills proven in the NAV sign-off area
Experience (Required)Business analyst in investment operations.NAV Pricing environmentProven understanding of securities and financial marketsStrong knowledge of industry activities e.g.: corporate actions, bonds, index trackingBloombergExperience (Nice to have)- Experience of integrated investments and investment accounting systems would be preferred. (Hiportfolio accounting system including GL and cost cheet enhancement would be particularly advantageous).
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