Business Analyst (Settlements)

About Us

Schroders is a global investment manager which provides active asset management, wealth management and investment solutions. We aim to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We serve a diverse client base that includes pension schemes, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals, family offices, as well as end clients through partnerships with distributors, financial advisers, and online platforms.

Established in 1804, we have around 5,500 people across 36 global locations. Schroders' success can be attributed to its diversified business model, spanning different asset classes, client types and geographies.

Overview of Platform Change 

We are a friendly, supportive and collaborative team comprising of Programme and Project Managers, Business Analysts and PMO, who manage the analysis and delivery of platform wide change programmes and projects. 

Key Duties:

We are looking for a Regulatory Business Analyst for our Regulatory Programme:

• Deliver Comprehensive Business Analysis: Perform end-to-end business analysis for the regulation, including regulatory interpretation, GAP analyses, and documentation of detailed business requirements.
• Change Impact and Solution Design: Assess change impacts, identify viable solutions and document detailed functional business requirements.
• Shape Operating Models: Attend requirements-gathering workshops with senior stakeholders to define business needs across organisational structures, process workflows, and technology solutions.
• Deliver High-Quality Artefacts: Produce clear, actionable deliverables such as process maps, user stories, and requirements traceability matrices to enable successful delivery.
• Support Implementation: Partner with project teams to support testing, change readiness, and successful embedding of new processes and systems.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Management: Establish strong working relationships with stakeholders, capturing, challenging, and refining business requirements.

Essential skills and experience: 

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in regulatory business analysis.
• Professional business analysis qualification (e.g., IIBA CCBA minimum, CBAP preferred, PMI-PBA, or equivalent).
• Proven experience leading and developing business analyst teams, working on large-scale transformation programmes.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with proven expertise in influencing senior leadership and managing relationships to inspire confidence and maximise contributions across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and documentation abilities. Logical and structured thinker with a rigorous approach to problem-solving.
• Strong skills in written, visual, presentational, and verbal communication at all organisational levels.
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration, with a proven ability to deliver shared objectives within complex environments.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

• Significant experience with trade lifecycle, particularly portfolio construction, trade execution, settlement, and reporting.

  Highly Desirable Skills and Experience 

• Experience within the Asset Management industry and has a strong understanding of the post-trade landscape.
• Experience with post-trade global (EMEA, US and APAC) regulations (T+1 Settlement, CSDR, EMIR, SFTR, US SEC Treasury Clearing).
• Traceability of business requirements back to regulations.
• Vendor stakeholder management and business readiness experience (Aladdin and CTM).

We Recognise Potential, Whoever You Are

Our purpose is to deliver excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We believe diverse perspectives and an inclusive culture help us make better decisions and achieve better outcomes for our clients. That's why inclusion is a strategic priority for us, and we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for all roles and provide reasonable accommodations to support applicants and employees, including those with neurodiversity, disability, or physical and mental health needs. For more information, please visit our FAQs.