Business Analyst Tax & Custody

Job Title: Business Analyst (Tax & Custody)
Duration: 6 Months
Pay Rate: Competitive
Location: Edinburgh / Hybrid
Job Description:
Custody & Tax Product function sits within Markets & Securities Services, focusing on delivering strategic initiatives for our Global and Direct Custody businesses, a network currently with more than USD10 trillion assets under custody.
Our mission is to lead the digital transformation through Technology to enable delivery of digital services, development of new products, strategic enhancements to our existing products, as well as ensuring our products meet the regulatory requirements within the 96 markets that we operate in.
As a Product Delivery Senior Business Analyst, you will be working on our Tax platform implementation change programme and assisting in the delivery of key value stream(s) that make up part of our strategic digital transformation agenda. The Product Delivery Senior Business Analyst must be hands-on with strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills. The role requires a Business Analyst who is both entrepreneurial and innovative, and who can work cross-functionally and cross-regionally, collaborating with partner functions including Sales and Client Management, Product Management, Operations, and Technology teams to ensure alignment of requirements through to delivery.
Principle Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with business partners, technology groups, suppliers & customers to design best solutions for Tax in Securities Services.
• Define product and operations requirements and system goals through partnership with the relevant teams and end users.
• Filter, prioritize and validate complex material from multiple sources and perform other duties & functions as assigned.
• Develop and document clear and detailed process maps, business requirements, implementation roadmaps as well as test plans.
• Work as a value stream under product component team to implement the designed solution.
• Analyse message specifications and define data models for standardization.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with the product, operations & technology teams.
• Consider the business implications of the application of solutions to the current business environment.
• to improve ways of working through regular retrospectives and engagement with project teams and partner functions
Experience, Skills & Qualification:
• Knowledge of Tax and Custody is a must.
• Experience with system development programme in agile / waterfall approach is a must. Experience in technology transformation is preferred.
• Strong analytical thought process with an ability to manage ambiguity and an aptitude for problem solving
• Strong written and verbal communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex information clearly depending on audience (e.g. internal stakeholders, clients etc)
• Willingness to challenge and ask probing questions to validate priorities, proposed solutions and realisation of benefits.
• Flexibility in approach, and the ability to show initiative and respond quickly to changing situations.
• Thrives working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment working across different groups and time zones with ability to work autonomously while being mindful of when to seek guidance and approval
• Experience with delivering change in Agile frameworks: this may include formal qualifications and/or certified online courses and/or evidence of practical experience.
• Knowledge of Post Trade, Equities or Fixed Income within a Custodian or Broker Dealer environment for Settlements, or Asset Services is highly desirable but not essential for this role.
• Sound understanding of IT infrastructure and software development