Job Description
Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: London
Length of Contract: 6 Months
Salary: £75-85k PA
Consultants on Demand is Randstad Enterprise’s, UK & Ireland consultancy service. We offer a dynamic, start-up-like culture within a global company, providing you with continuous development, all whilst being employed by Randstad Enterprise. We will give you the opportunity to shape your career through numerous secondments and across our clients' diverse industries. Join our growing community of consultants today!
Overview
Our client is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support a major regulatory and market-led change program, implementing T+1 accelerated settlement across UK, EU, and global markets. The analyst will be responsible for designing, assessing, and implementing front-to-back process, data, and control changes required for operational readiness.
Responsibilities
- Document and validate the end-to-end trade lifecycle
- Identify impacts across asset classes, geographies, and fund structures (OEIC, SICAV, ACS)
- Assess gaps against T+1 market requirements and the internal operating model
- Define the business, functional, and data requirements needed to support the T+1 transition
- Support the creation of regulator-defensible documentation, including the audit trail, assumptions, and decisions
- Work closely with third parties, to validate readiness, responsibilities, and change scope
- Engage internal teams (Front Office, Operations, Treasury, Legal, Risk) and drive alignment across UK/EU/US settlement interactions
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning and execution, and assist with procedure updates, training materials, and rollout
Essential Skills & Experience Required
- Strong Business Analyst experience within asset management or investment management
- Thorough understanding of the trade lifecycle, securities settlement, and T+2 to T+1 transition impacts
- Understanding of custody and outsourced operating models (e.g., BNY, State Street)
- Proven experience delivering regulatory or market infrastructure change
- Ability to produce high-quality, structured documentation suitable for SteerCo and audit
- Strong stakeholder management skills across senior business figures and third parties
- Experience with T+1 programs in US or global markets (Desirable)
- Knowledge of trading, FX processes, liquidity/funding constraints, and prefunding models (Desirable)
when you join Randstad, you join…
- A specialised team delivering tailored solutions for clients and talent, enabling meaningful impact.
- An equitable, inclusive culture where everyone can contribute and thrive.
- A workplace prioritizing growth and empowering teams to adapt and excel.
- A company dedicated to supporting you to perform at your best.
- A commitment to pay for performance with transparency, fairness, and competitiveness.
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