Senior Investment Data Business Analyst - 12-month contract

Melbourne
Asset Management
Contract or Temporary

About the Role

A leading institutional investment organisation is seeking a Senior Investment Data Business Analyst to join their Investment Data team on an initial 12-month contract. This role sits at the forefront of the firm’s transformation program, enhancing investment data and technology capabilities that support decision-making across global markets.

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will partner with senior stakeholders, project sponsors, and cross-functional teams to capture and translate complex business needs into clear, actionable data requirements. You’ll play a key role in enabling data-driven investment outcomes and ensuring initiatives are delivered to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate investment and business requirements into detailed technical solutions.
• Support the full investment data lifecycle – from ingestion to reporting and analytics.
• Collaborate across public and private markets, including portfolio construction and asset data.
• Contribute to data governance, quality metrics, metadata, and glossary development.
• Facilitate workshops, process mapping, and documentation of business processes.
• Lead/support UAT including test case design, execution, and defect management.
• Partner with internal teams and external data/technology vendors to deliver best-in-class outcomes.

About You

The ideal candidate will bring:

• Significant business analysis experience within investment management, superannuation, custody, or asset servicing.
• Strong knowledge of investment data concepts such as Security Master, Entity Mastering, Market Data capture, IBOR/ABOR, and performance returns calculation.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise data management platforms and vendors (e.g. GoldenSource, NeoXam, FactSet, Finbourne, SimCorp, Aladdin).
• Proficiency in SQL, Databricks, Python, Excel.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across executive and technical audiences.
• Familiarity with delivery tools and methodologies (JIRA, Confluence).

Why Join?

This is a rare opportunity to:

• Contribute directly to high-impact investment data initiatives with global scale.
• Work in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment alongside leading financial and data professionals.
• Develop your expertise in a world-class institutional setting during a period of significant transformation.

Contract & Location

• 12-month initial contract with potential to extend.
• Competitive day rate / salary package aligned to experience.
• Melbourne CBD office, hybrid model (3 days in office / 2 days WFH).