Business Analyst - Multi Asset Investment Solutions

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Job Description
At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.
Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.
About the department
Multi Asset Investment Solutions (MAIS) is a business unit within the Investments Division. MAIS delivers a broad range of investment solutions, from bespoke cross-asset portfolios to pooled vehicles, all designed to meet our clients diverse needs and objectives.
About the role
As a Business Analyst you will get the opportunity to support the MAIS fund management capability function covering a broad spectrum of tasks, including portfolio management support & oversight, business management and strategy and process management. You will get the opportunity to interface with teams within MAIS but also wider functions across abrdn that the Multi Asset business takes services from.
You will get to be part of the team responsible for ensuring that the key processes and data critical for MAIS fund management team and client reporting are fit for purpose. Within this role you will get the opportunity to interact with various colleagues from Fund Management, Implementation, Investment Specialists and Operations teams.
You will play a crucial role in the key areas of data collection and processing, covering both internal external fund data, to assist the research team in the analysis of current or potential fund holdings and client reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the day to day delivery of operational transaction management, financial analysis, support and business management functions across abrdn MAIS.
• Maintaining fund, SAA and TAA allocations in internal and external systems to aid fund management and portfolio attribution to meet client reporting requirements.
• Supporting fund managers with ad-hoc modelling by ensuring the input data is updated and loaded into operating systems.
• Maintaining and running on-desk tools to analyse holdings concentration limits and monthly portfolio valuations.
• Managing fund change requests, covering benchmarks, sub-portfolio set-up through internal systems for action by operations.
• Maintaining and coordinating the updates of front office fund data in internal systems.

About the candidate requirements

• Experience in an operational role gained in a global customer centric organisation.
• Financial services experience required.
• Self-reliant, good problem solver, results orientated.
• Ability to operate as an effective tactical and strategic thinker.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
There’s more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits
here.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do
here
.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist

• Assisting with the day to day delivery of operational transaction management, financial analysis, support and business management functions across abrdn MAIS.
• Maintaining fund, SAA and TAA allocations in internal and external systems to aid fund management and portfolio attribution to meet client reporting requirements.
• Supporting fund managers with ad-hoc modelling by ensuring the input data is updated and loaded into operating systems.
• Maintaining and running on-desk tools to analyse holdings concentration limits and monthly portfolio valuations.
• Managing fund change requests, covering benchmarks, sub-portfolio set-up through internal systems for action by operations.
• Maintaining and coordinating the updates of front office fund data in internal systems